Embodied Ecology

Recently, I moved over to Substack to set up a newsletter exploring how the philosophy of ‘embodied ecology’ translates into artistic practice. The frequency of my articles will be organic, posted as and when I have studio work to share, and when I come across articles, artists or academics undertaking interesting research in this area. I'm looking forward to diving deep and intentionally to really understand what 'embodied ecology' might look and feel like in a world grappling with environmental crisis and chaos. Follow the link below to subscribe to the newsletter and to engage directly as the studio experiments continue.

This concept has been something I have been pondering on in many manifestations over the years but having landed on the terminology of embodied ecology a few months ago - which snuggles into and wraps around so much of my work - I’ve become fascinated to dive deeper into what it means for the creative practice, and how we can integrate it into our everyday relationship to the natural world.

The Association for Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth and the American Anthropological Association describes embodied ecology as “a conceptual framework for describing a fluidity between bodies and worlds that foregrounds relations instead of bounded entities.” So, right up my street!

My latest post focuses on a new work inspired by the sycamore tree. It is a meeting of contemporary Western science and ancient spirituality, merged with an attentiveness to ones surroundings as porous-being amongst the more-than-human. Find out more here: