Story will be a vessel throughout this course, a container. Throughout the six weeks we will reflect on the cultural & collective stories of the systems we’re part of. We’ll reflect on the stories of cultural emergence & our own journeys. We will conclude with a meditation on myth: myth as eros, myth as an archive of how we can learn to navigate the crises we face. To conclude the course, we will gather round and listen to the telling of an ancient story, a story of wilderness & courage. 

In this course learners will be introduced to botanical inks & mineral paints. Participants will learn how to make oak-gall ink & how to make their own watercolor paint from locally foraged ochres. 

Learners will be introduced to plant-work, we’ll discuss reciprocal foraging guidelines, the honorable harvest, study a handful of local native plants throughout different seasons, their medicinal properties & how we can both cook with these plants & process them into folk medicines. Learners will gain recipes, confidence & new skills within wild food & herbal medicine.