Ryan Van LenningThe first thing I see arriving at Thacker Pass, NV, is a vast scar stretching horizon…Upon opening my door, I witness thousands of giant grasshoppers swarming the dry grasses in this high desert.Oct 11, 20231Oct 11, 20231
Ryan Van LenningThoughts on Places Names on Indigenous Peoples DayNaming matters. It has power. It speaks to are relationship to place.Oct 9, 2023Oct 9, 2023
Ryan Van LenningLABYRINTHOCENEAs meaning-makers, knowing what story we’re in matters.Sep 3, 2022Sep 3, 2022
Ryan Van LenningOf Rainbows and WhitenessWe’ve all been inflicted with a messy tantrum of white power rage in the form of a feckless white supremacist attempted coup. Though it is…Jan 7, 2021Jan 7, 2021
Ryan Van LenningBeauty Has Left the SceneFor Breonna, George, and too many other BBIPOC victims of terrorist police and white vigilantes.Sep 24, 2020Sep 24, 2020
Ryan Van LenningTHE PURPOSE OF GOING OUT IS TO COME BACKThe Return Stage of Wilderness CeremonySep 1, 2020Sep 1, 2020
Ryan Van LenningDeep Belonging for the Great Turning“If grief can be a doorway to love, then let us all weep for the world we are breaking apart so we can love it back to wholeness.” ~Robin…Aug 19, 2020Aug 19, 2020