{"id":1254,"date":"2015-07-23T18:46:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T18:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2015-07-23T18:46:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T18:46:03","slug":"taking-care-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=1254","title":{"rendered":"taking care of things&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">and letting go<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Poss-June-Blog.jpg\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #00ffff;\">thingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthinsg<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1263 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Poss-June-Blog-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Poss June Blog\" width=\"651\" height=\"868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Poss-June-Blog-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Poss-June-Blog-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Poss-June-Blog.jpg 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a>&#8230; observed in all this dispersal of things was how I have not taken care of things<br \/>\nas well as I might; which led to a qualitative change in relation to the things I own:<br \/>\nthe quality this brought to the fore was the need to<\/h5>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Cherish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1256 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Cherish-990x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cherish\" width=\"389\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Cherish-990x1024.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Cherish-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Cherish.jpg 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a>my kitchen sink studio was the next area to explore,<br \/>\n&amp; with cherishing uppermost, my art archive has been<br \/>\nsifted through with appreciation&#8230;.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KitSideWindowJuly2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KitSideWindowJuly2015-648x1024.jpg\" alt=\"KitSideWindowJuly2015\" width=\"587\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KitSideWindowJuly2015-648x1024.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KitSideWindowJuly2015-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KitSideWindowJuly2015.jpg 1005w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthings begin to look clearer&#8230;<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">I very much like sharing work, with friends and strangers &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> some has been infiltrated into charity shops,<br \/>\nI hold pop-up exhibitions here in the studio<br \/>\nand some work has been chosen for special people to receive. . .<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>\u00a0images from the archive of some earlier work<br \/>\n* digital copies of handmade collages*<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/InnerJourneys.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/InnerJourneys-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"*InnerJourneys\" width=\"554\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/InnerJourneys-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/InnerJourneys-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/InnerJourneys.jpg 1587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>Inner Journeys<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FlowerSweetsRoundMandala.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1248 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FlowerSweetsRoundMandala-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"FlowerSweetsRoundMandala\" width=\"380\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FlowerSweetsRoundMandala-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FlowerSweetsRoundMandala-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FlowerSweetsRoundMandala.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><\/em><em><strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em><strong>sweet flower mandala<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Waterfall-collage.jpg\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1253 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Waterfall-collage-669x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Waterfall collage*\" width=\"362\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Waterfall-collage-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Waterfall-collage-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Waterfall-collage.jpg 1037w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/a><em><strong>water falls\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MaskCollage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MaskCollage-1024x749.jpg\" alt=\"MaskCollage\" width=\"565\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MaskCollage-1024x749.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MaskCollage-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Waterfall-collage.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><strong><em>indo dreaming<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Dagger-Collage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Dagger-Collage-1024x989.jpg\" alt=\"Dagger Collage\" width=\"454\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Dagger-Collage-1024x989.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Dagger-Collage-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Dagger-Collage.jpg 1409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><strong><em><br \/>\ncutting through <\/em><\/strong><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Deja-View.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Deja-View-1024x748.jpg\" alt=\"*Deja View\" width=\"534\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Deja-View-1024x748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Deja-View-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Deja-View.jpg 1587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><em>d\u00e9ja view<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lighten-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lighten-up-1024x734.jpg\" alt=\"lighten up\" width=\"534\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lighten-up-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lighten-up-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lighten-up.jpg 1587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nfrom<strong><em> message to self\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>postcard series<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>************************<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>digital collage<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DIgiReflectCollage1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DIgiReflectCollage1-774x1024.jpg\" alt=\"*DIgiReflectCollage1\" width=\"592\" height=\"784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DIgiReflectCollage1-774x1024.jpg 774w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DIgiReflectCollage1-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DIgiReflectCollage1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>millenium nightlights<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">various other items&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/retrievd-paper-ntbk.jpg\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1252 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/retrievd-paper-ntbk-711x1024.jpg\" alt=\"retrievd paper ntbk\" width=\"266\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/retrievd-paper-ntbk-711x1024.jpg 711w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/retrievd-paper-ntbk-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/retrievd-paper-ntbk.jpg 1711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/3Card2Revers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/3Card2Revers-1024x805.jpg\" alt=\"3Card2Revers\" width=\"347\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/3Card2Revers-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/3Card2Revers-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/3Card2Revers.jpg 1891w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/a> <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Droodle5GreyScADjstd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Droodle5GreyScADjstd-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Droodle5GreyScADjstd\" width=\"274\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Droodle5GreyScADjstd-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Droodle5GreyScADjstd-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Droodle5GreyScADjstd.jpg 1488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and to assist with this sorting and clearing, I&#8217;ve embarked on <strong><em>Zen for Ten<br \/>\n&#8216;<\/em><\/strong>10 days to slow down, tune in, light up&#8217; &#8211; a free resource from the wonderful<br \/>\n<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/dowhatyouloveforlife.com\/resource\/zen-for-ten\/\" target=\"_blank\">Do What You Love For Life<\/a>\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>with daily e.comms for guidance<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">reminder to self for this week<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kindness-is-a-gift.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kindness-is-a-gift.jpg\" alt=\"kindness is a gift\" width=\"211\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kindness-is-a-gift.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kindness-is-a-gift-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>rock on!<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>and letting go thingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthingsthinsg&#8230; observed in all this dispersal of things was how I have not taken care of things as well as I might; which led to a qualitative&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=1254\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">taking care of 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