The Invitation
In the Summer of 2020, in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, we created The Invitation, a meditation on the human relationship to the natural world, to Animist practices, and our connection to Mother Earth. In the brief days of lockdown, the human world fell silent and the songs of the birds filled our cities. We were thinking about the ancient practices that all human societies have used to stay connected to our environment and allow us to embody the spirits of unseen realms. The film was commissioned by the Forterra Foundation who have purchased and protected 250,000 acres of wilderness in the northwester United States. It was filmed on one of these sites called the Morse Wildlife Preserve.