Your words remind me why I create. It feels like I’m reading my own thoughts, only they’re in your voice, in your cadence. In the last year I have “discovered” the language of birds, having lived closed to the ocean and seeing pelicans, herons, terns, gulls, and ospreys daily when I walked outside. They’re beautiful, aren’t they? A reminder of what money can’t ever buy: diversity, balance, attunement to the seasons, and grace. I haven’t drawn in years, but I drew a heron tonight...I’m rusty but I look forward to creating more. Thank you for the inspiration, Natalie!
Oh Kathryn, I loved this "A reminder of what money can’t ever buy: diversity, balance, attunement to the seasons, and grace." - a thousand times yes! I am so happy you found your way to heron magic, you are held in those beautiful blue grey wings xo
Your words remind me of Terri Windling, of her insistence on the necessity of creative work, and of paying attention to beauty as real and essential work in the world. Thanks for the reminder.
Oh thank you Carri, I am so honoured by that comparison! "Paying attention to beauty as real and essential work" - never truer words spoken. I so appreciate you!
Precisely why I watch and illustrate birds - my spirit feels the expansiveness of their flight and for a moment in my imagination and on paper I can borrow the weightless purpose of flying. It's a bit of respite. I'm thinking of you and your family and hoping for your brother's continuing recovery. xo
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“There is an undercurrent of hope lost.”
If I may, I’d like to gift you with a ray of hope. I am an artist too- i play with the waves and vibrations that make music, swirling them together in an order that resonate as light & love. I’d like to share a song I wrote specifically to bolster our light in a world full of shadows. ❤️
Oh Jacqueline, I am so appreciative of you sharing this beautiful magic you have made. Thank you for creating such beauty and sharing so generously, your gift of a ray of hope is profoundly appreciated xo
Something I've learned with meditation that sustains me, is the concept of blue sky. When our days are dark and clouds lay heavy in our minds, there is always blue sky. The clouds are not permanent.
All of this heaviness will pass. It always does. We have been here before. It will pass.
Sending you good thoughts your tests reveal nothing that can't be treated.
I too have turned off my news channel, the radio stays silent in the car... we seem to be moving toward a very dark place and your words ‘moving towards an undercurrent of no hope’ ring too loudly Natalie... we all want them to stop. And I think so many of us turn to the freedoms of nature to find solace... thank you for your beautiful words lovely lady... may your day be blessed with beauty and light be it in the sky or on earth. Much love 🧡🍂xx
Your words remind me why I create. It feels like I’m reading my own thoughts, only they’re in your voice, in your cadence. In the last year I have “discovered” the language of birds, having lived closed to the ocean and seeing pelicans, herons, terns, gulls, and ospreys daily when I walked outside. They’re beautiful, aren’t they? A reminder of what money can’t ever buy: diversity, balance, attunement to the seasons, and grace. I haven’t drawn in years, but I drew a heron tonight...I’m rusty but I look forward to creating more. Thank you for the inspiration, Natalie!
Oh Kathryn, I loved this "A reminder of what money can’t ever buy: diversity, balance, attunement to the seasons, and grace." - a thousand times yes! I am so happy you found your way to heron magic, you are held in those beautiful blue grey wings xo
Your words remind me of Terri Windling, of her insistence on the necessity of creative work, and of paying attention to beauty as real and essential work in the world. Thanks for the reminder.
Oh thank you Carri, I am so honoured by that comparison! "Paying attention to beauty as real and essential work" - never truer words spoken. I so appreciate you!
Precisely why I watch and illustrate birds - my spirit feels the expansiveness of their flight and for a moment in my imagination and on paper I can borrow the weightless purpose of flying. It's a bit of respite. I'm thinking of you and your family and hoping for your brother's continuing recovery. xo
This is absolutely it, in a nutshell, dear Susannah, "I can borrow the weightless purpose of flying" - beautiful! Thank you for being here xo
“There is an undercurrent of hope lost.”
If I may, I’d like to gift you with a ray of hope. I am an artist too- i play with the waves and vibrations that make music, swirling them together in an order that resonate as light & love. I’d like to share a song I wrote specifically to bolster our light in a world full of shadows. ❤️
https://open.substack.com/pub/postpostmodern/p/be-that-light?r=n516p&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Oh Jacqueline, I am so appreciative of you sharing this beautiful magic you have made. Thank you for creating such beauty and sharing so generously, your gift of a ray of hope is profoundly appreciated xo
Oh Natalie!!! I’m so so pleased I could make a shiny twinkle of difference for you....✨✨✨ We are all in this together. ❤️
This is beautiful.
Something I've learned with meditation that sustains me, is the concept of blue sky. When our days are dark and clouds lay heavy in our minds, there is always blue sky. The clouds are not permanent.
All of this heaviness will pass. It always does. We have been here before. It will pass.
Sending you good thoughts your tests reveal nothing that can't be treated.
Yes! Lisa! Thank you for that reminder. As Pema Chodron says, you are the sky, everything else is just weather. Thank you for your kind wishes xo
I too have turned off my news channel, the radio stays silent in the car... we seem to be moving toward a very dark place and your words ‘moving towards an undercurrent of no hope’ ring too loudly Natalie... we all want them to stop. And I think so many of us turn to the freedoms of nature to find solace... thank you for your beautiful words lovely lady... may your day be blessed with beauty and light be it in the sky or on earth. Much love 🧡🍂xx
You have made my evening, thank you dear Susie xo
Beautifully written, thank you 🙏🏻
Oh thank you, I really appreciate your kind words xo
Yes, great advice. Not only seeing beauty but healing, positive views. Feathered medicine.
So beautiful and poetic Natalie 💛