Learning from More-Than-Human Teachers by Kay https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers Made with non-human companions en-us 2023-04-06 12:49:37 UTC 2023-04-12 17:43:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Connecting with place https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551938280 2023-04-12 17:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551938280 Place Norfolk https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551939343 Non -human signifiers
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Pigs
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]]> 2023-04-12 17:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551939343 Cherry trees already blossoming and moving on https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551940122 There is no time like the present. Everything has its time. Hope can bring us out of the dark.]]> 2023-04-12 17:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551940122 https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551940658 2023-04-12 17:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551940658 The trees and grass verges of Stambourne way as it winds up the hill (much like a river flows) I think the planners of this estate somehow connected with the land - most roads go straight down a hill with houses facing one another rather than the view. On this estate the houses look to the view maximising the connection with nature. Nearly home :] https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551943461 2023-04-12 17:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551943461 Force and sound of the Wind, temperature and strength of the sea, colour and texture of the sand, algae smell https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551943695 2023-04-12 17:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551943695 Loud music, still water https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551945425 Unaffected by human, amplified noise, the water is calm. It is relatively still, but it is not stagnant. We can move, gently, onwards. We can remain on our path inspite of interference. We are connected to something deeper.]]> 2023-04-12 17:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551945425 https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551945776 2023-04-12 17:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551945776 https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551945832 2023-04-12 17:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551945832 Sand adapts to its recipient. We could learn to be more flexible mentally, to fit into the different shapes. https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551946141 2023-04-12 17:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551946141 https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551948537 2023-04-12 17:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551948537 I was thinking about the stones https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551948770 I’ve been reading Hettie Judah’s Lapidarium and it takes different stones and tells beautifully concise stories of human power, obsession and deep time]]> 2023-04-12 17:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551948770 https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551948791 Once I saw some moss growing on a car window and I was amazed. How long would it take for a car to not move so that moss can grow? How did moss grow on the car? It’s the same with plants finding a way through concrete. Concrete seems stronger than a leaf, but it’s not. This teaches me about hope, resilience, belonging, taking chances. Striving to be alive ]]> 2023-04-12 17:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551948791 Resilience - we pave it over but it always fights back. What is a weed anyway? https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551951321 2023-04-12 17:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551951321 More stones https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551951500 If we could read the geographical origins as easily as we can see the human labour, we might have a different understanding of the urban environment, expanding our ecoliteracy to accompany our cultural knowledge…]]> 2023-04-12 17:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551951500 Mountain at the side of my home city, I always know I'm arriving back when I see it https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551955021 2023-04-12 17:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551955021 5 minutes - Duck and I on the Regents Canal https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551958248 We spent 5 minutes in stillness with one another. As he got used to me being there he wandered closer and got out of the river to sit next to me - a few minutes. Some gentle cooing started after a few minutes, and then some other people walked by - it took off. ]]> 2023-04-12 17:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551958248 Big, unruly natural tree-beings, cut into tiny geometric, regular floor tiles, glued, lacquered and flattened to be, and stepped on by shoes covered in dog shit and cigarette butts, to then be cleaned with a mop with a wooden handle. https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551959519 2023-04-12 17:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551959519 Mesquite tree https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551962335 This is a tree endemic of the Americas, very common of my hometown - the ones that haven’t been cut down are everywhere and they’re a signifier of me being home: giving away their precious shade in the sadly more common scorching hot days ]]> 2023-04-12 17:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kaysidebottom/aprilflowers/wish/2551962335