You have probably had an experience of communicating with a dog or a preverbal baby without using language, but how can you know if you can really understand each other? And what about all of the other beings we relate to on a daily basis — potential foods, pets, or wildlife neighbors — if we can’t talk, can we still communicate? And in any case, how can we make sure we are relating well? This interactive presentation draws from diverse philosophical traditions and weaves together artmaking with fish and deer, meditation with insects (even those we’d rather not, like ticks and mosquitos!), and responsibilities to (and of) rivers.
