Mar 23, 2025

 On Community: The More-Than-Human World

Instead of imposing our human world onto the “more-than-human” world, Tess James helps us understand how the world arrives for her. 

“I step into the human world through the mirror of the more-than-human world, finding ease in its familiar safety. People exist in the background; my foreground is the present moment. Never empty. Always a canvas—Butterflies. Dried leaves. Twigs I like to hold. Worm castings brushing my heels. A bird call.” She continues, "This is how the world arrives for me. I step into the human world through the mirror of the more-than-human world, finding ease in its familiar safety."

Tess also seeks to understand “the nature of invitations in the human world too.” She shares, "This is the secret I have come to dwell in. One must understand the nature of invitatiosn in the human world too. And so, I post them—my invites—out into the world." [Read more ...]

Her reflection, offered with poetic grace, emerged during a recent Laddership Pod exploring uncommon questions with heartful changemakers from 40+ countries around the world.