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Jay Griffiths talks about her book, “Wild: An Elemental Journey†describing her journeys to wildernesses of earth and ice, water, fire and air.
Entry £7 /£5 Concessions, Arrive 6pm for a 6:30pm Start - Wine available.
Please reserve your place as space is limited. Email rentals@octobergallery.co.uk or call 44 (0)20 7831 1618
Jay Griffiths will talk about her book, “Wild: An Elemental Journey†which describes her journeys to wildernesses of earth and ice, water, fire and air. This book is the result of a seven-year odyssey among Native people, listening to their philosophies; meeting cannibals; anchoring a boat to an iceberg where polar bears slept; joining Inuit hunters on a whale hunt; drinking shamanic medicine with Amazonian healers; visiting sea gypsies and journeying to the freedom fighters of West Papua.
She will discuss the songlines of the earth, the paths in the Papuan highlands remembered in song, and the ethereal music of shamans, as well as the songlines of Aboriginal Australia. The talk will explore the words and meanings which shape ideas of wildness and it will illustrate the anarchic nature of wildness, as well as the kindness of what is wild, both in nature and the human mind. The talk will also explore some of the political resonances of wilderness and the corporate invasions of indigenous lands, arguing for the essential freedoms, and the necessary wildness of the human spirit, everywhere.
Jay Griffiths is the author of two works of non-fiction “Wild: An Elemental Journey†and “Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Timeâ€. She has also written a long short story, “Anarchipelago†based on the road protest movement of the 1990s. She is the winner of many awards, including the Orion prize and the Barnes and Noble award for the best first-time author. She lives in Wales.
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28 April 2009 at 6:00 pm |
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The October Gallery |
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£7 (£5 Concessions) |
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