tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76506554237488631162024-03-14T07:54:10.387-07:00People to Placesaltwayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023910371980183145noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650655423748863116.post-24308777051459200812021-07-06T08:09:00.002-07:002021-07-06T08:13:10.903-07:00The Wealden Literary Festival and Mud-larking.<div class="separator"><br /></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBC0O3lNpASXPppF_4_8DdZgvtYPNrtyPkRYascnPiCt1S2qe3LXjP_uC6943BNynam_S1uxumZvILvC3lmgH7xgo_aZOe6o2-Nu0gWUkajsTSwYZyTlJ17J9tuO7a_ktbbaHLCsWFh8/s346/ptop+logo.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBC0O3lNpASXPppF_4_8DdZgvtYPNrtyPkRYascnPiCt1S2qe3LXjP_uC6943BNynam_S1uxumZvILvC3lmgH7xgo_aZOe6o2-Nu0gWUkajsTSwYZyTlJ17J9tuO7a_ktbbaHLCsWFh8/s320/ptop+logo.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Blog 06.07.21</span></p><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>The Wealden Literary Festival and
Mud-larking. </b></span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">The
other weekend I went to the Wealden Literary Festival. It had been
cancelled last year and as it is set outside in the beautiful '<a href="http://boldshaves.com" target="_blank">Boldshaves Garden</a>' I thought it would be a wise and safe introduction
to reopening my wider social life, since it all closed down so
suddenly back in March 2020.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">It
was an overcast and dull, drab day. The roads and fields were covered
in misty rain as we drove down into the Weald of Kent from the coast.
But the closer we got to the site the more excited I became to
experience something new- people, places and spectacle had all been
very limited over the last 15 months or so.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">I
love this little festival, it’s got a very chilled vibe, everything
is presented beautifully and the gardens in which it is hosted are
charming. Every time I go I promise myself I will return and explore
the gardens fully when the festival is not on, to experience the
larger sense of space and detail of the planting and structure. This
year I might actually do it.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">The
festival ‘is a chance to unearth some of the magic of the natural
world and celebrate our relationship with place through literature,
arts, crafts and food...’. They do this well, it has numerous
workshops on offer and many children's activities- of which I
especially loved the fairy trail that you could follow on a map
through wild woodland, entered via a storybook arch.</span></p>
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the grown ups there were many more activities to enjoy. I had booked
tickets to attend a conversation between Katherine May of ‘Wintering’
and Lara Maiklem, author of ‘<a href="https://youtu.be/jabj_MUWnKE" target="_blank">Mud-larking</a>’. I am so glad I did,
Katherine chatted to Lara and we discovered her true love of looking
for treasures on the foreshore, specifically along the River Thames
in London and further out into the Thames Estuary. When I say
treasures, I am not talking precious metals or jewels, these
treasures are items of everyday use that are valuable in their own
way, of telling a story, adding personal depth to any history that we
may read.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">She
especially loves to find pieces of shoes as they reflect the person;
any imprint in the way that the show was worn, literally- the
repeated movement of the foot within the leather can connect her in
her imagination with a physical trace of its owner. She says the
discoveries are often uncanny, there is an essence of the owner in
the worn pieces of leather she finds.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Lara
explained that when Mud-larking, it was the quality of attention that
she paid to the foreshore that was enjoyable, the art of looking that
was, for her a form of meditation. She said that sometimes she will
see something and just gaze at it whilst it is still in the mud and
that is almost enough. And yet, her curiosity gets the better of her
and at last she will unearth the object and then there is the period
of ‘after-larking’, when she will clean, research and preserve
the object.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">A
few clues were given as to what to look for if you were ever tempted
to try for yourself. Give yourself time to ‘get your eye in’,
look specifically for straight lines and perfect circles- what
doesn’t quite fit in the local environment that you are
concentrating on? I often pick up fossils off of the foreshore where
I live in Tankerton and I think that this is excellent advice. I will
also add, look for changes in colour and pattern too.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">But
the main reason for such an interest is in the joy of discovery. It’s
a pleasure of connecting physically to the past, our shared history,
as these finds are part of ordinary things probably used by our
ancestors too. They tell a story, a lost moment in an everyday life.
The item can become a relic and stand for so much more than the
history books may ever tell. Perhaps the act of Mud-larking and the
interest it gives us is a comforting understanding that we may live
on in tiny fragmented ways and could be a prompt for a future soul to
reimagine our life. Relics of ordinary lives caught up in the flow of
a historic river, weathering all storms and settling down in the mud,
awaiting discovery.</span></p><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5qPmsuhU_dayE6xu58r69A2aG-XxDgggQAiXfgZOYU8Hpo_kEDhGhoyz2lWzrlzFE_5o_08OdlnqEWi5bEH206NHJjbCboJFQhjRZqkJnbwCZtbLPLkzDKP_c6ZyIZJygNc19JwJEFw/s1350/sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5qPmsuhU_dayE6xu58r69A2aG-XxDgggQAiXfgZOYU8Hpo_kEDhGhoyz2lWzrlzFE_5o_08OdlnqEWi5bEH206NHJjbCboJFQhjRZqkJnbwCZtbLPLkzDKP_c6ZyIZJygNc19JwJEFw/w480-h640/sign.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhpHJUELRG6CbhNsU6WZOxldGbzwb9j7WjtCNR-p38LHkVIJlTfw_GoC5NR6wS2nNXnXO2tHE47tPh3CjIAC47aQ2tR1UUIkb25Z2a9LAmjQETh-mvNczZVl4DqiD8CMVTJBNp5kXpZg/s1440/gate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhpHJUELRG6CbhNsU6WZOxldGbzwb9j7WjtCNR-p38LHkVIJlTfw_GoC5NR6wS2nNXnXO2tHE47tPh3CjIAC47aQ2tR1UUIkb25Z2a9LAmjQETh-mvNczZVl4DqiD8CMVTJBNp5kXpZg/w300-h400/gate.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksokuj-I2GH4yhZ2ug1pOiSnvRPClxHtD__0Kq9btqCXHk8SCFCmbjS5xRrRUkFEw73APiKQOvTa2JMZk01y76JzCqG3Fm-4wxU_JZ3SyJ6qArJ2f3mjjdpv_yh0aAb5mf1cUyU-0BRc/s1440/foxglove.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksokuj-I2GH4yhZ2ug1pOiSnvRPClxHtD__0Kq9btqCXHk8SCFCmbjS5xRrRUkFEw73APiKQOvTa2JMZk01y76JzCqG3Fm-4wxU_JZ3SyJ6qArJ2f3mjjdpv_yh0aAb5mf1cUyU-0BRc/w300-h400/foxglove.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVV_9R2n_KnSmusVp_IOttAWUlCKrP-aEES_wNEiXUmpZP36yHzFNRn0N_MNj4rFQDLKCfOVGFme2WrZIRtdU3eUibWB82_VE8vJgXSmc0Oo-8RtUiCB0bGEjxPyGk-YesKig5sKwvK5g/s1440/dock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVV_9R2n_KnSmusVp_IOttAWUlCKrP-aEES_wNEiXUmpZP36yHzFNRn0N_MNj4rFQDLKCfOVGFme2WrZIRtdU3eUibWB82_VE8vJgXSmc0Oo-8RtUiCB0bGEjxPyGk-YesKig5sKwvK5g/w480-h640/dock.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />saltwayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023910371980183145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650655423748863116.post-30306488284513576342021-06-24T12:22:00.003-07:002021-06-24T12:31:30.936-07:00The Black Prince Well, Midsummer.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdro04DfJNMCigpJVv561FNsOSe2HuU8A24vwgM2HZURM-YzdwbgWNsyXZ3zRjsx9pMBm8ur7qkuqDVP5tYV1RmVD79tW-ZCxH7tSJv3pISgS-nydiw2WWh1UDomYXgNW_FoEOjC0sTE/s346/ptop+logo.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdro04DfJNMCigpJVv561FNsOSe2HuU8A24vwgM2HZURM-YzdwbgWNsyXZ3zRjsx9pMBm8ur7qkuqDVP5tYV1RmVD79tW-ZCxH7tSJv3pISgS-nydiw2WWh1UDomYXgNW_FoEOjC0sTE/s320/ptop+logo.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Blog 24.06.21</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The
Black Prince Well, Midsummer.</b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">It
was cool under the ‘wild wide-hearted rose’ that enshrouds the
spring and valerian grows up on either side of the stone steps which
lead down to the water.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">I
squeezed in under the rose- it smelt amazing, and stepped down- I
think that this is an important part of the meeting of oneself and
the water- the source- the going down to meet it- lowering yourself.
