I had to look up what the author could possible mean by 'Easter Bush' - it could be a type of plant, but more likely, the reference is to the University of Edinburgh campus of that name. The reference comes up in this discussion of experiential learning, and specifically a 'walk-shop', or walking workshop, modeled after Berger's essay Why Look at Animals, but instead titled 'Why look at Easter Bush' (one wonders after reading Berger: are the students like animals in a zoo?). The point, though, is to actually see what is there, more in the spirit of Kimmerer's Learning the Grammar of Animacy. "Imagine the access we would have to different perspectives, the things we might see through other eyes, the wisdom that surrounds us." As the article says, "Walking in this way can quickly become a radical act because the ideas you get are sometimes far-out and unusual. It provides us a moment to be playful and sometimes some of the best ideas come that way." That's my thinking as well, and why I take care to experience the places I visit, and to not merely pass through them. Of course, being able to do that in a place like Easter Bush is a privilege.
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