![]() ![]() ![]() His other books, including The Lost Words and Landmarkseach attempt to hold onto the very thin string connecting humans to the land. ![]() Macfarlane’s Wild Places documented the many unspoiled lands within the United Kingdom, a place long imagined to be one big manicured lawn party. ![]() You can download a high-resolution JPEG here and use without credit, if your cause is just! The linocut used in the Heartwood poster is by artist Nick Hayes ( The Book of Trespass). “ Heartwood” was written for the people (and trees) of Sheffield in 2018 when the city was logging public spaces, and has enjoyed a second life as a rallying cry of for those participating in the age-old battle to preserve the wilds, translated into Tamil, Dutch, and Mandarin, among other languages. In an Instagram post, he encourages its use by anyone who happens to be “defending trees, woods or forests from unjust felling.” Perhaps you want to put it on your wall, perhaps you want to sing it outside of your local council, or perhaps you might use it as a “charm against harm,” Macfarlane suggests. Keeper of the lost words and defender of the trees Robert Macfarlane has released a poster of his poem “Heartwood” into the wild in the hopes that people will use it to support land preservation. ![]()
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