Singing with others is an unmediated, shared experience as each person feels the same music reverberating in their individual bodies. Singing is part of our humanity; it is embodied empathy. Jay Griffiths bodyembodyempathy Change image and share on social
Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and accords greater respect to those with greater expertise. With one exception: climate science. Jay Griffiths academiaacceptaccord share on social
I'm not against entertainment: if someone wants to read nonsense-mongers, let them, but I resent the appearance of parity between two articles on an issue as serious as climate change when one article is actually gibberish masked in pseudoscience and the other is well informed and accurate. Jay Griffiths accurateappearancearticle share on social
All definitions of wilderness that exclude people seem to me to be false. African 'wilderness' areas are racist because indigenous people are being cleared out of them so white people can go on holiday there. Jay Griffiths africanareaclear share on social
Time is found in the calibration of the individual to the timing of a collective endeavour, the social grace that less clock-bound societies must practise. Jay Griffiths bindcalibrationclock Change image and share on social
The losses of the natural world are our loss, their silence silences something within the human mind. Jay Griffiths humanlossmind Change image and share on social
The woods are a place where children can go to think. Children gravitate towards these spaces. When I was a child it was nothing more than a scrubby little overhang under a rhododendron bush, but it was incredibly important to me. Jay Griffiths bushchildgravitate share on social
Just because Galileo was a heretic doesn't make every heretic a Galileo. Jay Griffiths galileohereticmake Change image and share on social
As a writer you have a duty to be a messenger. Jay Griffiths dutymessengerwriter Change image and share on social
In many traditions, the world was sung into being: Aboriginal Australians believe their ancestors did so. In Hindu and Buddhist thought, Om was the seed syllable that created the world. Jay Griffiths aboriginalancestoraustralian Change image and share on social