{"id":5061,"date":"2019-06-20T18:21:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T18:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=5061"},"modified":"2019-06-20T18:23:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T18:23:10","slug":"summer-solstice-salutations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=5061","title":{"rendered":"Summer Solstice Salutations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080; font-size: 18pt;\">it&#8217;s that <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">beautiful <\/span>time of year again<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot-2019-06-19-at-12.21.23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot-2019-06-19-at-12.21.23.png 733w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot-2019-06-19-at-12.21.23-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Stamps-RowFanTailBluBirds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Stamps-RowFanTailBluBirds.jpg 794w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Stamps-RowFanTailBluBirds-300x46.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Stamps-RowFanTailBluBirds-768x118.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">so refreshing to have a <em>life practice<\/em> now,<br \/>\nrather than a creative practice:<br \/>\nso there is no differentiation between Life and Creativity&#8230;.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">&amp; a commitment to make something, by hand, each day &#8211;<br \/>\nah, as my mentor states, <em>this<\/em> might be a practice!<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Backgrd4DroodleGridMerged-742x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Backgrd4DroodleGridMerged-742x1024.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Backgrd4DroodleGridMerged-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Backgrd4DroodleGridMerged-768x1060.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Backgrd4DroodleGridMerged.jpg 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><br \/>\n&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\">FriendShip<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">friends getting old, friends becoming ill, friends dying<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">new friends, old friends, young friends,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">so precious &amp; scrumptious all<\/span><br \/>\n&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;<br \/>\n<em>I salute you<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Henry &#8211; who orchestrated<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Hollow Log community event<\/span><br \/>\n*****************<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2291600907755600\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">J<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #0000ff;\">ames Crawlers<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">artist, dancer, facilitator, teacher and FOOL<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">&#8211; fooling solstice performance &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">in the park June 21st 2019<\/span><br \/>\n****************<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Loving a return to shrine<br \/>\nand sacred gift-making<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Shrine4James.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Shrine4James.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Shrine4James-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Shrine4James-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Clare &amp; Simon&#8217;s celebration of 35 years together<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5073 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AllIsWellCard2ClareSimon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AllIsWellCard2ClareSimon.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AllIsWellCard2ClareSimon-139x300.jpg 139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/>****************************<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5072 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MeJamesSilfan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MeJamesSilfan.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MeJamesSilfan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MeJamesSilfan-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">*****************************<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Raiders of the lost archive<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">revisiting work from the nineties&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SelfPort-NDH-1990s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SelfPort-NDH-1990s.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SelfPort-NDH-1990s-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">self-portrait: from the non-dominant <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">hand period<\/span><br \/>\n***************************<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">present reading<\/span><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheMinistryOfUtosthappiness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheMinistryOfUtosthappiness.jpg 362w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheMinistryOfUtosthappiness-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheBeautyMyth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheBeautyMyth.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheBeautyMyth-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ZadieSmithFeelFree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ZadieSmithFeelFree.jpg 335w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ZadieSmithFeelFree-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5082\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AroomOfOnesOwn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AroomOfOnesOwn.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AroomOfOnesOwn-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 121px) 100vw, 121px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheSpiritedArtOfCorita.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheSpiritedArtOfCorita.jpg 437w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheSpiritedArtOfCorita-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/appreciation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/appreciation.jpg 964w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/appreciation-300x26.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/appreciation-768x66.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: book antiqua, palatino, serif; color: #3366ff;\">&#8230;and acknowledgement of <\/span><span style=\"font-family: book antiqua, palatino, serif; color: #3366ff;\">my dearly beloved mamma,<br \/>\nwhose recent passing thankfully<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: book antiqua, palatino, serif; color: #3366ff;\">took place in her own home, her heart&#8217;s wish<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DearMamma.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DearMamma.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DearMamma-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/corita-quote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/corita-quote.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/corita-quote-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><br \/>\n****************************************<br \/>\nshould you wish to see the photo-side of my work<br \/>\ndo visit me at <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lillakins\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n****************************************<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #008080;\">thank you for visiting<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it&#8217;s that beautiful time of year again so refreshing to have a life practice now, rather than a creative practice: so there is no differentiation between Life and Creativity&#8230;. &amp;&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=5061\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Summer Solstice Salutations<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":1,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","excerpt"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5061"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5114,"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5061\/revisions\/5114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}