A Half Mountain
James Roberts
20th December, 2022
In the wake of COP27, James Roberts drives a scenic route down the Elan Valley in Wales into a poisoned landscape that holds the untold stories of a people who once toiled there.
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.
Where Water Leads
frieda.bay
14th December, 2022
Writer and herbalist Frieda Kipar Bay tells of fleeing fire in California to follow the trail of migrating forests, in search of a safe haven for her family.
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.
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
The Art of Psychoecology
Warren Draper
1st June, 2022
First of our watery posts this month, Warren Draper follows the currents of his homeland river Don in Yorkshire, and contemplates the radical act of immersion With music and video.
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.
Navigating by Inconceivable Cartography
Nathanael Bonnell
16th February, 2022
Nathanael Bonnell re-examines the role of maps in the context of place, culture, colonialism and future-history and asks what will the new maps look like, and how will we create them?
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.
Paradise Lost
Christopher Records
17th March, 2021
Writer Christopher Records explores the rift between the idea and the reality of Earth in California during times of pandemic and forest fire.
