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Michelle Berry Lane's avatar

“I am here for the tradition that is in love, with everything else

A complex ecology of folklore 

Creaturely awe amidst a tapestry of relations” 🙌💖 Yes.

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Jack Barron's avatar

I printed this manifestoem and pasted it in my notebook, so I can re-read it easily. I've been flipping through Nick Cave's Wild God and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks and Common One on vinyl and you on Bandcamp. This time it was The Earth is Full that felt like my anthem of the day until half-way through Gentle Strong, I catch myself sobbing. It's this strange religion...

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Jane Killingbeck's avatar

I love this !

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This is truly wonderful. Can’t believe I missed hearing it the first time around.

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Just Show Up's avatar

"It’ll be enough for me to try and experience what is happening now in slow real time." Yes yes yes. In this is freedom.

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simclardy's avatar

Dear Benjamin, I also am in awe and in love. What an extremely beautiful poem you have shared. I love this part: "Realms of heavenly citizenship are hid horizontal in plain sight". And also the part about how control brings the wrong kind of chaos -- that's just it! Many thanks, Clara

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David Benjamin Blower's avatar

Thank you for being here, Clara 🙏🏻

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Peter d'Errico's avatar

🙏❤️

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Paula Beaton-Forbus's avatar

Thank you! 🐌

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Caroline Ross's avatar

This is fantastic.

I needed to hear this in a way I did not yet know.

Thank you.

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A Wild Green Heart's avatar

Mmm. Lovely. Earthy.

"The question that leans in / and silence..." 👌🏼

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Lucy Wright's avatar

Really like this, thank you for sharing it.

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