Talks & Seminars
A Cloak for Courage
Eco-poet duo kin’d & kin’d (Kay Syrad & Clare Whistler) will give a talk about the conception and making of their Cloak for Courage.
Eco-poet duo kin’d & kin’d (Kay Syrad & Clare Whistler) will give an interactive talk about the conception and making of their Cloak for Courage. The cloaks will be on display as part of the event.
Eco-poet duo kin’d & kin’d (Kay Syrad and Clare Whistler) have created a Cloak for Courage in the Anthropocene, an era defined by our human impact on the planet, which invites us to rethink courage as both a collective and ecological necessity.
Syrad and Whistler’s interest in courage initially developed from their study of Jorie Graham, an American eco-poet whose collection To 2040 addresses an apocalyptic near-future. For Graham, courage has surpassed hope as a vital response to our world’s challenges. In her poem “Day,” she asks, “What do you think your strength is for—,” a question that resonates deeply with Syrad and Whistler’s work. Inspired by Graham, they began to explore courage not just as a human trait, but as something that connects us to the “many-more-than-human” world.
Eco-poet duo kin’d & kin’d (Kay Syrad and Clare Whistler) have created a Cloak for Courage in the Anthropocene, an era defined by our human impact on the planet, which invites us to rethink courage as both a collective and ecological necessity.
Syrad and Whistler’s interest in courage initially developed from their study of Jorie Graham, an American eco-poet whose collection To 2040 addresses an apocalyptic near-future. For Graham, courage has surpassed hope as a vital response to our world’s challenges. In her poem “Day,” she asks, “What do you think your strength is for—,” a question that resonates deeply with Syrad and Whistler’s work. Inspired by Graham, they began to explore courage not just as a human trait, but as something that connects us to the “many-more-than-human” world.
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