Stepping down feels a bit like surrendering to what’s in there- not
walking up to a monument- looking up, with steps- awed by its might,
this is the opposite approach and quite humbling. </span>
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">The
last step is a perfect place to sit and I put my feet in again- just
the soles this time as I watched the gnats merrily circling over the
water. I was reminded of a passage I had read the day before in ‘The
Pattern of the Past’ by Guy Underwood, something about gnats
circling over water features- even unseen underground water features-
such as blind springs and aqua-stats. When dowsing, he says it is
useful to note where gnats ‘dance’ as it often corresponds with
an underground source. So I was not surprised to see the gnats in
motion over the water and I felt less likely to be bitten by them as
it’s the males that dance and the females that bite- so I sat
calmly and watched my feet ‘sit’ on the water. </span>
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">It
was cool and clear and calm. </span>
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">As
I sat I looked deeper into the water, saw the floor of the basin the
water flows into and then the reflections of the well head above.
Next I noticed the bright blue sky also reflected in the water, the
green foliage and then raising my sight to the water level itself I
saw some twigs, pollen and other natural debris floating on the
water. </span>
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">There
I noticed another. </span>
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">A
shiny hard backed beetle, perhaps still alive, floated near my feet-
I tried to ‘save it’ by picking it up with my toes, but it
floated away, further, so I used my foot to pull it towards me, once
close enough I was able to pick it up with my hand and see what it
was exactly- and whether it was alive or dead. </span>
</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">It
was still, its wing had come out of its casing on one side so it
looked lopsided but as I held it in front of me, it started to move.
I looked to find to find a place where it could dry out naturally
some more and put it to rest and recover on one of the mossy stones
which make up the top level of the step area to the well. The moss is
in dappled shade along here, so it should be a safe area to dry out.
It was hesitant to leave my hand, its feet clung to my skin as I
pushed it gently off- for a second I panicked, thinking it may cling
on or hurt me, but then it freed itself and walked off the tip of my
finger onto the sunlit mossy patch of stone and scurried off to find
a crack, a hiding place.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">I
did hope that the beetle had not been a sacrifice or blessing to the
well because I had removed it, worried about its life and that
thought had overpowered my will to leave it be.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">I
felt a real connection with the well and its water on this visit-
through the surrounding foliage, the stone structure, the beautiful
beetle and dancing gnats, I realised I love this place.</span></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: xx-small;"><i><b>It
is with a lighter foot that I step up and move forward and start to
write again. The act of writing is not difficult for me, but I am far
better at putting the act off, distracting myself with something more
worthy and surprisingly even more 'domestic'. Household chores
have too often been given priority over creativity, not that you
would know that by the 'lived in' mess of my home. But I am starting to
really understand now that procrastination is an artform in itself
and one that I have been developing unknowingly for many years.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: xx-small;"><i><b>For a good dose of inspiration I visited the <a href="http://www.wealdenliteraryfestival.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #073763;">Wealden Literary Festival</span></a> which has more
recently been seen to be encouraging more women writers to take
centre stage. I went to a couple of talks and enjoyed the honesty and
enthusiasm with which the women spoke of their experiences within the
popular genre of nature writing, especially that of nature and place.
I recognise the voice of these narrators. I feel their writing. It
resonates. From now on I too will put my heart and soul into the
writing and see what happens on the page.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.between-the-tides.co.uk/"><i><b>between-the-tides</b></i></a></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>I<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: xx-small;">t starts with a swim at high tide at 10.37 and finishes with a night swim at 23.01, with many talks by authors such as <a href="http://www.tanyashadrick.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #073763;">Tanya Shadrick</span></a>, (who I was lucky enough to see at the WLF), with workshops, music, coffee and cake in between. I am hoping this local festival will inspire and encourage me further. </span></b></span></i></div>
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late
August
and holiday season. I too have been away and come home again. Now my
home and the familiar places that I inhabit have become even more
special because of this excursion. Going away and coming home allows
us to glimpse a different perspective on our everyday living choices
and I think once in a while, that's a good thing. For me it has
confirmed all that I appreciate in my little part of the country and
also made me re-look
at my chosen lifestyle. It has highlighted some wonderful
aspects
of my everyday life that I had forgotten, that had got buried in the
daily, consistent, repetitive and yet much needed domestic routines.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finding my feet, in a new place.</td></tr>
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think going away can be a holiday from your everyday self, as
immersed in the new, unfamiliar and strange, it begins to dawn on you
what really matters and what doesn't. This was one of my greatest
insights on the trip. That, and the realisation that even though we
had travelled many miles to get to this new place, (
Quebec) a
lot of it was familiar. That
in itself was a comfort as
I realised
the
Northern Hemisphere is my land, and as I looked up as the skies
darkened I could still pick out familiar star constellations such as
'The Plough', Cassiopeia and the North Star.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Familiar flowers in a new world. Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.</td></tr>
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could recognise a lot of the plants, trees and animals in
this new place too.
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the birds were a constant vocal reminder we were somewhere else.
There were many melodies and calls that I heard that were new and
totally unfamiliar. We are wont to forget about our everyday
sound-scape, so much so that we may not even hear it any more due to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The great St. Lawrence river. Just beautiful, it reminded me of home and my love of estuaries.</td></tr>
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returning home I have visited my local library and started reading a
very interesting and lovingly written book about bird song. '<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://eandtbooks.com/book/sweet-wild-note-what-we-hear-when-birds-sing-0" target="_blank">A Sweet, Wild Note</a></span>', by
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had since a child and has also opened up a whole new world to me. </span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Swale estuary at Oare, Faversham, Kent on a walk when I returned.</td></tr>
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has been nearly 2 weeks since we landed and I now feel that I am
home. I have walked in many of my favourite places and re-aquainted
myself with their details and nuances. I am enjoying the physical
sense of feeling grounded and of this place. Added to this, I can
compare, contrast and remember the other places and people and their
culture. These memories are precious and they will stay with me as
long as I can hold them. Last weekend we compiled and edited the
hundreds of photographs that we had taken whilst away and this will
help me to remember and hopefully keep that valuable new perspective
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View of sunset from our beach hut, Tankerton, Kent, last week.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new but strangely familiar sunset view from the Gaspe peninsular, Quebec.</td></tr>
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space for them to create, so I run art and design workshops in my own
straw-bale studio throughout the year. These can be either 1:1 or for
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next ones for the exciting and accessible art of Gelli-printing are
on most Wednesdays and Fridays throughout September and October. They
run 11-2pm and cost £40
pp including all materials and refreshments. <span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Call
or text 07432679164 if you would like to be booked in or email me at
</span></span><u><a href="mailto:clare@people-to-place.co.uk"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">clare@people-to-place.co.uk</span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.people-to-place.co.uk/"><u>www.</u><u><span style="font-variant: normal;">people-to-place.co.uk</span></u></a></span></span></div>
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night we welcomed in the solstice at our now familiar spot on the
Salt Way, an ancient trading track which travels from the coast at
Whitstable to Canterbury. As usual it was pretty chilly up there on
the hill, we could see our breath but the little fire warmed us. The
wind blew through the leaves in the poplar trees sounding like
running water and seagulls quietly flew overhead towards their
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Half a moon peeps out between the rustling poplar leaves.</td></tr>
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my last blog I wrote about experiencing awe and cultivating wonder.
