Deep Listening
The November/December 2024 issue
In this issue of Resurgence & Ecologist, we explore the meaning and experience of deep listening.
We introduce the pioneering work of Pauline Oliveros who recorded the ambient sounds around her deep in a cave, and who coined the term 'Deep Listening' as a practice.
Edward Davey gives us powerful reasons to stay actively hopeful after such a challenging year, an NHS psychologist tells us about an initiative called Spaces for Listening, and artist Rachael Mellors shares how she listens to both the Embodied Earth and her Soul Ancestors to create art that is firmly rooted in the planet's cycles and recycles.
Throughout this issue, our writers share their ideas and discoveries of hope and comfort, some through the cultivation of a practice of Deep Listening, and others through simply paying attention to that in the natural world that we may otherwise be too busy to hear calling to us.
We hope you enjoy our selection of free articles from this issue of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine.
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Featured articles from the latest issue of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine
The Earth Prize
Inspired by the Nobel Prize awards, The Earth Prize shows the enormous impact young people can have on finding solutions to our climate challenges by highlighting uplifting projects. Susan Clark reports.
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The Zephaniah Forest
Beloved poet Benjamin Zephaniah died on 7 December 2023 at the age of 65. Katie Dancey-Downs speaks with his brother David Springer and learns about the plan to plant a forest in his memory.
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Finding hope in troubled times
Edward Davey gives us three powerful reasons to stay actively hopeful and grow in our collective grief after such a globally challenging year. In his Slow Read article he explains why his attention is firmly focused on opportunities for positive change.
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Spaces for listening
Brigid Russell and Charlie Jones introduce Listening Spaces, the online initiative they set up jointly during lockdown to give people somewhere to both listen and be heard. Sessions continue to be held twice a week and are free to attend.
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My neighbours, the owls
In an extract from her book The Company of Owls, Polly Atkin shares the joys of living alongside owls. "Everything I know about my neighbours, the owls, I know through the imperfect lens of my own watching, my own earthbound body, my own heavy head and all it has hoarded over my lifetime."
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Poetry: We, unruly Nature
Poetry editors Rachel Marsh and Briony Hughes enjoy Caleb Parkin's new poetry collection, with its emphasis on pools, playfulness and the tricky more-than-human. "When you read his poems, you'll spot elements from queer culture, swaps in persona, changes in register and style, and a smattering of references to popular culture."
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Picture Credits
Cover image: January Storm v2 by Pine Feroda; Earth prize: Finalist 2024 - Team MycoFlo: Rajas Nanda demonstrating MycoBot river quality sensor; The Zephaniah Forest:Benjamin Zephaniah © Carl Randall, 2024; Finding hope in troubled times: Twisted landscape by Nate Hill; Spaces for listening: Artwork by Ingrid Nilsson Instagram: ingprintmaker; My neighbours, the owls: Artwork by Clare O'Neill; Poetry: We, unruly Nature: A Pink Sink by Georgia Robinson.
