Before I post what I am doing now, I should probably tell where I have came from. Last spring, a friend gave me the book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, it’s a great book, and it led me to read My Ishmael, the Story of B, and Beyond Civilization, also by Quinn. Those books were really the starting points for my journey, from there I found the Tribe of Anthropik and Jeff Vail’s Theory of Power, those were my introductions to the anti-civ, simplicity blog-sphere. From there, I’ve read Radical Simplicity, which was a good practical guide, but David Abram’s Spell of the Sensuous changed my viewpoint far more, I’ve learned a little bit about permaculture, and have started to explore the blog-sphere and have most recently begun to post on Ishthink. Recently, I have read Derrick Jensen’s A Culture of Make Believe, which is a great book, if a bit long (about 600 pages), David Suziki’s A Sacred Balance, and Coming Back to Life by Joanna Macy. Currently I have turned to more practical areas and am reading The Post Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook.
On the present, this blog is going to document my journey, and hopefully, help others you are in the same place.
1 Comment
May 13, 2007 at 1:32 am
Hey neworangutang,
Welcome to the world of anti-civ blogging. I’m also a big fan of Quinn, Anthropik, Vail and Jensen, and I’m currently reading Abrams right now.
I look forward to following your journey.