Green Man, Dark Earth: Faces of an Archetype

Join us for this evening event – a personal exploration of one of Britain’s most known and unknown images.

The Green Man is a carved male head, surrounded by or disgorging leaves. His image embodies the beautiful and the sinister, and can be seen as both a life and death force: he offers the possibility of a reconnection with our intuitive sense of nature. Despite his primordial roots, this figure continues to regenerate and  has recently re-surfaced as a contemporary image that challenges our attitude to identity and our place in the world.

Coming at a time of crisis – when attitudes to our natural environment are seriously challenged – this talk  will examine the positive and negative aspects of growth and how we might engage with this re-emerging  image of the Green Man as a symbol to mediate and counterbalance our attitude towards nature, both inner and outer.