Part 2 — Re-membering

It Will Find You

We are not the colonising power that swept into our minds, the system, the engine, the growth machine. We are wild ecosystems nested in the wild web of life, interconnected and bound. We exist in relationship. The drive of life is creative, and the essence of creativity is love in synthesis. Look to the land and listen. It will find you, anywhere that you are.

Read the Lyrics

Singing Key

LEFT RIGHT ALL

When the world outside is crumbling
And you can't find an easy way home
Look to the land as if it's calling you
There's a love that's deeper than you know

And it will find you. Aa-aa-aaa-aah. Anywhere that you are. It will find you.

If the mind inside is tumbling
And you can't find an easy way out
Look to the land as if it's holding you
You will find what you need there in its hands

And it will find you. Aa-aa-aaa-aah. Anywhere that you are. It will find you.

And if the whole wide world seems to have gone blind
And no one feels the web and weave of life
Trust your heart and let your bones decide
When you least expect it to arrive…

And it will find you. Aa-aa-aaa-aah. Anywhere that you are. It will find you.

Sit With This

Where do you go to feel reconnected with nature?
What practices can help us sense our way back into our wild nature?
How can we reconnect with the wild together, as communities?
What does the Gaian song sound like? Close your eyes, quieten your mind… choose a few words to describe it.
When was the last time nature surprised you with care or resilience?

Audio Recording

The Deeper Dive

Reflecting on my friend from 'Human', I drew inspiration from the way my partner helps young women to listen to their nature in her wilderness-based rites of passage work. I looked out at the willow that had been butchered by a neighbour and had sprung back into life, and everywhere I looked, I felt it. The land. Quiet. Still. Eternally moving. It's always there, but often we neither look for it nor listen when it speaks.