Heroes Not Zombies

Andreas Weber, who coined the term “enlivenment” (to follow the “enlightenment”) describes how biology is changing to a more life-focused understanding, than the till now dominant reductionist parts-focused one –

Such eminent biological and systems thinkers as Lynn Margulis, Francisco Varela, Alicia Juarrero, Stuart Kauffman and Gregory Bateson have opened up a picture in which organisms are no longer seen as machines competing with other machines, but rather as a natural phenomenon that “creates” and develops itself in a material way while continuously making and expressing experiences

I like that. It captures a lot in a few words. We are self-making, self-developing creatures who are bodies (not who have bodies). And we continuously make (co-create) and express (not least through our stories and our art) our experiences.