Tree rings & human fingerprint

'We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable—but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance & change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.'
~ Ursula Le Guin
Born #OTD , in 1929

…12 extraordinary people came together to discuss shame; it felt like taking the lid off a secret, exploring the complexity of this subject with such courage & honesty. More to come but meanwhile - just thank you Empathy Museum & Clare Patey for inviting us & to you who spoke

This Saturday! Bring your stained and holey clothes along to our drop-in workshop and give them a new lease of life, under the guidance of mending wizard Georgia de Castro Keeling.

2-4pm, at 20 Atlantic Rd, free, all materials provided 🧶

Still some places left …

Still some places left …

The Empathy Museum have a series of events over the next 5 weeks, based in Atlantic Rd. Pull up a chair & get stuck into conversations exploring how we can live better together. Check out 'Nights at the Roundtable' #Brixton #HerneHill eventbrite.com/cc/nights-at-t…

How can we bring Empathy to the high street? Empathy Museum (which I was involved in founding) opens its alternative Empathy Shop in Brixton today! Full of exhibits, events and conversations empathymuseum.com/london/

The Empathy Museum is back in Brixton tomorrow! Their new exhibition explores how we can put empathy at the heart of the British high street. Their director Clare Patey is part of our #SDMNetwork
empathymuseum.com/london/

This is too good. Oh, how train wins.

For Nurses in London - a chance to experience a Listening Circle with Esther Murray #wearetheuniversity 🕷🇪🇺 at the Empathy Museum pop up shop in Brixton on 22nd September. A space to be heard by, and to listen to, other empathetic humans ❤️

London pop-up is coming together! Still lots to be done inside, but we'll be ready for opening on 22 Sept!
empathymuseum.com/london

I feel like I'm in a parallel world posting this, but it's very, very real. #GboyegaOdubanjo is missing and we need to find him ASAP. If you have ANY information, please contact the police or his family
theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/a…

Stairway at 48 Rue de Lille Paris is one of Edward Hopper's earliest paintings and was created in 1906.

New Realism style
Edward Hopper #BOTD

July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967

Great. Let’s have a world with no jobs and no human interaction. Just a few billion lonely hunchbacks tapping away. theguardian.com/business/2023/…

Opening van podcastfestival OORZAKEN in de Brakke Grond met Clare Patey van Empathy Museum, Joshua Baker van ‘I’m Not a Monster’ en organisator Tjitske Mussche. Audioverhalen zijn voor haar manier om ‘empathiespier te trainen’
De Mediakaravaan brengt verslag uit de lage landen

It’s our birthday! Falling Tree turns 25 this month!

At the heart of what we do remains a belief in radio's imaginative possibilities - audio that can reconfigure the world around us & sink into our dreams

Dip into our archive: nearly 800 audio docs here fallingtree.co.uk/our-archive/

Well done Olivia Douglass and Clare Patey for pulling it all together. Below are some of the stories I listened to and the shoes I walked in. Can’t wait to hear more when the podcast comes out!

Today I had the privilege of walking in the shoes of people who shared their personal stories & experiences of the 1981 uprisings in #Brixton #Handsworth & #Toxteth as part of Empathy Museum #AMileInMyShoes