This panoramic sequence of poems traces our changing relationship
over the ages to Nature, Land and the Garden and embraces
contrasting but interrelated levels of domestic, political and
spiritual significance. Starting from our ancient understanding of
being woven into a World manifestly alive, it goes on to picture
our loss of this sense, the rise of our Christian culture out of
the ruins of Rome and its decline as our desire and capacity to
dominate, control and profit from the natural world steadily
increases. The Sequence also looks at paintings and drawings from
the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to trace the
increasing pace of the enclosures of common land with its
far-reaching implications for land ownership and economic practice
and the challenges this continues to pose for significant numbers
today for a decent and affordable place to live. Common Wealth also
looks into the heart of how we regard and value the natural world,
an issue of increasing urgency with changes in the climate bearing
down. In essence, this is a wake-up call fundamentally challenging
'business as usual'!
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