In creating a midsummer ritual of processing, with others, up to that
same location year after year we are choosing to mark time and make
our own magic. Being there in nature, sitting high up between two
busy roads we are able to just be, becoming
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Placing the pot into the fire in the circle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The glowing objects from within the kiln.</td></tr>
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time I took up, amongst many other treasures a clay pot that I had
made as part of the Whitstable Biennale.
The pot had been fired among many other hand made objects in a
spectacular outdoor firing event held on the beach a couple of
weekends ago. Run by <a href="http://josephinecallaghan.net/" target="_blank">Josephine Callaghan</a> and
supported
by Tom Barnett and Sarah
Cameron,
the kiln was made and fired in situ, creating a wonderful display in
itself with a backdrop of the sun setting into the sea.</span></b></div>
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Summercamp Whitstable Biennale 2018</div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So,
a lovely connection was
made last night from this past fiery passionate event to
a
much
quieter, reflective event on the hill. I took
my fired pot up with me to the same spot we have sat and celebrated
for
the last 5 years and placed
it onto
the fire and filled it with some
seawater
I had gathered the previous evening after a wonderful
swim
in the sea. As the fire burned the water evaporated and it is only
now when I look at the photo that I can see salt forming on the top
edge and
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>What
a discovery! We had inadvertently made salt in a ritual fire on the
Summer Solstice on the ancient Salt Way. That certainly has made me
realise that I need to be more observant and keep enjoying and
creating 'awe-some' events for myself and others to connect
'People-to-place.'</b></span></div>
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writers and practitioners. Sandra Ingermann and David Abram.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">'We
once again welcome in the solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere we
greet summer as well as the return of the dark...Often in life we
lose sight of what is important. And we can really get pulled outside
of ourselves and lost in the trance of the collective....We have to
make a decision to open the prison doors and use our invisible senses
to connect with the beauty of the universe we are part of. Earth is
one single living organism. We are part of the organism we call
Earth.' SI</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>'...along
with the other animals, the stones, the trees and the clouds, we
ourselves are characters within a whole story that is visibly
unfolding all around us, participants within the vast imagination, or
Dreaming of the world.' DA</b></span></div>
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love to teach others and facilitate space for them to create, so I
run art and design workshops in
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saltwayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023910371980183145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650655423748863116.post-33935900127771138992018-06-08T06:08:00.007-07:002018-06-08T06:08:59.612-07:00Experiencing awe and cultivating empathy.
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wonder if this is why I need to go and see the sun set, to experience awe. Is this a basic need of mine?</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Luckily, the sunsets
here in Whitstable are stunning, we have a clear view across the sea,
with the Isle of Sheppey becoming a wonderful landmark, that can be
used to chart the suns movement through the changing seasons. As we
approach the longest day, the sun moves across to the east of the
island and sets impressively in the sea, its
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of my favourite experiences during the summer months is to swim in
the sea, towards the sunset. Even with my eyes closed I can see an
orange glow and follow the trail of the reflected sun as it swooshes
up and down in the waves. I have tried to capture this feeling of
immersion, in the seawater and in the glow of the sunset by producing
a dry-point print, titled 'Immersion'.</b></span></div>
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image is one of many artworks I have chosen to put into a small book,
named 'People to Place- Reflections and Reminders', along with
minimal but well thought out text, I hope to remind others of the
simple joys of making time to go out, observe and be in the moment,
connecting to the wonder of the natural world.</b></span></div>
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with another open studio date coming up soon, I
have been busy printing a couple more books, using the fabulous
Risograph machine at Intra studios in Rochester. This
machine, about the same size of a large photocopier is a mechanical
wonder. Simply put it can be seen as a mechanised screen-printing
process. I make the original artwork, it then thermally cuts the
'master' stencils that are wrapped around the ink cylinders, then I
press the button and I can choose any number of copies from 1 to
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'flat gold', a deep indigo blue, my favourite Teal and about 6 more
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paper and thicker card so I have been able to produce many hardback
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I tracked down Rob Hopkins, co- founder of the Transition Network, a
positive global movement based in Permaculture. He is studying the
power of imagination and regularly
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Recently he wrote <a href="http://www.robhopkins.net/" target="_blank">a blog</a> in which
he interviews Tony Whitehead of the RSPB, who during the spring
months takes people out to listen to the birds dawn chorus. The
interview looks at the subject of awe, which Rob had been
researching. He asks Tony, 'I was reading some research recently
about awe, which talked about how there's something about when people
experience awe, that their brains work in a particular way that is
really powerful for cultivating empathy. Maybe that's part of what
you're saying people experience?</b></span></span></div>
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'And beauty as well....But I think awe comes into the simple every
day experiences such as listening to blackbird song. And it starts at
that point. That simple point of beauty and contact and everything
else really devolves from that in terms of relationship. And I think
people are more willing to act and advocate on behalf of wildlife and
nature if they have that original experience of awe or the sublime or
just that connection. Just that connection.' </b></span>
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my little books have a big message to spread. Which is go outside,
connect with nature and enjoy the awesome natural phenomenons that we
are gifted with on a regular basis.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: black;"><b>My
next open studio event will be soon, on Saturday the 16<sup>th</sup>
of June. It will show the new progression on from my current art
project 'Hearth and
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exhibition
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own, to look at its 'life story', look up
www.facebook.com/Green-Build-Tankerton </b></span>
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and Home' artwork will go to our local homeless charity in
Canterbury, 'Porchlight'.</b></span></div>
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space for them to create, so I run art and design workshops
throughout the year. These can be either 1:1 or for a small group
and I charge from £15 per hour.</b></span></div>
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accessible art of Gelli-printing are on most Wednesdays and Fridays.
throughout May and June. They run 11-2pm and cost £40 pp including
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Over the last couple of weeks I have
enjoyed photographing some of my artwork to use in a couple of small
books that I have compiled. I love to use the name chap book for this
project as Chapman was my maiden name and means pedlar. I was always
proud of that for some reason, so now, to have produced one is
curiously wonderful! The historical definition of chapbook is 'a
small pamphlet containing tales, ballads, or tracts, sold by
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The 'Spirit of Place' project that I
have been working on with Alison Lees has really helped me explore
other mediums, such as wood cut printing and it is good to see the
overall variation and diversity of my creative output, photographed,
set with text and printed.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Choosing photographs of my artwork to be included.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Finally I have a couple of small books
to be proud of. It has been a long process and I have felt at times
like there were too many obstacles to navigate to actually get
something into print. But now, by scaling the 'writing project' down
and producing something that I see now as 'just' another piece of
art, I have managed to complete it at long last. Hurrah!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finding the best layout of images to be used.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">After photographing my recent work, I
was able to select specific images that showed the various 'mark
making' that I had been experimenting with over the last 2 years. For
example, the brush-strokes of acrylic look soft compared to the oil
painting and likewise the subtlety of a gelli-print contrasts well
with the deep old strokes of a woodcut print. The printing system I
have chosen to use picks up these tiny differences and I wanted to
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The first book is titled 'Spirit of
Place, Wanderings and Wonderings' and explores the basic inspiration
I have had whilst walking and being in nature that has led to the
production of the many images contained in its pages. It is not deep
and inaccessible but light and easy to read, hopefully inspiring
anyone who reads it to feel that they too could go outside and become
more aware and ultimately inspired. I guess my aim was to produce a
gentle reminder...</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting the master copies of each page ready at Intra.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I printed the books as an initial
batch of 50 and now have the repetitive but hugely satisfying task of
putting them all together. The Risograph printing machine that I used
is a wonderful thing and I like many others would like my own, but
just to have the opportunity to travel up to Medway, to <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.medwayfineprintmakers.co.uk/" target="_blank">Intra</a></span> and use
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way to explain the function of the Riso machine is to compare it to
mechanised screen-printing. You still have to create stencils and
choose colours plus when making a booklet, pagination, layouts etc
also need to be decided. But I love a process and now I just have 100
booklets to hand-stitch together! Some of them will be on sale at my
next Open Studio event in June, so come and see for yourself!</span></div>
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next open studio event will be on Saturday the 16</span><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;">th</span></sup><span style="font-weight: normal;">
of June. It will show the new progression on from my current art
project </span><b>'Hearth and
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The studio has a Facebook page of its
own, to look at its 'life story', look up
www.facebook.com/Green-Build-Tankerton </span>
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and Home' artwork will go to our local homeless charity in
Canterbury, 'Porchlight'.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I love to teach others and facilitate
space for them to create, so I run art and design workshops
throughout the year. These can be either 1:1 or for a small group
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The next ones for the exciting and
accessible art of Gelli-printing are on most Wednesdays and Fridays.
