This is the picture of one of my cats sniffing a shaft of a plant called Sosnowsky’s hogweed (Heracleum sosnowskyi). It is thought of, in this region, as an invasive plant. I find it one of those many magikal entities that surround us. When you see it reaching the heigth of 3 meters, with its huge wing-like leaves spreading around, you cannot be anything but humbled. It raises its head majestically above us all, and I trust it does know more than I’ll ever.

I am using its shaft, or stem, as an instrument – I love the way that long hollow sounds.

And to tell the truth, the invasive species discourse is driving me nuts. It reverberates all too well the discourses of segregation, division and power that is killing this place.