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Dark Thoughts

Time to Look Down (artwork from first Uncivilisation Festival 2010

How do we make sense of the world, as we start to disentangle ourselves from the stories we grew up taking for reality itself?

In this section, you’ll find Dark Mountain contributors thinking about the largest questions and asking what it means to live in times like these.

Terms of Dismissal

Paul Kingsnorth
1st August, 2010
But then I probably just don’t get out enough. These days I spend most of...
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Defining the Mountain

Dougald Hine
22nd June, 2010
Responses to and reports about the festival – the first substantial Dark Mountain gathering – are popping up...
Dark ThoughtsOn Gathering

The Need for Growth

Paul Kingsnorth
19th May, 2010
  It’s not news, of course, that greenhouse gas emissions are intimately linked with economic...
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All Change

Paul Kingsnorth
12th May, 2010
The comments underneath articles like this are usually a pretty depressing example of the worst...
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Getting Practical

Dougald Hine
29th April, 2010
This project is not about ‘doing nothing’ or ‘giving up’. It’s about what we do,...
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Getting Real: An Election Message from the Dark Mountain

Dougald Hine
13th April, 2010
Looking at the issues which defined recent parliaments, you can excuse the politicians for not...
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A Force That Gives Us Meaning

Paul Kingsnorth
31st March, 2010
In this latest piece, Hedges does the same job of asking uncomfortable questions. Though he’s...
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Hope Beyond Hope

Paul Kingsnorth
16th March, 2010
I’m not going to summarise it, because this remarkable film can tell its own story....
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A Period of Mourning

Paul Kingsnorth
14th March, 2010
It has been hard to find anyone who doesn’t like this idea, which is always...
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Romans of the Decadence

Paul Kingsnorth
25th February, 2010
This is one of the biggest paintings in the museum: Romans of the Decadence. Seen...
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What Do You Do, After You Stop Pretending?

Dougald Hine
31st January, 2010
He starts by summing up and rebutting a couple of the regular charges which have...
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Defusing the Apocalypse: A response to John Gray

Dougald Hine
20th September, 2009
In a good conversation, you don’t just reiterate the first thing you said: listening and...
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