The Art is Long: Big Health and the New Warrior Activist

Wildness has heart and spirit, guts and gonads. It’s vibrantly alive and unpredictable; when pushed, it might well push back. It connects deeply into human and animal history, into the very spirit of the biosphere. Wildness is exciting, risky, dangerous, exuberant, and in turn, erotic. Wellness is dull and sexually uninspiring. Do you really want t

Above all, identify with your analog nature, the flesh and blood of your body and habitat. Learn your body and your habitat first, before going down the digital rabbit hole. Hone your native senses. You might well be surprised how far you can go with flesh alone.

We say, “This story is flawed at its core.”

Our flat-line lifestyles lead to flattened cognition, flattened creativity, and a flattened spirit. Anhedonia (the loss of pleasure), depression, and cynicism begin to darken our days.

Most importantly, we now know that self-control is a neurophysical capability that’s trainable, just like a muscle.

What happens when the values that are embedded in Mother Culture are actually driving the destruction of habitat and divisions among people? Suddenly,

The clock is the opposite of the erotic. Love detests the clock. Jay Griffiths A Sideways Look at Time

With the possible exception of laboratory rats on running wheels, we never observe animals doing anything resembling exercise. They hunt, gather, graze, mate, play, fight, and flee, but never do they perform repetitive movements for the sake of “staying in shape.” They move their bodies for pleasure, to explore, or stay alive, but otherwise, they e

But sleep is not an indulgence; it is vital for everything we want to do in our lives.

As you’ll discover, this big health orientation is positive, life-affirming, inspirational, and powerfully humane.