I’ve been thinking about harvest, in this late summer moment. How the natural world uses a strategy of abundance to ensure its continuity. A lot of what I write about in this newsletter is how ideas of scarcity, hierarchy, and dominance are impacting us, both individually and collectively. My goal is to make these ideas, and the structures that uphold them, visible. I want to talk with you about them, interrogate them, undermine them, transform them.
Harvest gives the lie to scarcity. The natural world thrives on interconnectedness and communication; it uses multiple strategies to ensure its ends are achieved. It is not inevitable that we will continue to dominate and oppress; that violence will continue to spill from generation to generation; that rights will continue to be stripped away; that the lights are going out. I know this because when I pay attention to the natural world, it schools me. And I know it because you are here, caring about these same ideas, doing all the things you do each week to help yourself and others thrive.
