Sounds like spring
The seasons are a- stirring. The Sun is poking through, the mud is beginning to dry and the birds are a-singing. Hoorah! This month’s wild drawing exercise takes a moment to tune into the sonic signs of Spring coming her way. At the end of this short newsletter I share my favourite drawing exercise led by the sense of hearing.
Firstly though, here are my March finds :
Embodied Ecology
Foundational to these inquiries is the concept of embodied ecology, which celebrates the fluidity between human bodies and the more-than-human world. Foregrounding porosity over boundaries, and relations over othering, it invites us to consider – with humility and wonder – the human body as both contained within, and custodian of, worlds within worlds within worlds within worlds…
Embodied ecology provides my studio with a framework for studying the macro and micro environments that our bodies inhabit and hold. It breaks down illusions of separateness, illuminating myriad dimensions to our human-nature relationship. I am fascinated by the biological, chemical and physical qualities of embodied ecologies (inspired by the work of Dr Andrea Ford et al at the Society for Cultural Anthropology), and how symbolism, metaphor, mythology and sensory-led practice can extend this into new realms of understanding through the creative arts.