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the human experience in the non-human world: discussion and experiences on location and in the studio
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Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
“To enter a wood is to pass into a different world” said author Roger Deakin, and in this episode, recorded in ancient Staverton Thicks forest, we explore why it is that there is a history of humans going to the woods to grow and learn, and to travel to find ourselves, often by getting lost. Why is it a place of story-telling, of fairy tales, of childhood imagination?
Disorientating for many modern humans, is there a density of ‘otherness’ in forest, and is this why for us the wild wood is it place of fear but also a place that we love? Sit with us on a mossy fallen tree as we question whether these are places to hide, to escape and adventure, or ones to fear where the non-human - or perhaps human - is watching us.
THEME MUSIC BY DAVID ROTHENBERG. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. USED BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE ARTIST http://www.davidrothenberg.net
Some of the ideas and references we make in this podcast can be found here:
Gossip from the Forest - Sara Maitland
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
As You Like It - William Shakespeare
The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorn
The Consolations of the Forest - Sylvain Tesson
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