How can we relearn the art of working together and what kind of values and behaviour could we nurture in the collective spaces we create?
Living in a material world
Paul Mason’s argument that we should focus on building the new system within the old offers an outline of things I sense will be important in the new landscape
Finding the light
Rainer Maria Rilke’s language of being in the darkness makes a useful connection between writing and exploration, the process of moving blindly towards the discovery of something new
Shifting perspectives
A heady sense of relief results from the shift from a perspective about change that could be likened to pushing your head against a wall to one in which change is a given – something to be worked with
Many trees in the wood…
We will have to nurture our ability to dream of and build a new way of life if we are to make the transition to new ways of living and being amid the rubble of capitalism
Returning to ourselves
How much does our preoccupation with style icons and other larger than life figures, as well as with bygone eras help us move towards the person we want to be, or to make a difference in the world?
Read all about it…
People, books, stories, ideas and reading are weaving themselves together in my life
Could postcapitalism be the great leveller?
I’m inspired by the idea that postcapitalism could act as a leveller between men and women, and present us with a location from which a more just society could be created
Caught between despair and hope
Sitting in Peckham, between spells of rain, it was good to hear Alice, urging me to see my life as part of something bigger and, like her, to try to make a difference
PostCapitalism: There are no short cuts
It’s one thing to survive a catastrophe, or any kind of trauma; it’s another thing entirely to recover and start to rebuild