Join Patrick Jones, a partner in permaculture neopeasantry, in a conversation filled with tales of anger, renewal, goddesses, and content creation. Delve into his journey to becoming Blue Wren and his reverence for nature, sustainability, and community engagement. Explore his evolution as an activist and his insights on the intersection of art, culture, and traditional wisdom.
Embracing daily tasks like gathering firewood fosters a deep connection to meeting basic needs.
Understanding energy needs for tasks like hot water promotes environmental connection and self-reliance.
Self-sufficiency in managing resources like firewood encourages frugality and resilience.
Deep dives
Living Close to the Ground
The podcast episode delves into the speaker's experience of living close to the ground, connecting daily activities like gathering firewood and lighting a fire for heating and hot water. The speaker emphasizes the satisfaction derived from being directly involved in meeting basic needs like heating and water preparation.
Connecting with Reality
The importance of understanding the energy requirements for daily needs like hot water is highlighted. By engaging in tasks like collecting kindling and chopping wood for heating, the speaker emphasizes the connection to the environment and the effort involved in meeting fundamental needs.
Resilience and Frugality Incentives
The speaker discusses the frugality incentives associated with self-reliance in tasks like wood-fired water heating. By carefully managing resources like firewood to extend access to hot water, resilience and self-sufficiency are promoted.
Living a Grounded Life
The concept of living closer to the ground is explored as a way to enhance connection with life support systems and limit dependence on complex production and distribution chains. By bringing needs and fulfillment closer together, individuals can foster resilience and sustainability in their living practices.
Transitioning to Community Sufficiency
The episode concludes with a focus on transitioning towards community sufficiency in light of impending challenges like climate collapse. Embracing a village-based model and prioritizing relationships with local elders demonstrate the shift towards self-reliance and communal support.
Navigating Technology and Consuming Stories
The discussion touches on navigating technology and the desire to share stories while questioning the impact of scale and consumption in content creation. The speaker reflects on the balance between broadcasting messages widely and prioritizing localized, meaningful interactions.
Leaves and loam, feather and bone, it’s Patrick Jones from Artist as Family!
Patrick is Meg Magpie Ulman’s partner in permaculture neopeasantry, father of Blackwood and Zephyr, creature of Tree Elbow, songsmith, wordsmith, goatherd, grower, speaker, radical homemaker and reverential rubbish collector, most often seen on two wheels towing a load of scrap wood as one might bear a royal being, carried in a scared procession.
In this conversation Patrick shares a really special story about how he came to be Blue Wren as well as tales of anger, renewal, goddesses and content creation. It’s a gentle and beautiful thing which I’m really excited to share with you.