I made a request and it was answered. I was told by a mentor of mine that anytime a prayer is answered, we should feed the people. This value comes from the tradition of the potlatch, also known as the giveaway feast, common in many indigenous cultures. During a potlatch…

Documentation from a 9-day deep dive in artistic residence — 🏡 Artist in Residence: Eco Quinta Moinhos do Dão, Mangualde, Portugal 🗓 17–26 September 2021 🎯 Aim: to process, synthesize and share insights into nature connection & regeneration. Why do they require each other? Context This is some documentation from my exploration of nature connection and regeneration in Portugal. Post re:build…

I spent two and a half seasons avoiding humans and meeting the rest of life. — I isolated myself from most people for an unusual amount of time over the past year. I imagine you may have too. The best I could do is get to know the life that was around me. I moved to a northern city (Amsterdam) in the dark of winter with…

My reflections and learnings from Tools for The Regenerative Renaissance. A course from Phoebe Tickell and Stephen Reid. I’ve often struggled to grasp campaigns advocating for “Change”. Politicians and social movements use the word often in slogans and posters. To strive for change sounds to me like efforting to grow…

I am an organic being. Nature itself is an organic process. Everything I do occurs within the container of life itself. Therefore, all rules of nature must apply to me and my actions. If this is all so natural, why do so many of us only realize it during psychedelic…

Starting with fire, people and watching the mind — Maastricht, Netherlands — I used to keep a small notebook in my back pocket and a 4-colored pen hooked onto my front right. I maintained a habit of writing down thoughts, feelings, questions, and especially observations from life which struck me as aha-moments or insights. I would often weed through…