throughout May and June. They run 11-2pm and cost £40 pp including
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own personal art page can be found at
</span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist</span></span></a></u></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><b> I
can be contacted</b></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>
on 07432679164 or </b></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>clare@people-to-place.co.uk</b></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I believe that part and parcel of
making artwork is the need to regularly be inspired. To find this, I
walk, often with other artists and it goes a long way to fulfil this
need. Walking in nature, throughout the year provides me with plenty
of opportunities to observe the larger seasonal changes and recognise
the smaller more intricate details that may be overlooked by others.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking upon a path covered in white petals.</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Seeing the footpath coated with white
blackthorn blossom petals, looking like a wedding path and
remembering the same path crunching underfoot last autumn as we
stepped onto a thick carpet of acorns makes me happy! I see
connections, recognise the changes and their regularity gives me
peace, hope and inspiration.</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making prints from found objects on a recent walk.</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have been making and teaching
'Gelli-print' mono-printing for over a year now and I find walking
and picking up small reminders of that walk, the time and the place
can be used directly in subsequent printing sessions. The prints
can then be looked back on with affection and become a direct link to
another, past experience.</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Earlier spring walk in Adisham, along a holloway.</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am obviously one of many artists who
obtain inspiration through walking outdoors and connecting to the
place. Last Monday evening I went to a poetry reading and performance
by an artist who back in 2011 had a 6 week residency in a beach hut
on Tankerton Slopes, Whitstable, Kent. As a long term resident of the
area and a fellow beach hut owner, I was fascinated to hear her take on the area and see if and
how she had been 'affected' by the spirit of place.</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of moss upon a marker stone in the wood.</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We had unfortunately missed her
performance the previous week in Whitstable, so we travelled down to
Deal to the Astor Theatre especially to see her. She performed her
poetry dressed in an iridescent gossamer gown, which looked like the
deep changing sea that she had watched during her residency. The poetry was
totally evocative of the place. She had captured the unique essence
of this wonderful limbinal space. </span></b>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A couple of books by Nancy Charley inspired by her Tankerton residency,</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">As I sat listening I thought she notices everything, from recognising both the
resident crows and visiting tourists, their colours, behaviour, their
noises...and the change of light on the sea, the bounty washed up on the
beach, the promenaders, the dog walkers, the skein of geese, the
migration of swallows..all that and more was acknowledged. The performance was
entitled 'The Water Watcher', I enjoyed her work immensely. It was well
observed, articulate and inspiring. Wonderful!</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Water Watchers Blessing by Nancy Charley.</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My
next open studio event will be on Saturday the 16<sup>th</sup>
of June. It will show the new progression on from my current art
project 'Hearth and
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The studio has a Facebook page of its
own, to look at its 'life story', look up
www.facebook.com/Green-Build-Tankerton </span></b>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">10% of all sales of this 'Hearth
and Home' artwork will go to our local homeless charity in
Canterbury, 'Porchlight'.</span></b></div>
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love to teach others and facilitate space for them to create, so I
run art and design workshops throughout the year. These can be
either 1:1 or for a small group and I charge from £15 per hour.</span></b></div>
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next ones for the exciting and accessible art of Gelli-printing are
on most Wednesdays and Fridays. throughout May and June. They run
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own personal art page can be found at
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I love to offer my studio to others to
work in. It is an unusual and beautiful hand crafted building which
evolved as a direct need for me to have my own space. This desperate
need (I had two young sons) supplemented with a lifetimes worth of
creative space building for others and a deep interest in sustainable
architecture and community engagement produced a wonderful retreat
which only now I feel I really 'own'. I recently read about Jo Fairley's shed love for her shed too, you can read it</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.victoriahealth.com/editorial/a-shed-of-ones-own" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The path we made up to it was a labour of love too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The studio roof is 'green' too, with its own pond, marshy area and of course 2 gnomes.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Often I overlook the joy of owning
such a space as it is all too easy to be busy outside of it. But
since sharing it with others, teaching in it, the art of
mono-printing, for instance I am really able to see its worth. It is
full of supplies, inspiration and now a comfy chair, cushions and
when I go down it also contains a small lap dog, cup of tea and space
to breathe, hope, dream and create!</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Curvy interior walls holding creative space.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pewter elm tree form from cuttle-fish cast.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>So, book yourself onto one of my
courses advertised or just come and play. I aim to expand the
teaching that I do soon. I have facilities in there to create
cuttlefish casts and produce pewter treasures, do various printing
techniques, from wood cut to lino cut, learn how to paint from the
imagination, using mindfulness and walking as a meditation. The list
goes on, so just let me know which creative playtime you would like
or what you yearn to learn. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>I, myself shall endeavour to get down
to the studio most days now the weather is warming up, I shall no
longer put off the urge to create and do another thing instead. These
distractions will always exist and it is only with my own daily
discipline and determined practice that I will create new work and
enjoy being in the space with others that love doing so too!</b></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">next
open studio event will be on Saturday the 16</span><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;">th</span></sup><span style="font-weight: normal;">
of June. It will show the </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">new
</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">progression
on from my current art project </span><i>'Hearth
and Home'</i><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">The</span>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">exhibition
is open to all </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">from
</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">11-5pm
in my straw-bale studio. </span></b></span>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>The
studio has a Facebook page of its own, to look at its 'life story',
look up www.facebook.com/Green-Build-Tankerton </b></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>10% of all sales of this <i>'Hearth
and Home'</i> artwork will go to
our local homeless charity in Canterbury, <i>'Porchlight'</i>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>I love to teach others and facilitate
space for them to create, so I run art and design workshops
throughout the year. These can be either 1:1 or for a small group
and I charge from £15 per hour. The next ones for the exciting and
accessible art of Gelli-printing are on most Wednesdays and Fridays
throughout April, May and June. They run 11-2pm and cost £40 pp
including all materials and refreshments. </b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">My
own personal art page can be found at
</span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist</span></span></a></u></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"> I
can be contacted</span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
on 07432679164 or </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">clare@people-to-place.co.uk</span></span></a></u></span></b></span></div>
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believe that every cloud has a silver lining, but the positive isn't
always easy to see immediately. It seems to gently ease itself out
into view and we may wonder why we didn't see it in the first place
but sometimes it seems we can be initially blinded by disappointment.</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Every cloud has a silver lining.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>It
has been like this for me a few times now during my mission to write
a book. The book is about how people connect to place through
walking. It is a simple enough concept but every day it seems more
books are published around a similar theme, as nature writing is currently one of
the largest growing sectors in publishing. </b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>Having
now ruled out traditional publishing routes I have discovered another
way that I can create a book to share with others. This week I went
back to Intra in Rochester, Kent and learnt a new printing process
that would allow me to hand produce small batches of my book. It was
highly enjoyable day and I can see it being creatively more
satisfying than outsourcing the work to others. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>The
book was going to be a traditional hardback, an A5 size
landscape-formatted design that would have required a higher personal
financial investment from me and I believe this new idea is far
better for the subject of the book: it just works.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>The
only potential problem I have is that
the
images that I carefully
chose
for the original format will not work in this new way. But,
as we say, every cloud has a silver lining
and
I
know in
time it will be a
bonus when I work out the solution. </b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>Watch
this space!</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Straw-bale studio, open on the 17th of this month.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>And
a reminder; my 'Hearth
and Home' exhibition
is open to all and will take place on Saturday the 17<sup>th</sup>
of March from 11-5pm in my straw-bale studio. The studio has a
Facebook page of its own, to look at its 'life story', <span style="color: blue;">www.facebook.com/Green-Build-Tankerton</span> </b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>I run art and design workshops
throughout the year. These can be either 1:1 or for a small group
and I charge from £15 per hour. </b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>My
own personal art page can be found at
<span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist"><span style="color: blue;">www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist</span></a></u></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"> I
can be contacted</span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
on 07432679164 or </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">clare@people-to-place.co.uk</span></span></a></u></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>The
winter is certainly upon us now, this week alone we have had snow,
sleet rain, dreary
grey
days but
also
wonderful
bright
sunshine. The weather seems to be all over the place and it can make
it difficult to settle into a routine. Do we need
to put
the heating on constant, light a fire or
de-ice the car? </b></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remembering warmer months and summer fires.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>We
