September 16, 2026

I've known Anton Hunkins since forever! Well, at least 10+ years. They came to the very first creativity workshop I did in Santa Fe in like 2012.

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And we've been friends since! Anton is an amazing poet and tracker. Last week, we went on a walk together and it was so swell that we up and put together this experience which we call:

​TRACKING THE EXTRAVAGANT UNIVERSE​

are we poets or what, jaja :)

We’ll meet at the Randall Davey Audubon Center on the Upper Canyon Road in Santa Fe at 4pm on Thursday, Sept 24. Over two hours, we'll learn the bones of wildlife tracking and open our senses to our creativity.

Here’s what we’ll do together:

• Follow the stories of our animal kin through the land
• Gather poems along the way, speaking spontaneous words
• Make up names and new language
• Imitate animal movement with our bodies
• Stop. Just luxuriate in smell, texture, sound
• End with meditation, movement, dance, and creative sharing (with some tea and snacks)

This is a practice of decolonizing our relationship with the natural world—discovering the million miracles we overlook in our extravagant universe.

Details

Date: Thursday, September 24

Time: 4 - 6 pm

Location: Randall Davey Audubon Center, 1800 Upper Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM

Fee: $25

What to bring: water, binoculars, hat. We’ll provide tea and snacks at the end

Spaces are limited. Register here.​

questions, queries, oohs and oo aahs,

email me at info@shebanacoelho.com

PS: More about Anton: They are a writer and certified wildlife tracker who recently studied American badgers for their master's thesis at Prescott College. Anton loves to sing, grow corn, and hang out with deer. Here's a lovely piece they wrote for the ANCESTRAL NATURE blog​

PPS: tell your friends and bring them too! This is the direct link to the event

​https://www.shebanacoelho.com/events/tracking​

​view/download the flyer here​

contact me at info@shebanacoelho.com

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Shebana Coelho

-lost in the love of synanthrope and the racket of ravens

-entered the wild lands

-wrote this about tyrants and animals and starry starry future rivers

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