We may find these ‘other worlds’ to be different from us, but the closer we look, the stranger it is to view them as strange, and the easier it becomes to see what it means to have an earthliness. This exists within all of us. Morton proposes that art, as a space for processing grief, shame, and abjection, can confront us with the damage we inflict when we view ‘Nature’ as a detached aesthetic entity. What art can we create when Nature is more than an image of idyllic country scenes, or of wild adventure, and is instead boundaryless and present in the everyday? Is it true that the less we know about ourselves, the less we know of the earth? What does reclaiming our connection look like, and might positioning ourselves more firmly within the ‘mesh’ of all things help us avoid extractive systems?
These are the branching questions we’d like you to explore further. Please interpret them freely. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