acquired a dog a few months ago, so at least one thing is now
constant, I know that I will be going out for a walk at least twice a
day and possibly more if it's
neither bitterly cold or chucking it down with rain. This has been
quite a bonus as it makes me go out in all weathers and even short
walks in the blustery rain and hail have been enjoyable. Well, I say
that but actually the best bit of these walks is going back inside
again! It truly makes me
appreciate
and be grateful for my
home even more.</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gelli-print based on early spring last year.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>I am
set to start the first art project of this year next week. One
which I have been thinking about and researching
for a few months. I
am going to create a small body of work based on 'Hearth and Home',
which I will exhibit in my straw-bale studio next month. I have
always been fascinated by fireplaces and their place in the home. I
love how mantle-pieces are 'curated' by families
and I can still nostalgically remember those of my grandparents and
other elderly relatives, which were of the
time when the hearth was the heart of the home, long before the
introduction of a TV as a main focal point. </b></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fireplace installation at YSP last Summer. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>Our
log burner has been lit most evenings and has become another constant
this winter and I am so glad of it. The applied decoration I made
last summer in the concrete hearth has worked well. When
I sweep up the wood ash from it, I remember the time I collected the
leaves, chosen from full and abundant gardens, pressed them into the
wet concrete and looked forward to the 'reveal' when the leaves were
pulled away. Their
imprints
are
now permanently marked into the hearth and
I recognises the traces of Passionflower, Hop and Grapevine leaves.
Now on really grey days and darker evenings I find their subtle forms
and detail are all I need to remember back to a warmer time, with
more consistent bright days. These days will surely come round again,
I just need to wait, patiently.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>The
'Hearth and Home' exhibition
is open to all and will take place on Saturday the 17<sup>th</sup>
of March from 11-5pm in my straw-bale studio. The studio has a
Facebook page of its own, to look at its 'life story', look up
www.facebook.com/Green-Build-Tankerton </b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>I run art and design workshops
throughout the year. These can be either 1:1 or for a small group
and I charge from £15 per hour. </b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>My
own personal art page can be found at
<span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist"><span style="color: blue;">www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist</span></a></u></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"> I
can be contacted</span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
on 07432679164 or </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">clare@people-to-place.co.uk</span></span></a></u></span></b></span></div>
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saltwayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023910371980183145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650655423748863116.post-53461228073172580932017-12-15T06:19:00.002-08:002017-12-15T06:19:42.764-08:00A time of Sparkly Transformation
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>The Winter Solstice is coming up so at
long last the evenings will stop getting dark so early and hopefully
we will start to feel literally enlightened, a bit brighter and full
of hope for the new year.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>Personally, I find it very hard to
slow down as the dark evenings close in. I am still surprised when
its dark at 4 this time of year for if I cast my mind back to the
summer I remember that on most days I was out and about until late,
sometimes even having a swim in the sea at ten at night. That seems
just ludicrous now.</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My painting of the sea at Tankerton, a bit chilly now for a swim.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>The wonderful thing about living in
the UK is that I know that time will come around once again due to
the cyclical pattern of our seasons. Perhaps our lives will have
changed immeasurably over the year with births, deaths and other
momentous events but it is a comfort to realise the world keeps
turning and the seasons roll on. </b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>I try and see this time as a sparkly
transformation. Festive invitations and obligations keep me busy now
but I am inside at home more in the evening and I am enjoying the log
burner on most of them, as there does seem to be something very basic
and special about congregating around a fire. Before we had the fire
I would burn a candle or two in the room that we were sitting in,
that would be our bright flame and like moths we would be drawn to
the light. </b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glass pieces catching the precious sunlight on my windowsill.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>There are many sparkly festive lights
which are brightening up most windows in town and suburbia at the
moment, there have been momentous 'switching on' of lights, even some
trees outside houses in gardens are bedecked with their own. Places
are transformed by these decorations and it is magical.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>I have a plan that between now and
Christmas I will spend a bit of time walking outside in the dark,
both appreciating the domestic twinkly lights in peoples homes and
the ancient star light from above in the deep clear sky. Then to be
snug back inside the house I will gaze at the fire and candlelight
and feel a basic sense of happiness and contentment that no form of
Christmas gift could give me. At this time of year such simple
pleasures cannot be bought.</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making by the fireside, at a friends house.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>I end this blog with a quote from a
previous entry written at this time of year. I know this is well
worth remembering too as we become busier and busier towards the
'target date' of the 25 th of December.</b></span><sup><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></sup>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">'At this time of year, it is not your Christmas presents that are needed so much as your presence.'</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Wishing you all my best over this festive period.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>I run art and design workshops
throughout the year. These can be either 1:1 or for a small group
and I charge from £15 per hour. </b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>My
own personal art page can be found at
</b></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist</b></span></a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>
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<span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>I
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on 07432679164 or </b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><u><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>clare@people-to-place.co.uk</b></span></span></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It is now 4 years since finishing my
MA and I have finally started compiling a book, based on the last few
years of weekly and seasonal blog posts. These in turn are based on
the walking practice that I do as an artist and designer: a practice
that creatively connects people to place.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wonderful office space at Farm Work Play, where I am writing.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">In doing this, and feeling slightly
overwhelmed by what seems like a mammoth but necessary task, I will
be writing these blogs less regularly as I concentrate on the first
draft. But luckily, over the years I have gathered together a team of
enthusiastic and supportive individuals to make this happen, so
thankfully now I am feeling much more excitement about the book, than
anxiety and overwhelm.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working through/rereading all the blogs is quite a task.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have been out and about as much as
possible over the last couple of weeks, trying to experience the turn
of Summer into Autumn as much as possible, as I love this time of
transition and transformation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">During
my first visit to <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.greatdixter.co.uk/" target="_blank">Great Dixter</a></span> in East Sussex, a place that I had
been wanting to go to for years, I walked around the garden in awe of
the design, layout and planting. Paths led us through ornamental,
tropical, wild and topiary gardens full of early </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">a</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">utumn
colour and beauty.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Dahlias, some as large as a plate were regularly
being visited by huge buzzing Bumble bees, Robins sang loudly for
their territory and the gardeners quietly clipped the many yew
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week later a friend and I celebrated the last harvest of Summer as we
visited a flower cutting garden called <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.bloominggreenflowers.co.uk/" target="_blank">Blooming Green</a></span> in Kent and enjoyed an hour or so of
idle wandering around the garden, each picking a huge armful of
flowers including more wonderful dahlias.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">These have sat in a few
large vases on the kitchen table over the last week or two giving
essential colour to some very grey weather. </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So
it has been with anticipation,</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
as the days started drawing in earlier, the central heating kicked in
and the first fire was excitedly lit, we hunkered in cosy and snug
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blooming Green cutting garden in Linton, Kent.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Next
weekend, on Saturday the 25</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
of November I will be showing artwork, alongside Canterbury artist
Alison Lees. This exhibition in Adisham in her strawbale barn studio
will be the culmination of two years work studying 'The Spirit of
Place', an art project based in Kent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If
anyone would like to visit, all are welcome. It would be great to
meet you, I understand that it is getting busier and busier the
nearer we get to Xmas, but if you'd like to experience a calm, yet
twinkly Midwinter Open Studio event, see demonstrations of
Gelli-</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">plate</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
and wood cut printing, then this may be the ideal chill out zone! </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">You can find us at 1 Flybridge
Cottages, CT3 3LT. We are open 11-5, there is plenty of parking and
there will be light refreshments too for anyone who ventures out to
see our work. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">You
can keep up to date with our past explorations and discoveries by
looking at </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace</span></span></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">My
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</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist</span></span></a></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Offshore windmills in the distance.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-variant: normal;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>I
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on 07432679164 or </b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>clare@people-to-place.co.uk</b></span></span></span></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Yesterday I found a Peacocks bright
green and blue iridescent feather by my front path. It surprised me
at first and then I smiled as I realised that it must have blown out
of my parked car sometime over the previous week. I have picked up
many Peacocks feathers on my weekly writing trips to Monkshill Farm.
