What a great website! Inequality is a profound, and growing, social ill. A small number of people are hoarding obscene amounts of wealth. It’s unfair and unhealthy.

This creative visualisation offers a visceral way of engaging with the problem, educating us about alternative choices along the way: Inequality, shown to scale

At Cloud Catcher, we support organisations working to create a fairer society, build community power, and reduce the harm of unchecked power. So we love clever communication tools like this. Let us know if you know of any more examples.

Know any musicians who want to be more green? Matt recently co-wrote a brilliant and comprehensive guide with wonderful Bundjalung elder Rhoda Roberts and Green Music Australia. The title Sound Country refers to the fact that for thousands of generations, all music was connected to Country. The guide supports musicians to reconnect and realign with that essential purpose.

Download the latest version (2024) full of up to date tips, advice and resources.

“Today Matt steps into the role of storyteller, sharing some of his beautiful mythic songs, (plus) the stories behind them” - from grappling with being a settler on stolen lands, to his experience of chronic fatigue, to an exploration of gratitude and optimism in the midst of ecological crisis.”

Finding Our Way Home | Matt Wicking - Stories from the Heart - The Weekly Service Podcast

Matt was invited to share his vision of the future as part of The Futurenow Project. The idea behind the project is that by sharing visions we can inspire and work towards the future, now.

Matt was also asked to record a visioning meditation for others to use. For more on the project, or to contribute your own vision, see The Futurenow Project website.

Weaving together themes of extinction, grief and reconnection - Field Recording is a performance by Matt Wicking and The General Assembly, presented by Cloud Catcher, that combines story, song and poetry in a unique and timely performance.

Field Recording — Cloud Catcher

A ship taking on water. A captain nowhere to be found. And a series of strange coincidences. On the surface, Lost At Sea is a story about a trip on a cruise ship gone wrong. It is also about ecological emergency, power, and how we respond - using story, metaphor and song to cross difficult waters.

Lost At Sea — Cloud Catcher

An interview with Climactic, a brilliant podcast that explores all facets of life in these Climactic times. In this conversation with Bronwyn Gresham, Matt spoke about his work, his mindset and approach to life in the time of climate change, along with his health issues and burdens.

Climactic - Matt Wicking — Overcoming fatigue, building power

An interview of Matt in Matters Journal, a print and digital publication focused on people, design, sustainability and social impact, about finding flow in a purpose-driven freelance career

Matt Wicking Is a Future Maker

An interview with Matt via Humans of Purpose, podcast - where Mike Davis offers weekly inspiring conversations with purpose-driven leaders from across the community.

103 Matt Wicking (LIVE PODCAST) - Humans of Purpose | Podcast on Spotify

This feature on Matt in the Sydney Morning Herald explores his integration of social and political themes into his art and work.

Musician Matt Wicking is using his education to foster progressive and 'important conversations' (smh.com.au)

An interview on Subtle Disruptors, a podcast about the unheralded change-makers who are contributing to a better world in interesting and creative ways. Great to chat with you Adam!

Cultivating an awareness of ourselves, our species and our context – SD30

Lately I’ve been adding a statement of 'context' to my introductory remarks at events. Increasingly, people are asking me about using it themselves so I want to share it here. Below is the text I use, and a few explanatory notes…

Setting the Context