A New Ancestral Migration
A Choctaw author reframes migration through Indigenous wisdom, revealing how humanity's deepest journeys can lead from exile and loss to renewal and a shared positive future.
Negotiating Fluidity
In this immersive and vividly detailed essay, a visiting artist joins a team of wildlife biologists in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to study common eiders amid a rapidly melting seascape. What begins as a fieldwork adventure unfolds into a deep contemplation of perception, disorientation, and ecological unraveling.
Two Poems | Breathwork and Circle Music
Mary McGinnis’s poems explore the visceral and the quiet: breath as fire, a force of release, and stillness as a threshold where hidden music begins. They invite us to inhabit our bodies, surrender to mystery, and listen for life’s faint, guiding song.
Three Poems by Jen Considine
A Kosmos newcomer, Jen Considine’s poems move with the raw force of confession, rupture, and surrender. Yet beneath the jagged edges of pain and longing lies something deeper—a tuning toward coherence. Her words stretch across lifetimes and lineages, echoing with mythic archetypes and personal reckoning.
Chasing Solitude | Pilgrimage to the Dead Sea
The density of the water holds me afloat with no need to paddle. I stretch out and float on my back and the sounds around me become distorted by water. Staring at the sky, I take a few deep breaths and then close my eyes. I allow myself to float there for a moment, thankful for the chance to experience this place.
Rethinking Progress | Forming the Right Questions
What are the fundamental questions that humans alive at this particular moment in time should ask of themselves? What conjectures should we spend time pondering in order to realize a framework by which we may live hopeful, meaningful lives in the Anthropocene? By finding the right questions, we can inoculate ourselves to despair and focus our energy on the more productive pastures of vision and method.
The Healing Joy of a Hike in the Woods
The earth reminds us of how we must treat our home, and how that reflects our care for ourselves and each other. A cluttered mind is like a disordered space, whereas a temple cared for with love and respect can stand the test of time, its beauty woven into every moment.
The One Home Journey | Seven Years for Seven Generations
Dr. Rama Mani and Professor Alexander Schieffer are embarking on an epic journey. On Earth Day, April 22, 2024, their 7-year expedition begins - visiting every country while weaving a new narrative of interconnectedness and regeneration. Follow their itinerary and progress in Kosmos.