Recently the Peacocks that normally loudly announce their beauty have
been silent, skulking away from visitors as they moult and shed their
wonderful coat.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found peacocks feather on my new book.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The happiness I felt when I saw the
incongruous feather in my street was linked directly to the wonderful
memory of the place that Monkshill Farm is located. Before its recent
reincarnation as <span style="background-color: cyan;"><a href="http://farmworkplay.co.uk/" target="_blank">'Farm Work Play'</a></span>, the farm was the headquarters of
the agricultural education section of 'Margate School for the Deaf'.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the window at Farm Work Play, co-working space.</td></tr>
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visited it when it was open to the public for official seasonal
events, such as 'Lambing days', it had a wonderful café which was
open most days, a farm shop and a play area. But to be honest what I
mostly missed and what I am able to enjoy once again are the
extensive beautiful views that are almost 360 degrees and the great
sense of place that this location allows.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the summit of Monkshill, looking out towards the Thames estuary.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Today I read <span style="background-color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/oct/12/wellbeing-enhanced-more-by-places-than-objects-study-finds" target="_blank">an article</a></span> in 'The
Guardian', that explores exactly this type of happiness. It suggests
that contentment evoked by familiar and special places seem to have
an even higher value than treasured objects such as photographs or
wedding rings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Dr Andy Myers is quoted in the article
saying 'for the first time we have been able to prove the physical
and emotional benefits of place, far beyond any research that has
been done before. With meaningful places generating a significant
response in areas of the brain known to process emotion, it's
exciting to understand how deep-rooted this connection truly is.'</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Being a Kentish lass, I love the Hop fields.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">One of the lovely gifts that I was
given this week for my birthday was a small book of 10 poems about
home. It has a small but poignant collection of poems that captures
'the many ways in which we experience that unique sense of being at
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I do understand that home isn't always
for everyone the place that creates happiness, but for me mostly it
is and this poetry collection is evocative of just how special they
are as 'vessels' to hold our own memories in. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So, along with these poems, the
indulgence of owning and loving my own home, having the knowledge of
many special places which I understand inspire and make me happy, it
really does pain me to know that this isn't common for everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There are many humans for whom this is
an impossibility, many who are just surviving, 'on the road', without
a base or a home, exiled away from the familiar places that once
brought them joy. Many refugees are known to have picked up and
carried a handful of earth from their home. Keeping it close to them
for as long as possible. These are people whose lives have been torn
apart by conflict, from family and loved ones. It is with this in
mind that I remember how grateful I am for what I have and remember
that I want others to share this feeling of contentment and
well-being in discovering their locality. Creatively connecting
people to place is my mission. This blog is part of it. </span>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This weekend I will be opening the
doors of my beautiful straw bale studio to exhibit my own and Alison
Lees work as part of the Canterbury Festival, the theme is still
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can keep up to date with our explorations and discoveries by looking
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of October. We can be found at house number 25 on the Whitstable
trail. Please see the webpage </span></span><u><a href="http://www.ekoh.org.uk/"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan; font-weight: normal;">www.ekoh.org.uk</span></span></a></u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
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</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: cyan; font-weight: normal;">www.facebook.com/RoseClarityArtist</span></span></a></u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">,
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">A few months ago I visited the <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://wealdenliteraryfestival.co.uk/" target="_blank">WealdenLiterary Festival</a></span> at Woodchurch in Kent. The theme of the event was
'celebrating the nature of place', as this seemed very connected to
my ongoing project exploring the spirit of place I felt it was well
worth a visit. It was held at Boldshaves, which is 'both a family
home and a working garden surrounded by ancient woodland in an area
of outstanding natural beauty on the eastern edge of the Kent Weald'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The gardens were used extensively for
the festival with organised walks exploring the outer reaches of
their woodland and the inner confines hosting many designer and maker
stalls, workshop spaces and both a yurt and a marquee in which a
multitude of authors introduced their new books to enthusiastic
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Peter Owen Jones talk about the 'Sense of Place', this seemed too great an
opportunity to miss. He was
promoting his newest book, 'Pathlands' which is a collection of 21 of
his favourite circular walks in the UK. In the book he promised to
'share his thoughts on the experience and the transformative
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">At the talk at the event he was
promoted to be exploring what is meant by 'sense of place' with the
director of the festival, Andrew Willan. I entered the marquee and
waited patiently near the stage at the front. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">He started off gently explaining about
how as a baby we all sense the world. We don't decide we are hungry
and call for milk, we feel hunger. He explained 'we are all born
fluent in feeling', it is our first language, not the language of
words and he asked just how automated do we want to become?
