Description: A witchy field guide to the hidden world of birdsong, moon cycles, and stargazing. Discover ways to reconnect, even in our most densely populated cities.
What happens when the life you've built no longer feels like the life meant for you? When you feel drawn towards something wilder and more alive? Anna McCracken felt a calling to not just change her life, but to run away with the wolves. Clearly, this was a terrifying prospect, so she ignored it. Yet despite her best efforts, the pull only grew stronger, until she took to the road. From the remote deserts of Australia to the bustle of New York City, Do Wildness is about what happens when we start to notice what modern life so often trains us to overlook: birdsong, moon cycles, seasons and soils, rhythms and relationships. When instead of rushing forward, we remember the old stories didn't teach us about perfection, but participation. With 10 practises to help us reconnect with the natural world and our place within it, Do Wildness offers a way back to aliveness, beauty, and belonging. So come now, there's a fairy wren behind the hedgerow, ready to tell you a story...Review Quotes: "Embellished with sweet linocuts depicting wooded spaces, Anna McCracken's soulful self-help guide Do Wildness is about meaning-making through engagement with ancient wisdom and attuned states of being. Part personal essays, part guide... McCracken models interconnected wandering - going outward to return inward. Her references to lost hats, dinosaur footprints, selkies, city bird-watching, and chance meetings with old friends on distant mountaintops are whimsical illustrations of the book's themes. A tender treatise for navigating 'grief-filled and terrifying times', Do Wildness is a moving guide to unearthing one's innate connections to all." - Foreword