seeing things Posts

posting early for
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equinox, around 19th/20th March in the uk
heralding the arrival of spring and
the promise of warmer days
it marks the change of seasons
our day light hours increase

a festive time, once recognised in community,
for clearing away stagnant
energy
a time of renewal
and still our nature is attuned, we feel the sap rise
possibilities are evoked and life resurges….

a wall, in progress, at the end of the street + flowers
collected from around our kitchen sink studio



seeded books: made from disparate pieces of work
randomly glued to very large sheets of paper, images on both sides;
these sheets cut up into
pages, making a book:
images then ‘worked into’ making new connections….
see(d)ing new ideas / relationships)
(see more on seeded books at Makeist)

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from the ar(t)chive…@ the cemetery/in the yard/
via snailmail/on the desk/in the studio/
@ the bluestone in the park/
@ the short moments center Sweden

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rather than goals or envisioning life ahead in 2024, Terri Makasih
here
@ the studio found themselves looking more at direction:
spontaneously arising, its title is mapping the heart….


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seeing things….


beauty all around us….
 
shadows reflections light
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and so we
benefit
from taking another
point of view…

playing with changing names and different signs of welcome
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plerking (with thanks to Tanja) play+work
so easy to forget the importance of playfulness…
lightening the darkness
in this in-sane world
honouring suffering
yet open to beauty
to the unexpected
to spontaneity

the delight of learning
revitalising creative practice
Matt Inwood’s wonderful phone photography
workshop was just the ticket…
we trust our Insta posts will be rejuvenated❤️

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….tv doodlings / meditational viewing….
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….& continuing 3 (+) books by the bed.
 
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it’s not the objects themselves that have worth
it’s what they evoke in heart and mind that hold value
…..& so, the past arises as the present, offering the gift: now

Bali circa 1986❣️
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….considering: intentional gratitude
a lovely phrase from Julia Cameron
….we are so priveleged
with inestimable things to be grateful for….

Sweet sangha salutations & great gratitude for my wisdom teacher Ziji Rinpoche
gratitude for nature on the studio’s urban doorstep
The Vale of Health & Wellbeing aka Arnos Vale Cemetery
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thank you Jennie for your photos
from Tso Pema: these fabulous elders
are there for Losar, Tibetan New Year
…hanging out…soooo relaxed…


documentary film we found illuminating
The Tibetan Book of the Dead:
A Way of Life/The Great Liberation
 46mns 2-part video (1994)
Leonard Cohen narrates impeccably
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion1hr 43mn (2002 )
harrowing footage of Chinese occupation of Tibet
unbearable suffering of the people
eye-openingly educational


random deets from the goddess (knows where…) that might evoke further investigation:
w.w.w. = wondrous wise women
Patti Smith

*Sally Potter’s B&W film The Party, stellar ensemble cast, on Amazon Prime

*Nora Bateson: Entangled World A New World Combining
  1hr 36mn video interview
(with thanks to Lizzie) Nora’s father was Gregory Bateson
‘there’s
no such thing as non-action, a change in perception is a change in action’
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m.m.m. = marvellous magical men

*Wim Wenders latest film Perfect Days (trailer)  accompanied by wonderful Lou Reed track
*Mick Herron quote from his book The Secret Hours he uses the word bewilderness and…
‘guilt was like wearing too much makeup: everyone knew you were masking something’
*Christoher Isherwood: documentary film Chris & Don: A Love story (2007) 1hr 30
(avail on Prime Video)
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warmest greetings from us here @kitchen sink studio
thank you for taking the time to (slow down)  & visit
we trust it was a contribution & of some value to you

fare thee well…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


….& when you visit, your seat awaits in our nearby Vale of Health & Wellbeing

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