Mythologizing Place with Obi Kaufmann

Mythologizing Place with Obi Kaufmann

Author, artist, poet, and eco-philosopher Obi Kaufmann doesn't want to craft a better argument.

He wants to tell a better story.

But what does that kind of story look like? How do we begin to convey the incredible complexity of a place like California? How do we avoid unproductive divisiveness, embrace a better worldview, and move forward together in healing the land?

Join me and Obi in a field of wildflowers on Mt. Diablo as we discuss humanity’s relationship with the earth, Mt. Diablo daisies, ways in which meaning is co-constructed, biodiversity, what a myth really is, very quiet lions, how we relate to place, and how telling a better story about this land we love, this place now known as California, might just help humans come together to care for it.


Links:

Obi's website

The California Field Atlas

See Obi speak

Heyday Membership (add the word GOLDEN to the "How did you find us" section to receive a free bandana designed by Obi!)

My website

Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok @goldenstatenaturalist

The song is called "i dunno" by grapes. The Creative Commons license can be found here.

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