{"id":9186,"date":"2025-06-18T14:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=9186"},"modified":"2025-06-18T14:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:36:09","slug":"soothing-summer-solstice-salutations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=9186","title":{"rendered":"Soothing Summer Solstice Salutations"},"content":{"rendered":"

we dedicate this post to<\/span>
\nJennyWren<\/span>
\ncreatress mother wife parent grandmother<\/span>
\nsister godmother cousin aunt niece<\/span>
\nHonouring darling Jenny’s love & connection to nature,
\nthe seasons, family, making, teaching,
\nceremony, friendship, philosophy…
\nand her practice of Knowledge,
\nreceived from her guru, Prem Rawat
\n(aka Guru Maharaj-Ji)
\nJenny’s open studio<\/span><\/a> (in Kilcot, Glos. 5-13th July 2025)
\nis being organised in her honour by her daughter Rosi
\n\"\"
\nJennifer Mary Leigh 23.9.52 – 19.2.25<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
some things from
<\/span>kitchen sink studio…<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Playing with gesso & inks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\" nonstick collage
\n\"\"feeling all out of kilter – ha, a perfect reflection<\/p>\n

\"\"May & June bloom: the perfect time to pick flowers
\nin the urban wild \/
\nfrom people’s garden….to roadside verges
\n********************<\/span>
\nall ways fun to play with the app <\/span>Wordle<\/span>
\n<\/em>\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"
\n…and sometimes what we have loved
\nsince childhood <\/span>still resonates, makes
\nthe heart sing…the nature table<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0 \u00a0\"\"
\nwe admired it on her wall…..& were given it – a spontaneous gift,
\nwith thanks to Colette
\n\"\"<\/a>
\ncollage made for a friend’s first birthday
\n\"\"<\/a> \"\"
\nbeautiful gifts: a painted stone from Jenny
\n& Thich Nhat Hanh’s calligraphic quote from Ellie
\n***************************************<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

naturally noticing what is around us…..<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"
\na rogue light-coloured leaf on the oak sapling….
\n\"\"
\na sycamore helicopter<\/em> seed, stained with Indian ink
\nafter being used for printing….
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nhow wild is your garden?<\/em> and vase concertina <\/em>–\u00a0works in progress…
\ninspired by artist Karen Stamper<\/span><\/a><\/strong>‘s playfull tutorials<\/span>
\n*********************************************************************
\n\"\" \"\"
\ncolour colour colour
\nis every where in contemporary cultures,
\nthough it was not always thus:
\nsacred Tibetan Tangkas used minerals
\nthat may have taken months to source,
\nand then another age to process
\ninto workable pigments…
\n<\/span><\/span>
\n\"\" \"\" \"\"
\ngreat gratitude for the infinite number
\nof teachers, guides, mentors & gurus
\nthat accompany us through life
\n\"\"
\ncultural picks <\/em><\/strong>for your delectation:<\/em>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/strong> documentary film directed by Anton Corbijn
\nSquaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)<\/em><\/strong> on Netflix 1hr 41mn
\nalbum artwork designers of seminal vinyl covers from the 1970’s and on…<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Talk Art<\/em><\/strong> Russell Tovey & Robert Diament\u2019s podcast
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Robert & Russell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

* Spotify<\/strong><\/em> has an excellent selection of audiobooks:
\nwe are revisiting Wayne Dyer & Deepak Chopra’s work –
\neach of them ever-outside the world of cause and effect…
\nbrilliant! un-reasonable!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/strong> the exhibition guy: Art Gallery Explorer<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong> (Youtube channel)
\npersonable critique of exhibitions, mainly in south east of England…
\n***********************************************<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

work by young artists, friends of kitchen sink studio
\n<\/em><\/span>by Willow\"\"<\/em>
\n<\/em>by Pegi\"\"
\n<\/em>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
by Morgana<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"
\n\"\"<\/a>
\ndiscovered, a hop and a skip from
\nwhere Lilla has lived for 36years:
\na nature reserve, a river, herons, a lake….wow<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
weeping Buddha in the garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

thank you kindly for visiting
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"\"\" \"\"(a musical symbol for rest)
\nwith great gratitude to
\nZiji Rinpoche<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\nwisdom teacher par excellence\u00a0
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

we dedicate this post to JennyWren creatress mother wife parent grandmother sister godmother cousin aunt niece Honouring darling Jenny’s love & connection to nature, the seasons, family, making, teaching, ceremony,…<\/p>\n

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