27. LIVE: Living an embodied life and crafting the Way // CAROLINE ROSS

Caroline Ross has spent decades being immersed in Daoism, art, crafting and foraging (and spent 10 years touring with her rock band). Today, her practice weaves these diverse threads together into a philosophy of life centred on embodied living, exploring the Way (in the Daoist sense of the word) and making art as if the Earth mattered. Caroline Ross is an artist, craftswoman, writer and T’ai Chi teacher. You’ll find her sharing her passion for foraging and crafting via @foundandground on IG, and she writes weekly on themes of embodied life, art and the Way as Uncivil Savant on Substack. This is one of three public conversations that were recorded 2023-2024 as part of a series of events exploring the concept of ‘life-force’. The final and last episode will arrive in a few weeks’ time! This episode was recorded at and produced in collaboration with CEMUS at Uppsala University, and supported by the Viriditas foundation. LINKS TO THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT:Caroline’s booksCaroline’s substack, The Uncivil SavantLink to Caroline’s text about the Spruce Tree CroneDougald Hine's Substack The Dark Mountain Project Support us on Patreon: ⁠patreon.com/forestofthought⁠Share and subscribe. Find all available platforms here.Our theme music is by Christian Holtsteen at ⁠stoneproduction.no⁠.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit forestofthought.substack.com/subscribe