Place & Time

The writers from whom Dark Mountain has taken inspiration are grounded in a sense of place and time. In the deep time of geology and myth, in the rooted relation to place of a tree or the navigational feel for place of a migrant bird.

Steering by the specific, the peculiar character of each season and each stretch of land, we may be less tempted to offer once-and-for-all answers, contenting ourselves with those which will serve for here and for now.

Other Ways to See

Matt Sowerby
7th December, 2022
Matt Sowerby contemplates the complicated legacies of John Ruskin and J. M. W. Turner in his home town, as Ruskin's View crumbles into the River Lune. Third in our series on land, culture and time.
BelongingPlace & Time

Peace and Fire

Nick Hunt
7th November, 2022
First post in a thread of stories about place and time: Nick Hunt follows the Walk of Peace trail in Slovenia through a landscape scarred by frontlines and wildfires
JourneysPlace & Time

Remembering Water

StevenMorgan
12th April, 2022
Steven Morgan journeys across the American wilderness to escape a raging inferno while battling an autoimmune disease, finding parallels between his porous body and this dying world.
Place & Time

Labyrinth of Silence

James Mcconachie
14th September, 2021
James Mcconachie considers the past, present and uncertain future of La España vaciada: Spain's hollowed-out interior, known for wildfires, hailstorms and abandoned dwellings.
Place & Time