An Ecologist and a Poet Consider the Nature of Values and the Value of Nature
The Ucross Experiment is an ongoing venture to see what happens when artists and scientists collaborate in the mutual making of authentically shared works that reflect both of their insights and understandings (see video below). This year, the composer was paired with the shrub ecologist, the choreographer with the microbiologist, the sculptor with the physiological ecologist, and I was paired with the poet. Harvey Hix is a wickedly smart, incredibly well-read poet whose wo