Distractions such as mobile phones can distance ourselves from our
feelings which can then become anarchistic and uncomfortable. He went
on to say that our feelings are what it is to be human, they are
great teachers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Peter Owen Jones talked of a sense of
belonging, of having the capacity to engage with intimacy within our
natural surroundings. From looking at church records between the 13<sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup>
and 19<sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup> century he said it is clear that we didn't travel far away
from home, and so we would have had a deep relationship with the land. For
example we would have known where certain birds nested, we would have
got to know the light and how the seasons change that particular
place. He explained these are intricate observations that come from intrinsically sensing and ultimately connecting to a place. It was wonderful to listen to him speak, he
was articulate and explained many concepts clearly that I had understood from
my experiences, so far in life, discovered by walking and being in nature.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Detail of a feather from a recent drypoint etching print I made.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">He asked us just how much time do we
spend just practising the art of observation? If we were to devote
ourselves to this, to hold a flower, a Rose or a Bluebell for half an
hour at least, what could that teach us? He said we seem to have
disallowed our capacity for observation. We have become 'blunted' by
our unthinking connection to technology and therefore cannot feel the
resonance of each place we visit. He explained it is an art that can
be regained if practiced and this I plan to do, more regularly in my
life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">But perhaps by reading and reminding
myself of my last blog 'Observation and sensing the world around us',
this is what I do already. Yes I do own and use a mobile phone, and
so I am mostly connected to the wider world (if I remember to turn it
on/have volume up). But I do find joy in the simple pleasures of
experiencing natural beauty in the world and the mobile phone is
actually a really good tool to carry and capture that on camera, to
share with others and hopefully inspire them to get out there and see
it for themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I am still working on getting the
content written within these blogs into a book form. You never know,
one day I could be talking about it in either the yurt or the marquee
at a future Wealden Literary Festival!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I will be opening the doors of my
beautiful straw bale studio once again this year to exhibit my own
and Alison Lees work as part of the Canterbury Festival, the theme
is still 'The Spirit of Place' as it is an ongoing art project based
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times are 11-5 daily on the weekends from 14-29</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
of October. We can be found at house number 25 on the Whitstable
trail. Please see the webpage </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.ekoh.org.uk/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.ekoh.org.uk</span></span></a></u></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">My
own personal art page can be found at
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It is truly wonderful to be able to
walk at this time of year. We have already had a few grey skies and
chilly days now to really appreciate the bright sunshine and warming
sun of a fine autumnal day. Yesterday was such a day. The sun shone
bright and the clouds that caused the overnight rain scudded high
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fringed path to let a group of walkers past and in our stopping we
were able to marvel at the view down the hill, across the fields
towards the Thames estuary. I could pick out the curve of the coast
from Seasalter westwards and locate a few boats moored on the Swale
at Oare. Looking beyond them, the atmospherics allowed a series of
clear outlines of varying horizons, similar to a theatre set, mapping
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A naturally framed view.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">One of my favourite books, 'Country
Bunch- an anthology of the countryside' by Miss Read has a piece by
Eleanor Farjeon on the poet Edward Thomas. In it she explains how
Edwards father had given his children a piece of sage advice, to
'keep your senses fresh' and how Edward was able to do this, even as
a soldier in the first world war. </span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stormy sky clearing more sunshine.</td></tr>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">'He could not live a day in the
open air without being given something to 'enjoy enormously'; clear
weather, flat shingle, a line of trees, the tallness of a church
tower on a marsh, even a row of huts- he liked what he saw. And knew
that nobody else liked it as much as he did.' </span></i>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This is how I feel on such a gift of a
warm, bright and sunny early autumnal day. I feel by making time and
walking in nature, slowing down and allowing myself to observe, to
'look beyond looking', I can really feel connected to the place.
Walking with others especially other observant artists is a very
simple and enjoyable pleasure. </span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking speed, amongst the fallen leaves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These lager fir trees on the top of the hill are a local landmark.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We stood leaning against a farm gate
on the way back down the path and were happy to chat and point out to
each other what we could see. Large black birds, perhaps crows, were
spiralling up ahead of us, making a great noise and commotion. The
longer we looked the clearer it was that they were mobbing a couple
of larger Raptor type birds, who nonchalantly spiralled up higher
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking through the abundance of Rose hips, by the path edge.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A couple of Dragonflies and a Peacock
butterfly flew over and displayed their own precious beauty to us. It
did not go unnoticed. We 'enjoyed enormously' both the breadth of the
distant view and the closer treasures that we observed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Our senses were awakened and we could
clearly hear and feel the crunch of the abundance of acorns that
covered the path back down to the car. The wind started up with a
chill in it and we gratefully got into the sun-warmed car to find a
local pub to have lunch.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The path out of the woods, thick with fallen acorns.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I
will be opening the doors of my beautiful straw bale studio once
again this year to exhibit my own and Alison Lees work as part of
the Canterbury Festival, the theme is still 'The Spirit of Place' as
it is an ongoing art project based in Kent.</span></div>
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can keep up to date with our explorations and discoveries by looking
at </span><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace</span></a></u></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inked imprint of feathers, found on a previous walk.</td></tr>
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times are 11-5 daily on the weekends from 14-29</span><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
of October. We can be found at house number 25 on the Whitstable
trail. Please see the webpage </span><u><a href="http://www.ekoh.org.uk/"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">www.ekoh.org.uk</span></a></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
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filled with hate filled words, natural disasters, destruction,
conflict, fear, suffering and threatening behaviour. Even writing
this list starts to make my breathing more shallow and I feel upset.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So imagine my joy as I heard a quietly
spoken lady explain Craftivism to me and others at a talk last night
in Whitstable. Sarah Corbett talked of an approach to activism that
was beautiful, kind and just. I left the talk inspired and empowered
by her gentle powerful words. She is highly articulate and is a joy
to listen to, so if you are able to catch her next event in Kent I
urge you to. (It's on 25th November at the Folkstone Quarterhouse.) </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Her awareness of the world is not weak
or fluffy, she comes from a background of truly understanding the
injustice that exists and quietly plots and plans her response to it.
But instead of shaming, demonising or adding more angry fuel to the
fire, she approaches her goals and the people concerned with love and
respect. Using strategic questioning, emotional intelligence and I
expect, humour, she uncovers the correct powerholders to approach and
acts as a critical friend, encouraging them to change their minds and
use their power for good.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The actual handicraft element is well
thought out, created within a group and is personal to each
Craftivist. There has been some recent press coverage of her work as
she is logistically clever and uses timely events such as London
Fashion week to gain publicity for specific injustices within the
fashion industry. See the link <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/shortcuts/2017/sep/18/why-craftivists-are-hiding-notes-in-pockets-during-london-fashion-week" target="_blank">here</a></span> for more information.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I found her approach resonated with
me. She mentioned she had been burnt out on many occasions because of
her deep need to act upon the social injustice that she saw yet her
introvert nature and hypersensitivity combined to make her feel that
a direct action approach, alongside often loud and aggressive
protesters wasn't a sustainable one for her to take.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her new book.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Her website,
</span><a href="http://www.craftivist-collective.com/"><span style="color: cyan; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">www.craftivist-collective.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
explains so much more and shows some of the beautiful, humble work
that she creates. Her new book comes out on the 5</span><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> of
October and can be pre-ordered from her online shop. She will even
sign it and wrap it up for you with a ribbon for no additional cost,
even that gesture shows you what a lovely person she is!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Another book I have just reordered as
a gift for a friend is 'Sometimes a Wild God' by Tom Hiron. It is a
wonderful raw and touching poem that is wonderfully illustrated by
his partner Rima Staines. They conceived the idea of '<a href="http://www.hedgespoken.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Hedgespoken</span></a>', a
travelling off-grid storytelling and theatre project a while ago and
in recent years have made it happen. Hedgespoken runs out of a 1960's
Bedford RL lorry which has been converted to be a home and 'go
anywhere' stage. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting by Rima Staines.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The poem, <span style="color: black;">'Sometimes a Wild God' </span>is
both powerful and beautiful and I think it's about returning 'home'
to ourselves. We can easily become distracted from our true path and
forget what an experience it is just to be here at this time. This
poem celebrates our wild natures and reminds us to connect: to nature
itself and the wild raw power that we each own. One line in
particular reminds me of my obligation to live life fully.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Passionate poetry.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It is indeed a wake up call, as I
wrote earlier, the news seems to be full of hate filled words,
