All Bleeding Stops Eventually

All Bleeding Stops Eventually presents six scenarios, in which near-extinct animals, the sun and the moon are given the power of human speech, addressing us directly about the relationship we humans have with nature. A polar bear talks about the melting ice caps, while a puffer fish tells us that oceans have opinions. Across each of these scenes, we are implored to understand ourselves as part of, not as separate to nature. We learn that many of the solutions we have invented to rescue the planet from ecological degradation are still in service of a future that centres humans and their continued domination over the natural world.

Listening to lifeforms who we would usually prioritise ourselves over is both funny and sad. With their urgent message these creatures elicit emotions in us in the same way that listening to another human would. If we were to listen deeply to the things around us, perhaps we would come closer to understanding our future alongside rather than in domination of the environment. Recognising the subjecthood of the more-than-human world is crucial to our true survival on Earth. As the moon says, 'Can you let the ocean guide you? Otherwise you are only trying to save yourselves.'