We Will Dance With Stillness w/ Craig Slee
On this episode, my guest is Craig Slee, a disabled writer, consultant & theorist dealing with mythology, folklore, magic & culture, exploring life through the lensof landscape, disability and fugitive embodiments.
He has contributed essays and poetry focusing on the numinous and disability to various anthologies including The Dark Mountain Journal. Craig has also co-facilitated multiple seminar series at the Dresden Academy for Fine Arts, regarding ableism in the arts, as well as how ableism affects our relationship to space.
In 2023 he was one of the speakers at the World Futures Studies Federation 50th Anniversary Conference, introducing the concept of (Dis)abling Futures. Craig resides in the northwest of England.
Show Notes
Cornwall and the Seasons
Who Gets to Decide What it Means to Know a Place?
The Folding in of Identity to Tourism
A Question of Productive vs Generative Ability
Ableism and Attention
Finger Bending and the Freedom of Movement
Redefining and Remembering Other Forms of Movement
What is Stillness?
The Dance of Mountains
Obeying Limits
Homework
Transcript
The transcript is available via Chris's Substack page. You can sign up for free and read along here: https://chrischristou.substack.com/
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