Analog Version: What If the Park Dreamed Back?
In this analog Spiral Lab, participants began with billion-year-old rocks as companions, listening to the park as both witness and author. Together, they named griefs and gifts, released patterns of harm, and imagined futures worth inheriting—from truth-telling and repair today, to healing and belonging across generations.
Futures Line: What if the Park Dreamed Back?
What if a park could dream?
At the Our Parks × TEN Baltimore Symposium, we invited participants to listen with the land and imagine Baltimore’s Leakin Park in the year 2075. Their future-voicemails became the first Futures Line recording—a layered soundscape and foresight artifact that carries themes of healing, belonging, and stewardship.
Beyond Fairness: Seeding New Possibilities for Our Future
…when we talk about “fairness,” we might unintentionally limit our thinking to a transactional model—balancing scales, distributing harm, and managing resources. Fairness, as a frame, feels safe. But it’s also static. It doesn’t invite us to question the very systems that created the inequities we’re trying to address.