“an abyss is opening up before us (Kingsnorth, 2018). We need to be brave enough
to look into that abyss…”
“We
must unhumanise our views a little, and become confident As
the rock and ocean that we were made from”
1-We
live in a time of social, economic and ecological unravelling. All around us
are signs that our whole way of living is already passing into history. We will
face this reality honestly and learn how to live with it.
2-We
reject the faith which holds that the converging crises of our times can be
reduced to a set of ‘problems’ in need of technological or political
‘solutions’.
3
- We believe that the roots of these crises lie in the stories we have been telling
ourselves. We intend to challenge the stories which underpin our civilization:
the myth of progress, the myth of human centrality, and the myth of our
separation from ‘nature’. These myths are more dangerous for the fact that we
have forgotten they are myths.
4
- We will reassert the role of storytelling as more than mere entertainment. It
is through stories that we weave reality.
5
- Humans are not the point and purpose of the planet. Our art will begin with
the attempt to step outside the human bubble. By careful attention, we will
reengage with the non-human world.
6
- We will celebrate writing and art which is grounded in a sense of place and
of time. Our literature has been dominated for too long by those who inhabit
the cosmopolitan citadels.
7
- We will not lose ourselves in the elaboration of theories or ideologies. Our
words will be elemental. We write with dirt under our fingernails.
8
- The end of the world as we know it is not the end of the world full stop.
Together, we will find the hope beyond hope, the paths which lead to the
unknown world ahead of us.
