About The Human Acre

The Human Acre is an independent publication devoted to ontological fieldwork: an exploration of what it means to be human, and what might help us remain so.

The writing moves between nature, psychology, mysticism, theology, culture and the machine. It begins in ordinary life, but seldom stays there.

Think of this place as a coffee shop at the edge of several worlds. You can stop for five minutes or remain for five hours. Some pieces are essays. Others are poems, observations, encounters and fragments gathered from the field.

There are no tidy answers here. Only serious questions, living symbols and the occasional worm.

About Niall

Niall Maxwell is an Irish writer, photographer and former garden designer living in North County Dublin. His work explores the inner life, our relationship with nature, and the strange, difficult business of becoming fully human.

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