Craig Foster of My Octopus Teacher - How to Find the Wild in a Tame World
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2024
- Craig Foster is an Oscar- and BAFTA-winning filmmaker, naturalist, author, and ocean explorer. He is the co-founder of the Sea Change Project, an NGO dedicated to the long-term conservation and regeneration of the Great African Seaforest. His film My Octopus Teacher has led to making the Great African Seaforest a global icon. His new book is Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World: www.amazon.com/Amphibious-Sou...
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[01:42] A morning ray.
[04:05] Connecting with the sea is a family tradition.
[06:23] Making The Great Dance.
[08:32] Unnatural powers granted by natural attunement.
[15:46] Observing the secret lives of animals.
[19:50] What makes Kalahari trackers so impressive?
[22:43] Connecting with nature in the big city.
[25:59] Breath holding and cold exposure.
[29:38] Land lessons via underwater tracking.
[35:37] Connecting with a Cape clawless otter.
[39:26] Interspecies alliances.
[43:03] What compelled Craig to write Amphibious Soul?
[46:47] Why pristine nature comforts and inspires us.
[54:38] Is ancestral memory real?
[59:11] Nature as a mirror.
[1:03:07] The pros and cons of discovering new species.
[1:05:50] Song catching.
[1:12:48] The meaning of “home.”
[1:15:48] Parenting lessons.
[1:20:52] The psychic cost of sudden fame.
[1:29:14] For whom was Amphibious Soul written?
[1:31:32] Sea Change Project.
[1:34:17] The short-sightedness of current climate policy.
[1:40:47] Changing entrenched minds.
[1:52:55] A camera-stealing octopus.
[1:56:09] Hope for a shift in human perspective.
[1:59:38] Parting thoughts.
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Amazing and vital conversation. On the notion of denser consciousness - astrologer Rick Levine has noted this phenomenon (almost a telepathic enhancement in tropical settings) as potentially a function of increased humidity. Electricity flows much easier in those environments, and thus so too might our thought waves.
Overwhelmed with the beauty of this discussion! Enlightening on so many levels! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Oh, communing with nature. You don't need grand vistas ...Craig mentioned Jon Young. He is teaching ancient, indigenous peace keeping and one of the main ingredients is "spot sitting". Chose a spot in nature (local park, hiking trail) anything that has earth uncovered by concrete, has grasses and plants and trees and birds and insects. Same spot every day, 20 minutes. And observe. @Tim Ferris, you should have Jon Young on your podcast. An amazing storyteller with rich experience and connected to the land and north american indigenous traditions. Thank you Craig for mentioning him.
Two great men we are lucky to live with!
Attunement - that's what I'm struck by after watching this: the importance of attunement. Craig's grandmothers attuned fully to their grandchildren, equipping Craig with a similar capacity to attune to the creatures he encounters in the deep. Everything about the 'modern' world seems to be antithetical to attunement. It seems we have to swim against the 'tide' in order to be fully present to one another and to the wider natural world.
this was just incredible. will be watching this over and over. what a window into your huge hearts, thank you for sharing with us.
Amazing conversation!! Inspiring, mysterious.
Really enjoyed this conversation and learning more about Craig and his work. I enjoyed his deliberate cadence in speech which by nature makes you tune in. Thank you for sharing your ways. If I may share a contemporary artist Walton Ford- Tim you might enjoy his work. He paints massive watercolors and tells stories and interprets myths from the perspective of animals. I have recently found out about him and was lucky to see his recent show at the ateneo Veneto in Venice last month. He also purchased land that he left for nature to take over as his legacy. I love this idea… thanks again for inspiring conversation.
I absolutely love this conversation - the way you two vibe with each other is so fabulous! I also can identify deeply with a lot of what is being said, due to my experiences both recent and in my childhood in wild areas such as Kruger National Park, Etosha, and Addo.
Dude you are killing it with the guests!!! Another great one!
Amazing talk!
I always excect Tim to get up and cook something in this setting^^
Bill Monroe was a famous Bluegrass muscian and songwriter. Love your conversation. Will go deeper into my woods and sit to allow nature to form relationships with me. Very excited about doing this. This desire has been inspired by this interview and the one with Boyd Varty. Thank you Tim!❤
Really glad you said a bit about your social and political feelings at this moment in time-particularly in regard to finding commonality, choosing words wisely, and thinking in terms of narrative. Your avoidance of overt political topics over the years is totally understandable and has been obvious to me as someone who’s read your books and listened to dozens of your podcasts. Perhaps your approach of facilitating in-depth, long-form interviews/conversations instead of addressing political issues head-on has been a wiser, more effective antidote to combating the perverse forces pulling our nation and world apart. I'm sure it's been less stressful. Nonetheless, I can’t help but wish you’d occasionally say more about your intuitions explicitly on certain contentious and complex topics, because (1), the stakes really do seem existential at this point, and (2), you’ve become such a well-respected leader across the spectrum of political orientations, and I believe many people would be eager to hear your thoughts on these topics, delivered in your style with care and humility-in contrast to the overly-simplified rhetoric being shouted at us in sanctimony by so many so-called “leaders” from Team Red and Team Blue.
Thank you for a fantastic interview and conversation with Craig, as well as for all of your excellent content over the years! Your work has had a profound impact on me and on so many others as you know. Much gratitude, Tim.
how wow
So beautiful and I have deep admiration for not just the topics of discussion but for the work, both sides. Peaceful and inspiring.
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I wonder if the breathing exercises Craig does are not of the nature that releases natural DMT in his brain? A lot of the connection he talks about reflects the sense of connection to the larger world and universe that medicine brings.
Beautiful discussion. The persistent question remains: How do we get back to a more natural state when we have gone so far down the opposite path and now feel trapped in that path due to provider (family) obligations? I look forward to reading the book.
Accept the human condition. We are animals predisposed to anger, judgment, and conflict. We need to get back to our roots, our mother, her nature.
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In the “ordinary”Yes, indeed.
In my opinion THIS is HOW humans domesticated Dogs and Cats OR “They” Domesticated Us humans.
Nature will
REACH OUT to Us, we just need to respond.
I have had Blue-Jays trying to reach out and communicate with Me, my entire life, and they respond to ME as soon as I try to reinforce one of their anomalous behaviors of tapping on the side of my car when I park it or around the garbage cans along the side of my house and they will find me in my house and tap on the window when they are hungry, I assume because I give them piles of birdseed when they do this.