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If the planet is to heal, we must restore harmony—which cannot exist without collaboration.
Water can conform to its container, or it can gather in force as whelming as a wave. What will you choose?
Volume 03: Flourish / Collapse
A journey along the axis of abundance and absence, proliferation and putrescence, life and death
An exploration of geographic location and freedom of action and thought
This issue seeks to answer the question: What does “natural” mean now?
Alexis Cheung is a nonfiction writer. Her essays and reporting have appeared in The New York Times, T Magazine, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Gossamer, Catapult, and Los Angeles Review of Books, among other publications.
Originally from Hawaii, she currently lives in New York.
In what ways does nature inspire or inform your work?
Because I grew up in Hawaii, its environment shaped my sense of self, ways I look at the world, and stories I choose to pursue.
What does it mean to you to be part of a thriving ecosystem?
Ideally, it means sharing resources and talents in ways that can benefit others and living and consuming in a manner that minimizes harm and degradation. In practice, it’s more complicated and messy—but I firmly believe that people and the environment can only thrive when they’re valued, so, at the very least, I hope to make choices that privilege humanity and the Earth over consumerism, capitalism, and social notions of success. That’s the goal, anyway.
