Regenesis 2023: Water

As part of the 2023 Winter Magic festival, RoseyRavelston Books and Greater Blue Mountains Creative Arts Network are proud to host a Poetry, Story & Art competition for Blue Mountains residents!

The theme for this year was Regenesis: Water - the call to human beings for a new relationship with the Earth and all its lifeforms that aligns with Australia's ancient cultural ethos of Caring for Country enshrined in First Nations' knowledge systems. We asked people to consider the way water flows through our landscape and the importance of water to our very existence in this dry country.

Regenesis requires both an inner spiritual transformation of how we see ourselves, and an outer transformation in how we act. It builds on the regenerative agricultural movement, and regenerative economic and societal frameworks to meet the challenges of our times and is aligned with Council's Planetary Health Initiative.