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Days before the lockdown began, we made it back to Bamff Estate in Perthshire - the site of Scotland's first reintroduced beavers. Moving on from our usual walking methods, we donned neoprene and attempted some creative swimming experiments. While our usual writing and research is curtailed, here are some images and a couple of short texts from Lewis Hetherington.
Also see Laura Bissell's 'Landscaping with beavers' just published in RUUKKU: Studies in Artistic Research, special edition on 'Ecologies of practice'.
Swimming With Beavers, Bamff Estate. March 2020
O Beaver!
How I long to see ya.
I’d like us to be friends,
maybe that is impossible,
I, a human,
You, a beaver.
I marvel at your work, dams, sculptures, waterways, all,
but I fear that you may be indifferent to my writing
both broadly but also specifically this poem,
yes, even this poem,
which I have written for you
(who is the you? Who is this generic beaver? anyway...).
I also accept that it’s fine and indifferent,
or more precisely,
unaware,
of my poem,
for you have already given me gifts,
for example, the inspiration to write this poem.
Thank you beaver. And Goodnight.
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