by Jane Pike
Writer, artist & creative mentor exploring the wild ecology of creativity, the body, the nervous system & the natural world. Tea lover, bird nerd, horse girl. Welcome to Creating Wild—so glad you’re here. 🌿 <br/><br/><a href="https://janepike.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">janepike.substack.com</a>
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April 24, 2025
<p><strong>Curious for more? </strong>Each month, I share reflections on the nervous system, creativity, and our connection with the more-than-human world. If that’s something that lights you up, I’d be so glad to have you along for the journey and explore together here 🌿</p><p>When I was invited to speak at the Journey On Podcast Summit, they gave me one question to work with:</p><p><strong>What’s the message you want to send the world?</strong>And then… make that your talk.</p><p>Oh right. No big deal then.</p><p>I’d spoken twice before on a similar platform and always stuck with what was expected of me (or perhaps more what I expected of myself). Nervous system, movement, the connection between them. What I knew for sure was I didn’t want to go down that track this time.</p><p>After much musing, the spark that became the essence of my talk came from an unexpected place—a rainy-day trip to the local museum with my boys and a surprisingly lacklustre presentation about frogs. I left feeling genuinely heartbroken (true story), and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. </p><p>Aotearoa New Zealand is home to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/reptiles-and-frogs/frogs-pepeketua/archeys-frog/">one of the world’s rarest and most ancient frogs</a>—uniquely beautiful, and deeply in need of our protection. That flat, uninspired talk felt like such a missed opportunity to captivate, educate, and ignite a room full of people who were already sitting there, ready to be enchanted.</p><p>That moment led me into a long marination on the role of wonder and creativity to care and conservation. And, more broadly, what it means to live a life rooted in all those things.</p><p>As I shaped my talk, a line from the Patron Saint of Poetry herself, Mary Oliver, kept echoing in my mind:</p><p><strong>“Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”</strong></p><p>With her existential, wholly intuited, not-for-certain blessing, those words became the heartbeat of everything I shared.</p><p>Because I don’t believe creativity is just something we do—I think it’s how we stay awake. </p><p>For me, it’s how I stay connected: to the more-than-human world, to my ancestors, and to the parts of myself that were never meant to be quiet or small.</p><p>So while on first appearances, this does look like a talk about some (truly remarkable) frogs, what it’s really about is magic, connection, grief, and joy—and what I believe is the beautiful, urgent need to share what we love. For the good of ourselves, and everything around us.</p><p>xx Jane </p><p><strong>Fancy joining me for more? </strong>Wild Insights is my offering for paid subscribers—a space where we explore the connections between the body, creativity, and the nervous system. Each month, you'll receive nervous system reflections, a deep-dive essay, and a companion video (and some other bits and pieces in between!). I’d love to have you along for the ride 🌿</p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Creating Wild with Jane Pike at <a href="https://janepike.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">janepike.substack.com/subscribe</a>
May 12, 2024
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April 30, 2024
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