Tending Your Metaphorical Garden - with Nana Dakin, Theater Director

This week, Julia Barry chats with Nana Dakin – a creative and prolific theater director whose work often draws on her love and observation of plants. In this chat, we dive into the connections between humans and plants, how we can create conditions for thriving (even if – or particularly because! – everything seems terrible), and the importance of rest and creativity in helping us plant seeds for future we wish to grow. Especially now, when you may feel discouraged or afraid about the state of the world, Nana's ideas are a balm, antidote, and motivating force.

Books & Media mentioned in the chat include:

• 7 Types of Rest (TED Talk)

• What It Takes to Heal (book by Prentis Hemphill)

• How to Survive the End of the World (podcast by Autumn Brown & Adrienne Maree Brown)

• Survival is a Promise (book by Alexis Pauline Gums)

• The Light Eaters (book by Zoe Schlanger)

• Robin Wall Kimmerer's Books including Braiding Sweetgrass and The Serviceberry

• Dirt Gems Plant Oracle Deck
• The Land in Our Bones (book by Layla K. Feghali)

Connect with Nana & Her Collaborators:

• https://www.nanadakin.com/
• https://www.jenanaya.com/ 
• https://www.risapuno.com/