“The only way out is in”?

This photo, called ‘Earthrise’, taken from lunar orbit in 1968 often stops me in my tracks. So much pain and suffering in the world, and yet this beautiful Earth still holds us.

Seen from afar, Earth looks peaceful in her blueness. When we look closer, we see that one species, ours, is responsible for so much harm to itself and to the more-than-human world.

In my work, I often return to these questions:
✨ How do we create conditions for accountability, connection and shared responsibility?
✨ How do we resist despair, numbness or immobilising grief?
✨ How do we honour the richness of human and more-than-human diversity?

Perhaps, As Junot Díaz said, “the only way out is in.”?

Might we learn to care with greater compassion by turning inward towards our bodies, and the internalised patterns we carry?

Might caring for what holds us—our bodies—help us care more deeply for the Earth that holds us all?