Eco-Mythic Arts

Art, ecology & the wonderful conversation of simply being alive

Over the past decade, I have found myself increasingly drawn to exploring the deep conversation that can be had between art-making, ecology, myth and embodied experience. For me, I believe this is a place where creativity can become a way of relating to the world around us.

Eco-Mythic Arts is the name I am now giving to this evolving body of work (a name inspired by an Eco-Mythic Psychodrama workshop I attended with Geoff Berry & Julie Lacey in 2018). For me eco-mythic arts is a way of exploring how creative practice can help us remember our belonging with the wider living world, and how stories, symbols and somatic knowing can also help guide us towards more reciprocal ways of being. I feel there is hope to be renewed in how we may be able to steward ourselves and the planet in a time of deep unrest.

A rainbow can be a beautiful reminder that nature is inherently creative. This image reminds me of hope. Castlemaine, Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Victoria, 2018‍

Broadly, my approach weaves together:

  • Ecology & place-based practice

  • Mythopoetics & storytelling

  • Somatic awareness & embodied inquiry

  • Arts-based exploration

  • Relational ontology

  • Liminality, thresholds & transformation

  • Reciprocity with the more-than-human world

I see this as an evolving inquiry, and one that moves & bends and shifts & transforms. In a way, I feel like it is a lifetime heuristic inquiry which is simply shaped by me walking, noticing, art-making, dreaming, as well as the continuous, ever-evolving dialogue that I have with the land, materials, memory and myth.

This lens informs my therapeutic work, but in many ways it feels more deeply embedded in my writing, my workshops, and the way I move through the world.

If you would like to explore this evolving thread in more depth…

Here are some of my current writings:

Related explorations…

Nature’s Palette

A compilation of materials and photographs that each hold an energy, something tangible

about place and story- a little like an altar of gathered things- a place to contemplate and be inspired.
https://www.liminalwilds.com.au/natures-palette

This is an evolving fluid body of work, and I look forward to continuing to explore and share what emerges

The Australian Nature-Based Art Therapy Resource

In 2026, I collaborated with Sarah Brooke and a group of Australian arts therapists and therapeutic practitioners to create The Australian Nature-Based Art Therapy Resource. This free collaborative publication explores the relationship between art, nature, place, and therapeutic practice.

This resource reflects one expression of the ongoing exploration of creativity, ecology, and relational practice at the heart of Eco-Mythic Arts.

https://www.seedpodcreativeartsstudio.com.au/the-australian-nature-based-art-therapy-resource

And if you would like to stay connected to this unfolding work, I would love to invite you to visit my creative site:
www.liminalwilds.com.au, or follow along on Instagram at @seedpodcreativeartsstudio

You can also find years of shared inspiration on my long-running Facebook interest page The Biophilia Effect - Arts Ecology and Wellbeing

Have you ever stopped to consider that we share this place with thousands of tiny neighbours- each with their own story. What stories do you notice unfolding in your own neighbourhood? Pause for a moment and listen closely. If you feel drawn, maybe write a poem or story about it!