I am late to the party as usual, but have just begun season 2 of Being Human (thanks Netflix), the U.K. television show about a vampire, werewolf and ghost sharing a house in Bristol.

At the same time, I am just beginning to read David Abram‘s Becoming Animal, a philosophical exploration of humans as two legged animals living in animate world, if only we open our senses.

Both explore the current western cultural transition towards understanding humans as creatures, although from very different directions. Abram embraces our creaturely nature, seeing it as font of wonder and wisdom, a way of knowing that is actively engaged

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