Living in the wild- as a non-human animal?

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#1

Hi everyone,

I am working on a film development project for National Geographic Wild on the concept of “rewilding," and going back to the animal way of life, to live. We will touch on the animal/human boundary, and what it means to be “human” and “animal."

I’ve also been reading about Charles Foster and Thomas Thwaites, who have taken this to the next level. What are your perspectives on their approaches to life, and going back to living more like non-human animals? I am looking for people who live, for at least part of their lives, wildly, in a similar way to non-human animals.

Thanks!

#2

My old journal was called “Species Traitor” and this sounds like people took it literally. The point isn’t to stop being a human, but to stop seeing ourselves as “not animal”. To do away with the arbitrary divisions that make domestication possible.
This sounds like an overreaction to our reality. Understandable in a sense, but it seems to be a reflection of our hyper-literal perceptions of the world rather than anything rooted in wildness.

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