When we cut ourselves loose from natural cycles, we traded connection for comfort. Our disconnect from the natural cycles and seasonal woes has enabled us to grow and consume far beyond the carrying capacity of our planet’s ecosystem. To restore the connection with our biological cycles and ecosystems, join me on a trip to the island of Pongso no Tao, before travelling back in time to the pre-Christian, Dutch delta.

Join me on a trip to Pongso no Tao island, before embarking on a journey to the future of a floating city in the south of the Netherlands. This was the starting point of my lecture at the "Re-patterning our Seasonal Cultures" symposium in September ‘23 at the University of Bergen.

I believe that children are crucial in shaping our future. Not only because they are the future, but mainly because children have the ability to think outside the box and dream, and as a society, we need this.

Much of today’s AI art debate revolves around answering the question: is AI art, art, or soulless regurgitation of actual art? Honestly, this discussion bores me to death, and leads away from AI’s real dark issue.

In these dark and slow days my mind has been full of thoughts about roots and entanglements. Specifically my own roots.