Notes on Becoming
Essays on discovery, surrendering to impermanence, and making it up as I go along.
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Death, Immanence and Compost
Dear Reader,
I’ve not written for several weeks now and wanted to share some very personal news before I take a pause from writing for the remainder of 2025.
Notes on Becoming is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work,...
Emotional Justice
“How are emotions bound up with stories of justice and injustice? …Is a just response to injustice about having more ‘just emotions’, or is justice never ‘just’ about emotions?”
Sara Ahmed, The Cultural Politics of Emotions
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What is an existential crisis?
The final day of August.
Children are nearing the end of their summer holidays. We take a collective breather from routines, socialising more even as the evenings get shorter, the height of summer now passed. We begin the slow, soft pad in...
Can Chaos be Constructive?
“’Have any of your ideas ever made anything better?’
‘In this instance,” said the fool with a laugh, “making matters worse might be best.’
‘How’s that?’
‘Reversals improve most prospects.’”
Ben Okri
— from Madame Sosotris & The Festiva...
On Purposelessness
I’ve been away on holiday in Greece, celebrating a friend’s wedding and doing very little. Including my monthly Substack essay. Here’s a re-purposed piece of writing in lieu of that regular offering.
I hope it will help you - as it helps m...
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I write and coach from the crossroads of somatics ✨, nature \ud83c\udf31, and social justice ✊. Here I share reflections, stories, and practices for bringing play, creativity and embodiment into both personal growth and systems change
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