What past or present culture are you drawn to and why?

I'm fascinated by the northern west coast tribes myself: Haida, and the like. And it's almost all because the artwork just grabs me.

From the few indigenous cultures I'm aware of, I found the Australian indigenous culture to be the most interesting. It's a combination of it being isolated and the way they had help cultivate and maintained an entire continent worth of land.

From what I understand, Australia used to be a green and lush land. The people there had been maintaining that land with long held practices which in turn helped create soft fertile soil. Using controlled burns to encourage wild live to migrate to safer areas. Being flexible with where they settle so they can allow certain areas to regenerate. It shows how people can have a deep and meaningful connection to the land that gave them life. It shows how people can thrive in hostile lands by giving back to the lands. And in return, the land gave back in abundance.

From what little I learned, it really seemed like they found many ways to grow and preserve food while not extracting every bit of life out of the land until it dries up and dies.

To me, it seems like pre-colonized Australia was a wonderful example of what an anarchistic life would look like. Each group within Australia worked to maintain their own part of the land but were able to coexist with each other group and at times come together.

I often get mocked for romanticizing the past but my feelings now remain the same as they did before. I'd give up all the science, technology, medical advancements up for a simple and intentional life. It would be harder and my life would be shorter but my daily actions would be meaningful to my own survival, the survival of my community and to the life of the land I stand on.

We are born with nothing and we will die with nothing. I see no point in extending an already extremely short and meaningless existence. I'd rather die young and surrounded by nature than to grow old and wither away before my loved ones eyes in an overstimulating and overwhelming technologically advanced world.