Connect . Reflect . Act

Connection is built into the very fabric of the universe.  All that is – all matter – originated from a single source at the formation of the known universe.  Ultimately, we are connected with everything else, yet we have never been more disconnected from nature. In 2020, national parks throughout the UK were deluged with new visitors unfamiliar with rural environments. The litter and desperation that resulted was testament to the extent of the disconnect with nature that has grown over the 21st century. 

Re-connection with nature is central to the health and wholeness of all things, since the more we appreciate the wonders of the universe about us, the more we will come to cherish it and the less we will despoil it. This is not something we can do through knowledge alone – rather, we re-connect by opening ourselves to the transcendent power of nature – through feeling the roughness of ancient rock, immersing ourselves in the ocean, or sleeping under the stars. In doing so, we fall into rhythm with the land, and experience a sense of sacredness and the sublime.  It’s that indefinable, intangible resonance and sense of connection with something beyond us. These moments of connection carry a conviction that there is something else and it’s here but not here.  They can’t be fully captured in words or image, for they have to be experienced – shafts of light cutting through the gloom, reflections in a water droplet, booming thunder, a perfectly still pool, a soaring buttress – moments of sublimity and connection.