@neauoire
anything by Gregory Bateson, but Mind and Nature is especially suited to be read aloud. And of course Steps to an Ecology of Mind.

Absolute must reads.

https://monoskop.org/Gregory_Bateson

https://monoskop.org/images/c/c3/Bateson_Gregory_Mind_and_Nature.pdf

https://monoskop.org/images/b/bf/Bateson_Gregory_Steps_to_an_Ecology_of_Mind.pdf