{"id":10102,"date":"2026-06-11T13:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=10102"},"modified":"2026-06-20T15:00:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T15:00:55","slug":"posting-early-for-summer-solstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=10102","title":{"rendered":"Summer Solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"
sweetest
\nsummer solstice salutations<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
🌅<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\nfor Sunday June 21st 2026<\/span><\/span>
\nmarking<\/span> the astronomical
\nfirst day of summer<\/span>
\nin the Northern Hemisphere<\/span>
\n🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅<\/span>
\n<\/span>ancient cultures knew that the sun\u2019s path across the sky <\/span>
\nthe length of daylight and the location of\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nsunrise and sunset all shifted in a regular way <\/span>
\nthroughout the year<\/span>
\nhonouring this, monuments such as the ones<\/span>
\nat Stonehenge were built<\/span>
\n☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n
Life is difficult…<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>\"\"\"\"<\/h5>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0sometimes you see something that reminds you<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0how heavy, sorrowful and sad you are feeling\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

….you may remember countless others too<\/span>
\nare feeling the same, and so<\/span>
\nan opportunity arises to extend compassion<\/span>
\nto both self and others……<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nagency, empowerment, great freedom, autonomy<\/span>
\neach may take great courage to embody\u00a0<\/span>
\nto live, to choose, to engage with….
\n****************************
\n\"\" \u00a0\"\" \"\"
\nin the darkness, light illuminates
\n**************************<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\" \"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\"\" \u00a0\"\"
\nongoing project: 3-or-4-books-by-the-bed series
\n*************************
\n<\/em>we are super-fortunate in Bristol (UK) to have the biennial BABE:
\n<\/strong>the international event showcasing artists\u2019 books to the public<\/span>
\n<\/strong>this year @ Spike Island Friday 26th & Saturday 27th June<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

some work from the ArtKitchen:\u00a0sketchbook studies
\nobservations\u00a0 playfulness<\/em>\"\" \"\"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"\" \u25b2collaged over the miss take
\nplayfulness & experiment<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\" \"\" \"\"
\n\"\" \"\"\u00a0one-off-the-cuff collage….for friend’s 2nd birth day<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n

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\"\" \"\" \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"the view<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
the great mystery<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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cultural picks from the tribe….<\/strong>
\nartists<\/strong><\/em>
\nLeonora Carrington: The Lost Surrealist<\/strong><\/em> (57mns) on BBC iPlayer this magnificent woman, visionary painter, overlooked even today\u2026
\nJulio Le Parc: Light. Colour. Action <\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span>10mn video on this visionary man and his work<\/span>
\nGluck: Who Did She Think He Was?<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span> (59mns) on BBC iPlayer cross-dressing high society painter of the 1930s who staged one-man-shows
\nKelly Boesch<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span> visuals\/costumes\/movement & music: AI powered video content creation wild\/woolly\/weird\/wonderful\/surreal\u2026.using MidJourney, Suno, et al
\nother…<\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/span>Waldorf 100<\/strong><\/em><\/span> – The Film<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> 17 mn video people from around the world who work on the big educational tasks of our time, based on Waldorf\/Steiner pedagogy
\nThe Assembly <\/strong><\/em>itv+ radical: a group of autistic, neurodivergent & learning disabled people enquiring deeply with authentic, direct questioning – refreshing, compassionate, revelationary<\/span>
\nStephen Jenkinson & Gregory Hoskins<\/strong><\/em> video: Lost Nation Road<\/a><\/span><\/strong> (24mns)
\nthe bearded plantaholic<\/strong><\/em>: risque, droll… good morning you…..<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong> good morning sprinkletits<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>
\nMaMuse\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>song: Glorious<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/em>(5mns)
\nBanyen<\/strong> the beautiful Vancouver bookshop (55 years old) has a Podcast & Youtube channel abounding with informative & illuminating video talks with seminal folk, working beyond the mainstream cult:
\nMarianne Williamson, Pema Ch\u00f6dron, Deva Premal, Stanislave Grof, Tara Brach et al
\nexample: video of Ezra Klein interview with Pema Ch\u00f6dron<\/a><\/span> (1hr 15mn)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n*********************************************************************
\nreflecting on life and the seminal influence of cutting-edge books, back in the day taking our time<\/span>
\nwe were hungry\u00a0 ingestion was savoured\u00a0 educating ourselves<\/span>
\noutside the agreement of the main stream cult…<\/span>
\nin the late 1960s, through books such as….<\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a> \"\"
\nTotal Orgasm \/ The Tassajara Bread Book \/ Be Here Now \/ Games People Play \/ Our Bodies Our Selves \/
\nThe Last Whole Earth Catalogue \/ In and Out the Garbage Pail \/ Carlos Castaneda: teachings of Don Juan \/ Yoga for Health<\/span><\/p>\n

☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e☀\ufe0e
\n<\/span>random quotes<\/span><\/strong>
\nnever underestimate the power of taking things lightly
\njust because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there
\ndon’t just do something, sit there
\nI’ll see it when I believe it<\/em><\/p>\n

Read not the Times, read the Eternities
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Thoreau<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nsome think…..or believe<\/span>
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

and
\n<\/span>
\nto heal itself a colonized culture (ie western consumer capitalism) has…
\nto dig down <\/em>to the foundations and begin the work of repair. <\/em>
\n<\/span>We are going to have to learn to be adults again;
\nto get our feet back on the ground,
\nto rebuild families and communities,
\nto learn again the meaning of worship
\nand commitment, of limits and longing.
\nWe are in short going to have to grow up.
\nThis is long, hard work: intergenerational work.
\nIt is myth work.
\nWe don’t really want to begin,
\nand we don’t really know how to.
\nDoes any child want to grow up?
\nBut there is nothing else for it;
\nno other path is going to get us home.
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Paul Kingsnorth)<\/span><\/p>\n

and<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>……..and others think not….<\/p>\n

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\"\"this photo is of Ram Dass & Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
\ncirca 1974, @ Naropa Institute, founded by Trungpa Rinpoche (crazy wisdom master)
\nRam Dass’s teaching was integral in the launch of Naropa,
\nthese two could not be more different in their approaches to teaching & working with students.
\nHowever they had deep personal affection and respect for one another.
\nNaropa Reflections<\/em><\/a><\/span> (19mns) is a beautiful video of Ram Dass
\ntalking of those times and that connection<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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thank you so much for visiting<\/span>
\nwe trust there is something here<\/span>
\nto pique your interest \/<\/em><\/span>
\ngive cause for reflection \/<\/em><\/span>
\nsoothe the soul \/<\/em><\/span>
\nuplift the spirit \/<\/em><\/span>
\nthat beats doomscrolling
\n<\/em><\/span>
\n☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️<\/p>\n

with great gratitude for this precious life<\/span>
\nand for my wisdom teacher Ziji Rinpoche<\/span><\/p>\n

☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

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sweetest summer solstice salutations 🌅\u00a0 for Sunday June 21st 2026 marking the astronomical first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere 🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅 ancient cultures knew that the sun\u2019s path across…<\/p>\n

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