Rich Talks about:

The meaning of Oika

The relationship between self-care and world care

The impact of Artificial Intelligence of the wellness industry and culture in-general

Chronos vs Kairos

What people can do to prepare

Now we are expanding our collaborative model and bringing it to Nantucket. As an artist who works directly with the natural world, Rita brings a unique perspective that might help us disentangle the perceived contradictions between art and science. Her process also highlights how nature may help us create a more beautiful culture. In this episode we begin to unpack Rita’s artistic practice, which sheds light on how the culture and nature of Nantucket may have contributed to Maria Mitchell’s outlook too.

Next week we’ll take a deeper dive into Rita’s process and introduce a series of really cool place-based art projects that are taking shape on Nantucket.

Gregg welcomes Rich Blundell. Rich is a theorist and activist who promotes the philosophy of “Oika,” which is the relational intelligence of nature expressed through human thought and action. Rich’s life purpose is to promote a culture of Oika, which he believes will heal people and the planet and orient us toward a beautiful future. In this episode, Rich shares his narrative and his experiences with loving nature and how that emerged and blended with his training in Big History to generate his current philosophy and work with artists. In this episode, in addition to sharing his perspective, he asks Gregg about how UTOK transcends the Enlightenment Gap and gives us a new map of Big History that can align with a philosophy of ecological intelligence.

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