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.
An Act of Resistance
Abigail McDougall
25th November, 2020
Artist Abigail McDougall moves from Bristol to the island of Thasos in Greece, and undergoes the challenges of shifting to an ecological way of life.
Watching the World Outside My Door
Rob Carney and Samantha Clark
17th September, 2020
Two penetrating glimpses into the wild world in times of calamity: Rob Carney's juxtaposition of the poetic and the political observing a hawk and squirrel in the US; Samantha Clark's lockdown contemplation of loss and stillness by a loch on a grey day on Orkney.
Enter: Thunder, Fire, Smoke and Relearning New Languages
Sara Jolena Wolcott M.Div
2nd September, 2020
As lightning strikes California and the ancient forests burn, Sara Jolena Walcott gives a searing report on the re-forming of Earth and the urgent work of decolonisation.
Going Under
Sharon English
29th July, 2020
Sharon English encounters a 'radiant spirit of the New Year' en route to the Humber River in Canada and contemplates the dark and solitary places we go to in times of descent.
John Berger and Everyday Acts of Sumūd
Juman Simaan
15th July, 2020
Juman Simaan explores how Palestinian communities resist the forces of colonialism and the role writers and witnesses play in creating a culture of resistance.
A Thunderous Galloping Gathering
Amy Irvine
2nd October, 2019
Amy Irvine challenges Edward Abbey's influence on our individualistic relationship with wilderness, in an extract from her latest book 'Desert Cabal'
A Nocturnal Visitor
Narendra
30th September, 2019
Narendra's latest Dispatch from Bastar, a tribal region in Central India, from the occasional series edited by Anita Roy
Red River Backwards
Mike Hembury
20th March, 2019
A city like Berlin is already a natural disaster in so many ways. How are we supposed to know when a bit more is too much?
We Are Watching You
Daniel Nakanishi-Chalwin
13th March, 2019
An essay by Daniel Nakanishi-Chalwin, our new Featured Mountaineer, on being stalked by crows.