Opinion | An Artist Rethinks Climate Change in Words and Pictures
Cultural historian Thomas Berry emphasizes this point: It’s all a question of story. We are in trouble just now because we do not have a good story. We are in between stories. The Old Story - the account of how the world came to be and how we fit into it - is not functioning properly, and we have not learned the New Story.29 In Climate: A New
... See moreKaren O'Brien • You Matter More Than You Think: Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World
We need stories about diverse communities addressing climate change on their own terms, finding resilience and even joy in the possible futures they envision for themselves and the world.
Introduction: Imagining Positive Climate Futures
The hero’s journey is more than male dickishness writ large. To read or write within that pattern is to experience real growth. Equally, carrier-bag storytelling are more than an antithetical feminine aesthetic of novel writing. To read and write within that form is to uncover truths about the human condition. As far as I am concerned though, both... See more