So, what is the role of the artist in all of this…. how can artists facilitate real change with benefits for society and the environment?

I think there is a potential for artists to both model ways of being with the world that are playful and explorative, and to act in ways which are more ‘practical’ too, that can be embedded within society and encourage real change - e.g. within education, and other work that has a life outside of the gallery or theatre.

I am starting to really appreciate how I can be a researcher, a maker, an exhibiting artist, a writer, a facilitator in schools and museums and day-centres… how all these link together and form a cycle of exploration, discovery, learning and sharing.

I am excited at how my arts practice both feeds me and can enable others to find their own ways of seeing and experiencing the world, allowing them to appreciate and value difference in themselves and others, and their place within the system that we call ‘nature’.

And this blog has become part of that experience of research and sharing… so please tell us what you think too.