I absolutely loved reading this! It really resonates. Two years ago, I quit my corporate design job (career) of 12 years and embarked on a journey of doing a masters in illustration. In my first year, I wrote an essay about “Rewilding my (Creative) Practice” for my artists manifesto. It was about freeing my mind from the capitalist conditioning, the power struggles and skewed value systems that I had encountered in my career, about excavating the imagination and originality that lies beneath.. My illustration work has been largely inspired by CSA membership and doing an urban permaculture course and adapting those principles in my creative practice as well. It is a delightful discovery to me, that there are other thinkers out there currently that are writing about this. I am still in the process of rewilding, myself, and your newsletter always brings glimmers of delight and resonance 😃
So happy this resonates with you! Thanks a lot for sharing your story!
I think it really takes a lot of time and also courage to as you say free your mind for capitalist systems and skewed value systems! So kudos to you! :)
Rewilding for me means going local. I am especially fond of the notion to connect more to everything that surround me. Forests, Rivers, old Industrial Sites, meadows and people. It is extremely satisfying for me to (re-) visit these places. I am doing this nearly daily by bike or - with my dog on foot. I feel like I am sharing a bit of history with them, every time I revisit. It makes me feel I am growing roots. Not just because I go there, but because I try to leave these places and the path to them better. Which means things like picking up litter, talking to people I meet along the way, or helping out here and there. It's time consuming, but growing roots takes time. It not as time consuming as one might think, if you form a daily routine. Being close means being there. At the location and in full presence. Evil is non-connection.
Thanks for these prompts Thomas. I’ve intuitively been on this journey for some time now and it’s really helpful to reflect back on steps / stages and consider what else might be important to think about. I think I’ll use these as my Spring Equinox prompts for this year :)
I absolutely loved reading this! It really resonates. Two years ago, I quit my corporate design job (career) of 12 years and embarked on a journey of doing a masters in illustration. In my first year, I wrote an essay about “Rewilding my (Creative) Practice” for my artists manifesto. It was about freeing my mind from the capitalist conditioning, the power struggles and skewed value systems that I had encountered in my career, about excavating the imagination and originality that lies beneath.. My illustration work has been largely inspired by CSA membership and doing an urban permaculture course and adapting those principles in my creative practice as well. It is a delightful discovery to me, that there are other thinkers out there currently that are writing about this. I am still in the process of rewilding, myself, and your newsletter always brings glimmers of delight and resonance 😃
So happy this resonates with you! Thanks a lot for sharing your story!
I think it really takes a lot of time and also courage to as you say free your mind for capitalist systems and skewed value systems! So kudos to you! :)
Rewilding for me means going local. I am especially fond of the notion to connect more to everything that surround me. Forests, Rivers, old Industrial Sites, meadows and people. It is extremely satisfying for me to (re-) visit these places. I am doing this nearly daily by bike or - with my dog on foot. I feel like I am sharing a bit of history with them, every time I revisit. It makes me feel I am growing roots. Not just because I go there, but because I try to leave these places and the path to them better. Which means things like picking up litter, talking to people I meet along the way, or helping out here and there. It's time consuming, but growing roots takes time. It not as time consuming as one might think, if you form a daily routine. Being close means being there. At the location and in full presence. Evil is non-connection.
Love that and I guess I should have explored the "local" aspect a bit more in step 4.
Thanks for these prompts Thomas. I’ve intuitively been on this journey for some time now and it’s really helpful to reflect back on steps / stages and consider what else might be important to think about. I think I’ll use these as my Spring Equinox prompts for this year :)
Wow - this idea of 12 steps to rewilding can have such an impact. It takes resolve but is possible and impactful!
Thanks Adam! Glad it resonates!