Turning Season
/This one's a treat for you lovers of wild lands, you who are curious about wilderness survival, my dreamers and dreamworkers, and anyone seeking out their path in a world of so many possibilities, and so many needs.
I knew that in conversation with Claire Dunn - who lived alone in the bush for a year, spent almost a decade in grassroots environmental activism, has authored two books, and facilitates vision quests, re-wilding, and the Work that Reconnects - there would be so many directions we might go. And that was even before I found out she loves dreamwork.
Though our time went by quickly, it was a delight to find such depth and richness in our wander. We talk about:
what Claire loves (there are flying foxes…) and what breaks her heart
her path from childhood on a farm, to an eco-awakening as a young adult, becoming an activist, and then devoting herself to re-wilding
the choice to change her focus from “holding actions” (protecting forest and marine ecosystems) to “shift in consciousness” work
Claire’s time in the bush, practicing the skills of survival, and surrendering to the unknown
a recent dream of mine (and being “enlivened by uncertainty”)
and how healing the rift between ourselves and the more-than-human world brings each of us into deeper contact with ourselves, fostering “a culture of initiated adults” who can bring their own gifts to the world.
