The Untamed Learner

Words by Lorna Norton
Beautiful film made at Kith by Andy Little

The Untamed Learner

We were never meant to sit still.
We were born to listen to rivers,
to argue with wind,
to plant rebellions and harvest wonder.

We are not raising children.
We are raising flame-keepers,
boundary-breakers,
myth-makers, and medicine-carriers.

Let this be the age of unlearning,
of education as enchantment,
of truth told through soil-streaked hands and stories that walk barefoot.

No more standardised souls.
No more polished scripts.
No more tiny chairs and bigger silences.

We want the world to tremble under the return of the untamed learner.
To hear laughter echo from hills that remember,
to see pencils swapped for carving knives,
classrooms for woodlands,
powerpoints for fireside stories.

You don’t need permission to live like this.
You never did.
Come as you are,
or come wild.

Just come real.