About this episode
The episode explores the contrasting feelings of vulnerability in November versus the protective embrace of nature in June.
The canopy leafs out and we are suddenly reminded of June’s benevolent conspiracy, its invitation to hide amid the green. The bare, brutal skies of November are on the other side of the year and we can take solace in a little concealment, a good green refuge. The world softens in these weeks as the stark silhouettes of winter blue ease into the froth of leaves unfurling. You grow weary in those grey days from so much exposure amid the stripped limbs and nude skies, but there is a sort of mercy now in the hills and hollows, now in the green. There is a starkness to November you feel when its wicked winds rip through the high places, tearing away leaf and cloud alike, leaving nothing between you and the void of space. It feels as though you are more vulnerable then, more scrutinized by the world and all its wounded ways, judged harshly for the faults that are not wholly your own. It is hard to describe, but you know the feeling; the trees are bare, the sky contains but distant stars apathetic to your condition, and it seems you are weighed and measured in a way that is not fully fair. Winter arrives whether you are ready or not and there is little leniency given for the ill…
People in this episode
Host: Ryan B. Anderson
Topics covered
- nature
- seasons
- vulnerability
- green spaces
- conspiracy
Keywords
- green
- nature
- vulnerability
- seasons
- June
- November
- trees
- refuge
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