The Natural Circus / January 2015

Note from the road, in the autumn of 2018

This is the last entry from one of two Natural Circus Blogs (this one from 2010-2015 + and another 2015-2018 -> www.naturalcircus.tumblr.com).

For quite some time The Natural Circus | Learning to Listen was a sort of overall name for my sharings and wanderings.

Not unlike a wandering monk or a pilgrim, or at times a traveling researcher, I roamed in and out of cultural contexts and natural environments.

Not unlike a bee collecting pollen, or a fox collecting seeds in her fur, I passed, and pass on information on various practices and approaches from one culture and bioregion to the other.

Also, the Natural Circus was my form of resistance.

It was a conscious and necessary withdrawal from Western ways of perceiving, thinking and operating on any level, that I could not resonate with and experienced as destructive, or not based in an ecocentric or integral approach to view the world.

It was (and is in a way) a passively active way of non-cooperation/participation; an ongoing strike, that at the same time, here and there, points at and shares alternatives.

Lars Schmidt, www.passiveactivism.net

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The Natural Circus / July 2014 – December 2014

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on the road, Switzerland, December 2014
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on the road, Switzerland, December 2014
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Herzwil, Switzerland, December 2014
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on the road, Switzerland, December 2014
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Bern, Switzerland, December 2014
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Bern, Switzerland, December 2014
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on the road, Switzerland, December 2014
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geschwister_web

on the road, Switzerland, December 2014
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Bern, Switzerland, November 2014

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Bern, Switzerland, November 2014
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Bern, Switzerland, November 2014
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twilight_web

on the road, France, November 2014
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Paris, France, November 2014

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on the road, France, November 2014
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on the road, France, October 2014
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Mediterranean, France, October 2014
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Marseille, France, October 2014
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Drome Valley, France, October 2014
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On the road, France, October 2014

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Mediterranean, September 2014

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Barcelona, Spain, September 2014

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Marseille, France, September 2014

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Ardeche, France, September 2014

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Drome Valley, France, September 2014
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Marseille, France, August 2014

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Drome Valley, France, August 2014

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Drome Valley, France, August 2014

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Drome Valley, France, August 2014

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Drome Valley, France, August 2014
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Berlin, Germany, July 2014

 

 

The Natural Circus / March 2014 – June 2014

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On the road, France, June 2014
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Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 2014
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Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 2014

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Marindia, Uruguay, May 2014
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Uruguay, May 2014

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Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 2014
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Montpellier, France, March 2014
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France, March 2014
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Mediterranean, France, March 2014

The Natural Circus / January 2014 – March 2014

Just That, 09 Jan 14
Mediterranean France, January 2014

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Somewhere in France, January 2014
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Catalunya, Spain, January 2014

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Catalunya, Spain, January 2014

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Catalunya, Spain, January 2014

The Natural Circus / July 2013 – January 2014

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Paris, France, January 2014

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almonds_web

Leucate, France, September 2013

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French Pyrenees, September 2013
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French Pyrenees, September 2013

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arbolita_web

Sanary-sur-Mer, France, August 2013

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Pirineos, Spain, July 2013

The Natural Circus / July 2012 – May 2013

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mirror_web

Sanary-sur-Mer, France, May 2013

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Sanary-sur-Mer, France, May 2013

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Berlin, Germany, May 2013

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France, April 2013

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Paris, France, November 2012

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Cadaques, Spain, November 2012

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Camargue, France, October 2012

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Ocata, Spain, September 2012
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Ocata, Spain, September 2012

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France, September 2012

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Paris, France, September 2012

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Hamburg, Germany, August 2012

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Barnave, France, July 2012

The Natural Circus / June 2012

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Barnave, France, June 2012

The Natural Circus / November 2011 – April 2012

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Vercors, France / April 2012

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Glandage, France / February 2012

 

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Gats, France / February 2012
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Boulc, France, January 2012

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Cannes, France, January 2012
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Berlin, Germany, December 2011

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Berlin, Germany, December 2011

‚Natural Thinking‘ – Deep Ecology, Zen and Poetry / a reading

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‚Natural Thinking‘
Deep Ecology, Zen and Poetry
Lars Schmidt reads

Thu, 15th of december / 21.00h
Myxa Cafe
Lenaustrasse 22, Berlin Neukoelln

The Natural Circus in Berlin / a gathering / 27oct 2011

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The Natural Circus / Lars Schmidt
– a gathering –
feat. David Rothenberg + Michael Metzler

David Rothenberg is a well of creativiy. Next to making music with whales, birds or musicians like Glen Velez, he is a recording artist of the ECM label.
David is also a philosopher-naturalist and the author of numerous books including ‚Why birds sing‘ and ‚Thousand miles song‘.
www.davidrothenberg.net
www.thousandmilesong.com

Michael Metzler is an internationally known percussionist and teacher of ethnic and historical percussion. He has participated in numerous CD productions world-wide, and worked with artists like Ahmed Subhy or Glen Velez.

Lars Schmidt is a poet, multidisciplinary artist, and dancer at the margins of art, (deep) ecological thinking and practical know-how for sustainable living.
He is the initiator and facilitator of processes/projects like The Natural Circus, Art, Ecology & Education or Cultural Revolutionaries 2009.
Having explored the creative process in many different art forms and countries, and with his understanding as permaculture designer, he introduces and facilitates ways of thought and expression that work with, rather than against natural dynamics.
www.passiveactivism.net