Van Gogh is, therefore I am. Gandhi is, therefore I am. You are, therefore I am. Worms are, therefore I am. Buddhists call it co-dependent arising.
Writing involves much more than just being able to think and write.
The relationship between the reader and the writer, the paper and the pen and the publisher and the subject matter are all equally important aspects of writing. It is a participatory, relational, connective and integrated way of looking at life and seeing it whole. This view of a world of relationships is the underlying theme of this issue. Richard Tarnas looks at the history of Western thought and weaves together a new synthesis. Maurice Ash imagines how our education and agriculture, politics and planning would be shaped if we were to build them on the foundations of wholeness.