Show Notes
I share a GRIPPING TALE about a droplet of water before sitting down with Helen Lehndorf [https://helenlehndorf.com/], who is a radical forager, author, anarchist, poet and plenty more wonderful things besides. I loved her memoir A Forager's Life so much! Helen and I dive straight into the weeds about permaculture life strategies, unlocking creativity, writing for nature and how to rebel against The Machine by playing the Holy Fool. Medicine for muddled, blocked or chronically shy creatives.
IN THIS CONVO
Swimming upstream of the over culture
Undoing cultural entrainment
Social permaculture
Permaculture design web
Establishing a daily writing habit
The world isn't saying PLEASE ARTIST MAKE MORE ART but you should anyway
Anarchism
The YES, AND rule
The Holy Fool archetype
AI? *shrugs*
Enspiriting your art
ECOPOETICS
Getting past sharing insecurity
Writing for nature
Why little lives are worth sharing
Invisible care work
Journalling versus publishing
Blackberry medicine
What is it to relate with plants?
PUNK GRANDDAD DANDY
Synesthesia
The future has an ancient heart
🧙♀️ LINKY POOS 🧙♀️
Helen's home on the web [https://helenlehndorf.com/]
A Forager's Life ~ Helen Lehndorf [https://harpercollins.com.au/products/9781775492511_a-foragers-life-a-spellbinding-debut-memoir-about-plants-motherhood-and-belonging]
The Bruise Palette ~ Helen Lehndorf [https://firestarter.nz/the-bruise-palette/]
Social permaculture ~ Looby Macnamara [https://loobymacnamara.com/home/]
Kirsty Porter
Wild ~ Cheryl Strayed
E.M Forster ~ Howard's End
Annie Dillard
Sound credit: Morepork / Ruru (Owl) - Auckland, New Zealand by tdes -- https://freesound.org/s/319539/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
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NOTE: I've done breathwork every day since this interview and – you gaias! – it's really helping me human.
"In a time of fracturing seasons, when everything's going awry, there are still cycles that we can set our hearts by."