Katie Holten

Oct 21, 2024 | kindredspirit.co.uk | Katie Holten

In Conversation with Katie Holten By Katie Holten / 21 October, 2024   Over the course of a few email chains we had the pleasure of talking to Katie Holten, artist, activist...

Apr 13, 2024 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Katie Holten

One of my earliest memories is of driving down Roosevelt Boulevard with my grandmother. This was in Northeast Philadelphia in the early ‘90s, a time when that road was an ocean of colossal oaks. It was autumn. The light was golden. My grandma steered her boat-like Chrysler New Yorker carefully with both hands, and by some trick of the light, the enormous oak-leaf shadows raced through the car, painting themselves on the dash, our arms, pants, and her honey-brown leather seats.

Jan 24, 2024 | scnoneida.net | Neil King Jr. |Katie Holten |Ross Gay

The world’s greatest bodybuilder. The world’s highest-paid movie star. The leader of the world’s sixth-largest economy. That these are the same person sounds like the setup to a joke, but this is no joke. This is Arnold Schwarzenegger. And this did not happen by accident. Arnold’s stratospheric success happened as part of a process. As the result of clear vision, big thinking, hard work, direct communication, resilient problem-solving, open-minded curiosity, and a commitment to giving back.

Nov 9, 2023 | writersrebel.com | Katie Holten

When I feel overwhelmed by what we’ve caused—biodiversity loss, climate change, ecocide, hunger, migration, pandemics, poverty, war—I find solace in the beauty of the living world, especially in trees. Trees are truthful. They fill me with joy. The simplicity and quiet wonder of trees, whether alone on a city footpath or together in a forest, slows down time.

Jul 15, 2023 | scotsman.com | Katie Holten

Ireland’s medieval Ogham, sometimes called a “tree alphabet,” ascribed trees for letters. The characters were called feda, “trees,” or nin, “forking branches,” due to their shapes. This ancient writing was read from the ground up – each character sprouting from a central line, like branches on a tree. Written on bark, it is no coincidence that some of the first forms of writing used trees. Our capacity to produce language is innate, like a tree's ability to produce leaves.