The Holy Fool, Hallowed Weeds & How To Just Start Writing Already with Helen Lehndorf

I share a GRIPPING TALE about a droplet of water before sitting down with Helen Lehndorf, who is a radical forager, author, anarchist, poet and plenty more wonderful things besides. I loved her memoir A Forager's Life so much! Helen and I dive straight into the weeds about permaculture life strategies, unlocking creativity, writing for nature and how to rebel against The Machine by playing the Holy Fool. Medicine for muddled, blocked or chronically shy creatives.

IN THIS CONVO

Swimming upstream of the over culture

Undoing cultural entrainment

Social permaculture

Permaculture design web

Establishing a daily writing habit

The world isn’t saying PLEASE ARTIST MAKE MORE ART but you should anyway

Anarchism

The YES, AND rule

The Holy Fool archetype

AI? *shrugs*

Enspiriting your art

ECOPOETICS

Getting past sharing insecurity

Writing for nature

Why little lives are worth sharing

Invisible care work

Journalling versus publishing

Blackberry medicine

What is it to relate with plants?

PUNK GRANDDAD DANDY

Synesthesia

The future has an ancient heart

🧙‍♀️ LINKY POOS 🧙‍♀️

Helen’s home on the web

A Forager’s Life ~ Helen Lehndorf

The Bruise Palette ~ Helen Lehndorf

Social permaculture ~ Looby Macnamara

Kirsty Porter

Wild ~ Cheryl Strayed

E.M Forster ~ Howard’s End

Annie Dillard

Sound credit: Morepork / Ruru (Owl) - Auckland, New Zealand by tdes -- https://freesound.org/s/319539/ -- License: Attribution 3.0