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London: Human // Nature // Stories

February 29, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 pm

I am speaking at this fantastic day event.

Tickets available here – https://ticketpass.org/event/EOTREJ

 

Humans have woven stories since the dawn of time. Speckled across the pages of our existence is the ink of myth, fable, & folklore, and the echoes of adventurous anecdotes and worldly tales linger from centuries ago…

Using a variety of tools, such as language, art, movement, & sound, humans have crafted narratives about what it means to be alive in the world for millennia. Whilst our cultures may have changed, the essence of human nature remains intact, buried deep within the scriptures of the soul.

Fictive or not, we have used stories to make sense of things throughout our evolution, both individually and collectively.

In an undefinable world filled with undefinable phenomena, such as consciousness and love, we are compelled by our very nature to understand all that we experience, and in our attempts we inadvertently bring forth beauty through poetry, music, revolutionary conversation and so on. We also unwittingly bring forth delusion.

Some argue that the human desire to forge meaning through such methods misses the point, others argue that meaningless meaning-making is the point.

Today, the way we see ourselves in the world is a dark tale, one in which a separation from nature, spirit, and wisdom has caused a rift in inter-human and human-Earth relations.Our world is made of stories. How might we envision a new one in a time of crisis?

From bedtime stories to the grandiose meta-narratives of our time, expect interdisciplinary, enlivening wisdom from a band of tale-telling poets, artists, and philosophers.

Question: How can we use stories to reevaluate and more effectively understand human nature in a time that requires a whole new way of being?

Aim: Understanding how humans have told their collective story throughout the ages, and what kind of story we need now.

Details

Date:
February 29, 2020
Time:
10:00 am - 11:30 pm
Event Category:
Website:
https://ticketpass.org/event/EOTREJ

Venue

The Boiler House
London, E1 5EG United Kingdom + Google Map