I offer you hope (encantation)

Annabel Johnstone, with mix by Ilgin Icozu

England and Spain

Hope is accessible to all, not manufactured but generated from experience. The fire and the storm are my instruments, the voice is our connection to each other. The only practised aspect of this piece is the refrain “I offer you hope”. This refrain has been with me for several years, from when I was a full-time sustainability consultant using systems thinking (Forum for the Future).

I have a BSci in Environmental Science and 10 years working in sustainability. I am now a light artist. I know the challenges we are facing, and it is my conviction that it is the mass mobilisation of self-actualisation that will be the catalyst to systemic transformation. It is my hope that in sitting with this simple expression, connecting to the fundamental forces of our natural worlds, others will see that the path ahead is full of wonder, and a return to humankind.