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Thought Leadership

Essays on visionary leadership, ecological wisdom and the futures of culture — for those willing to sit with paradox instead of defaulting to simple answers.


 ·  4 min read

No, we are not saving the Earth

On maturity, reverence, and the end of the hero myth

The natural world is not waiting to be rescued. And certainly not by us. The belief that we could "save" Earth reveals a deep lack of humility.

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 ·  5 min read

What I Want You to Know About Being Alive

A Letter to my Godson

A letter to my godson Hermès — fresh insights gathered from my own experience, reminders that sustained me in moments of confusion. Perhaps it has something to whisper to you too.

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 ·  6 min read

A philosophy that is erotic, juicy and alive

Out of the Palace of Mind into the dark wet soil

On reimagining philosophy as living, sensuous, embodied. A meditation on muses, museions, and the love of wisdom.

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 ·  8 min read

We Were Never Meant to Grieve Alone

Rituals of sorrow, rivers of joy and the alchemical work of grief

Grief is a catalyst for joy and radical vitality. We grieve more than lives lost — we grieve relationships, ecologies, parts of ourselves.

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 ·  6 min read

Reweirding: How Our Strangeness Serves The Whole

The forgotten power of weird

Weirdness was once a word for fate. Maybe it still is. An invitation to reclaim our uniqueness as service to the whole.

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 ·  5 min read

When the Sun Stands Still

The Poetics of Darkness

On solstice, stillness, and the poetics of darkness. An invitation to honour the turning of light and dark.

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 ·  5 min read

Research is a love affair with the unknown

An Ecology of Ways of Knowing

Reclaiming research as a sovereign practice of attention. A love affair with the unknown, a willingness to be surprised by Life.

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