Willow Tit Anthology of Poems
Community artist Linden McMahon was commission by Back from the Brink to run a drop-in creative writing activity session inspired by the Willow Tit.
We Are A Many-Bodied Singing Thing is a new anthology of speculative poetry and fiction, inspired by endangered species and the people saving them. Download it for free and watch the virtual launch below!
We Are A Many-Bodied Singing Thing Online
The things that give me the most hope in this time of revelation and reckoning are on both ends of a scale of magnitude: I find hope in people imagining different futures, telling different stories and refusing to give in to the narrow visions that our dominant narratives give us. And I also find hope in people who are saving our non-human kin one by one, loving one species at a time until they’re safe.
Speculative fiction and poetry are one way to span this scale: the minutiae of good storytelling grounding us, combined with a commitment to the future that can offer expansive visions which make better worlds possible.
Event took place at
Astrea Academy, Dearne
Astrea Academy Dearne is a coeducational secondary school located in the Dearne Valley, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.
The Trees of Fountains Abbey
Celebrating Ancient Trees - Banner Making and parade
Ancients of the Future Event
'CELEBRATING ANCIENT TREES – BANNER MAKING AND PARADE'
Come-a-wassailing
Barberry Carpet Moth Event
'COME-A-WASSAILING '
To fly adventurous
Black-tailed Godwit Event
'TO FLY ADVENTUROUS'
Walking Art Workshops
Gems in the Dunes Event
'WALKING ART WORKSHOPS'
Buckthorn Bash Workshop
Gems in the Dunes Event
'BUCKTHORN BASH WORKSHOP '
Outdoor Porcelain Workshop
Gems in the Dunes Event
'OUTDOOR PORCELAIN WORKSHOP'
Outdoor Cyanotype Workshop
Gems in the Dunes Event
'OUTDOOR CYANOTYPE WORKSHOP'
Drawing from Nature
Colour in the Margins Event
'DRAWING FROM NATURE '
Discover, Create, Value
Colour in the Margins Event
'DISCOVER, CREATE, VALUE '
Poetry with Linden
Poetry art discussion
Wild at 'art on the heath!
Banner and wall hanging making workshop
Long ears and narrow heads
Ladybird spiders creative workshops
Poetry and drawing
The Last Ditch
Grasslands Art
Pine Marten Box Making
Fans of the Forest - guided walk
Cabinet of Curiosity
Lantern making
Victory Wood Heritage Open Day
Willow Tit Anthology of poems
Lanhydrock
Sound of the field
Meet an artist
Willow Tit Anthology of Poems workshop organised by an amazing artist Linden Katherine McMahon.
Linden Katherine McMahon
Writer and Performer | From: London
For the past two years, I’ve been an artist in residence with Back from the Brink; in the course of learning about the many amazing projects, two of them spoke loudly to my love of speculative fiction and poetry – Firstly, the Willow Tit project – these little birds excavate their own nest holes in rotting deadwood, and thrive in post-industrial areas that we might consider wastelands. I wanted to think about what unexpected alliances we might have with plants and animals, and what life might spring up in places we’ve written off. Secondly, Ancients of the Future is taking care of the ancient trees which become ecosystems in themselves, home to literally thousands of other beings. The young trees planted now will watch our world change as they become ancients. What might they see? And how can we protect them?
I wanted to bring the work of conservationists together with the imaginations of writers. In an open call out, I asked writers to explore how we might take care of the world around us as our ways of living change.
The Art of saving species
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