Walking with Lebanon, the latest news from Kinetika

What does it mean to walk together, when we cannot be in the same place? Mountains of Hope began as a shared journey along the Lebanon Mountain Trail – a plan to carry 27 hand-painted silks back to the communities who created them, step by step, story by story. That journey has changed. The realities facing Lebanon now mean we cannot walk the trail as intended. And yet, the work continues. Walk with Lebanon is an invitation to hold that journey differently. To walk where you are, in solidarity with those along the trail. To take time with each story, each silk, each community – and to carry them forward in your own landscape. It is a quieter act, perhaps, but no less collective. A way of staying connected across distance, and of recognising that even when movement is disrupted, meaning can still travel. This feels especially resonant as we look ahead to this year’s T100 Festival – Seeing Thurrock Differently: A Journey Home. Across different places and contexts, the same thread runs through our work: walking, listening, gathering, and making space for people to shape and share their own stories of place and belonging. In fractured times, these shared acts matter. They remind us that community is not fixed to one location – it is something we create, again and again, through attention, care and participation.

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