{"id":9608,"date":"2025-10-28T16:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=9608"},"modified":"2025-10-28T16:11:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:11:37","slug":"sweet-samhain-salutations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=9608","title":{"rendered":"sweet samhain salutations"},"content":{"rendered":"

sweetest samhain salutations<\/span>
\n\"\"
\n\"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"
\nfeeling everything fully….note to self<\/span>
\nit’s a time of slow down<\/em>, rather than speedy energy….<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"
\nOLD YEW OLD YOU….<\/span>
\nhere @ kitchen sink studio<\/strong>
\nwe have been discussing
\nhow we use our time
\nduring these darker evenings:
\nusing devices for
\nmindless scrolling<\/em>
\n<\/span>so called ‘news’\u00a0<\/em><\/span>
\ncat videos<\/em><\/span>
\nbinge watching Netflix<\/em><\/span>
\n….which may easily shift from <\/span>
\nresearch or entertainment <\/span>
\nto soul-shrivelling habituation…
\nenslavement – yikes –
\nfreedom-lovers take note<\/em><\/strong>
\n**************
\n<\/span>as winter arises we too put down our roots, go within, & connect with
\nthis<\/em> energy in the body, moment by moment – the true nature of mind
\nletting go of the old being
\nwe may find ourselves in-the-inbetween<\/em>…
\nthe cauldron bubbles quietly on the range….
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n*************************
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nat kitchen sink studio we have been becoming familiar with our local<\/span>
\nindigenous plants, uncovering their names, making prints from them…<\/span>
\nand in this becoming better acquainted with our own true nature<\/span>
\nmade of the same stuff: space….energy…light<\/span>
\npurple toadflax\u00a0 \u00a0vervain\u00a0 \u00a0sword-leafed plantain<\/em>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nthe light & the dark: equal & even
\nas it is with us….all included…
\nno thing left out
\nno separation
\n\"\" \"\"
\nplaying with apps….
\nplaying with AI generated images
\nfinding stuff out through ChatGPT
\n……..it’s a wild world……<\/p>\n

…..as well as more traditional studio pursuits<\/span>
\nlike transcribing artists-we-like’s work<\/span>
\nwhich can be a delight & an education<\/span>
\nacknowledging Mary Fedden’s work\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Mary Fedden<\/span> Jug & Eggs 1972<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"\"\"Matisse<\/span> Still Life With Lemons 1914<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

…the sun came out just as I cut open a kiwi fruit…<\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n************************
\n3 books by the bed
\n\"\" \u00a0 \"\" \"\"<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

cultural picks from kitchen sink studio
\n<\/em><\/strong>*<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0<\/span>a rapper\u2019s response to a Talking Heads video<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

* <\/strong>an intimate audience<\/a><\/span> with Manch\u00e1n Magan from his hospice bed some days before his demise – so open, vulnerable and generous.<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0(49 mn video)<\/span> ‘his legacy and his work help us understand the irresistible potency of the ecology, culture and language that reflect the\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0rhythms of Ireland\u2019s bogs, rivers and landscapes’.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

*\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>film trailer Traces of the Soul<\/a><\/span><\/em> 5mns<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

*\u00a0 <\/strong>video of song by Lisa O\u2019Neill\u00a0Old Note<\/em><\/a><\/span> 6mns<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>short video<\/span><\/a><\/span> from Marianne Williamson, author of seminal 1992 book Return to Love:<\/em><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 still active, engaged, open-hearted & political<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"
\n************************************
\nNatureNurturesNature<\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\" \"\" \u00a0 treelovetruelove<\/span>
\n\"\" \u00a0\"\"
\n<\/strong>****************
\nin the studio…. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0soul vision map<\/span>
\n\"\"
\nrevisiting…..urban trees – on our doorstep: still moving, with audio<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u221aTruTreeLove.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

****************
\nthank you for visiting
\nwe love sharing &
\ntrust you have found something
\nhere that resonated with you
\n***********************
\nbtw, reflection is always welcome
\n\"\"
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

sweetest samhain salutations feeling everything fully….note to self it’s a time of slow down, rather than speedy energy…. OLD YEW OLD YOU…. here @ kitchen sink studio we have been…<\/p>\n

Read Moresweet samhain 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":28,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9608","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\/9608","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=9608"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9694,"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9608\/revisions\/9694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}