natural disasters, destruction, conflict, fear, suffering and
threatening behaviour. But I wonder whether both approaches to life,
Sarahs' gift of the act and word of 'kindfullness', (a mix of
mindlfullness and kindness) alongside Toms' reminder of our essential
connection to nature, that we are made of it, could combine to create
a truly valued and sustainable life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This is what I will be concentrating
on for the next few days. I aim to buy a <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.craftivist-collective.com/my-footprint-kit/" target="_blank">'My Footprint Kit'</a></span> from
Sarah and after walking and reflecting on this combination of views,
I will create my own stitched words. This image then becomes a
heartfelt reminder to reflect upon my own personal beliefs. I will
hang the completed stitched footprint by the front door to remind me
of what is important. It will hopefully guide me when I leave the
house and ground me when I return.</span></div>
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'My footprint Kit' from the Craftivist Collective shop.</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I will be opening the doors of my
beautiful straw bale studio once again this year to exhibit my own
and Alison Lees work as part of the Canterbury Festival, the theme is
still 'The Spirit of Place' as it is an ongoing art project based in
Kent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You
can keep up to date with our explorations and discoveries by looking
at </span></span><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace</span></span></a></u></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Open
times are 11-5 daily on the weekends from 14-29</span></span><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
of October. We can be found at house number 25 on the Whitstable
trail. Please see the webpage </span></span><u><a href="http://www.ekoh.org.uk/"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.ekoh.org.uk</span></span></a></u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
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can be contacted</span></b></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
on 07432679164 or </span></b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><u><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>clare@people-to-place.co.uk</b></span></span></a></u></span></div>
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saltwayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023910371980183145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650655423748863116.post-14564648862808937272017-09-15T04:31:00.000-07:002017-09-15T04:31:34.301-07:00Time- collecting and connecting
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">There are many reasons why we don't do
what we want more often, but my consistent one is that there will
always be more time, 'I must just do this first, so that then I can
do X, (what I really would prefer to do) another time.' I even plan
to 'reward' myself, so that I can get these 'more important' things
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A collection of beach finds, all ready for inspiration.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My house and workplace has clues to
what I'd prefer to be doing, there are collections of objects to
print with, draw, paint or just inspire. There are books I want to
read, shelves of them in fact. I seem to collect piles of objects
around me to give clues and indicate what else I could be doing. This
could be seen as the unconscious becoming conscious and taking on a
physical form. Just being there and shouting out to be recognised and
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I rearranged a few rooms last weekend
and I surprised myself by the quantity of books that I am looking
forward to reading, that is...when I have the time. The realisation
that only I can give myself this time is a wake up call. We all have
the same amount but time can be wasted, I know that Facebook is my
main time-waster and reading and re-reading the news, I know that </span><i><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
Guardian</span></i><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> live updates become scarily compulsive when a big news
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by others stories and the news and Facebook feed me well and would
continue to do so and even choke me on my own gluttony for this
should I not have any will power to turn it off/put the Ipad down.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sketchbook in studio, a reflective journal of my collections and connections.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">But, my choice of career, that of an
artist and designer means that it is my job to literally look beyond
the stories that are fed to me and create my own. Making work opens
up an experiential process which feeds my soul. Taking materials and
giving myself the time to create original pieces of art is a
wonderful way to 'fill' time. But I find myself not doing it enough.
If I treat it seriously and timetable it into my week, then it
happens, but there are often just too many other things that take up
my time. So, it is with this realisation in mind that I recognise I
need to prioritize and edit what to expect of myself, in the time
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Going back to the first paragraph in
this blog- 'There are many reasons why we don't do what we want more
often, but my consistent one is that there will always be more time'.
Well that's not always true either. A friend passed away earlier this
week., so that long delayed meet up and cup of coffee that we
promised ourselves last November didn't happen and now will never
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I will be opening the doors
of my beautiful straw bale studio once again this year to exhibit my
own and Alison Lees work as part of the Canterbury Festival, the
theme is still 'The Spirit of Place' as it is an ongoing art project
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can keep up to date with our explorations and discoveries by looking
at </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace</span></span></a></u></span></div>
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of October. We can be found at house number 25 on the Whitstable
trail. Please see the webpage </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.ekoh.org.uk/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.ekoh.org.uk</span></span></a></u></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
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saltwayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023910371980183145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650655423748863116.post-5820348502409425882017-09-01T05:10:00.002-07:002017-09-01T05:10:44.892-07:00Nostalgia and Familiarity.
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been keeping myself distracted from world events by going out
walking, planning and making artwork and re-reading wonderful books
about seasonal living in the </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">towns</span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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countryside</span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></div>
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wonder whether this is truly healthy. Certainly the walking part is,
there has been <span style="background-color: cyan; color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/24/around-6-million-middle-aged-english-people-take-no-exercise" target="_blank">research</a></span> published recently </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">by
Public Health England </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">that
walking for just 10 minutes each day can add </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">many
benefits to your life including a 15% reduction in the risk of dying
prematurely. (Shockingly, PHE said 41% of middle aged adults, (6
million) walk less than 10 minutes continuously each month.)</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking is so much more fun in a friendly group.</td></tr>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">bathing
myself in nostalgia; </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">re-reading
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">country
living tales from the earlier part of the last century? </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Perhaps
not, but a daily dose of a chapter before bed, makes the 10 O' Clock
news far less terrifying and I sleep well. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alice Puttullo's work at YSP. Wallpaper, fireplace, pictures and mantelpiece ornaments.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Making
artwork has taken a break this summer as I juggle childcare and work
but I have many plans for when I feel freer which isn't not long now,
I know this as I have been counting the days. I want to start a new
project this November called 'Hearth and Home', it's in its planning
stage at the moment, but that is a very exciting place to be. I want
to move on from the Spirit of Place project and look at our
relationship to home. I was taken by Alice Pattullo's 'Of House and
Home' exhibition on show at the <a href="http://www.ysp.co.uk/" target="_blank">YSP</a> last month, (see the last blog
for more information on this.) </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dalmation mantelpiece ornament.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This
year I have had a log burner installed into my home and I am already
looking forward to the colder weather and an excuse to create a fire
in my living room. This warm heart to the home is just waiting to be
lit. Heart and hearth are such similar words that I guess they must
have a common origin. It is this type of enquiry that will push my
research forward and create images and written work that will fill up
another large reflective journal, or two...</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">King Charles dog, Staffordshire pottery card replica.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">O</span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ne
of the books I have been seeking solace in </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">is
more contemporary but still has the same feel of the older books.
'Village People' by the late Paula Yates is a wonderful perceptive
and sometimes poignant view of her and her family’s move from full
time London living to settling into the more seasonal and small town
world of Faversham. Compton Pauncefoot is the literary name that she
rechristens it with, but her love of the place comes through and her
descriptions of the passing of the seasons, local events and
beautiful nature writing is reminiscent of one of her writing
heroines, Miss Read. </span></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Village People', Paula Yates</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Describing
the allotments by Davington pond she writes, 'A few of the brave
locals willing to risk heat stroke were stripped to the waist and
feeding bottles of beer to giant marrows the size of small pigs; one
sat looking wistfully at an onion the same size as a small bungalow
in Southport.'</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Susan
Hill, the writer behind the terrifying </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">'The
Woman in Black', wrote a beautiful book in 1982 that I cherish. It is
called 'The Magic Apple Tree- a country year', she paints the village
year in glowing colours, the people, the events and the familiarity
and celebration of the seasons. It is her story of moving into the
countryside and becoming happily immersed in its rhythms.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">She
writes, 'Summer did come at last and, when it did, it was one of
those summers of poems and stories and country pictures, a
once-upon-a-time summer, it was hot day after day, week after week,
so that we slipped into a dream, where we imagined it never ending, a
paradise world of long, golden days.'</span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMg2U_73_bMWT1jUALtaNT-7zLLMjByEZvwPZ48KzlxgbMxEwOGaFP3QGsh-34MkvPPkvxuDpjW8MFNRz3JFiLxpFevC5c__abqbajwy7j5YUfBCBr-jnB5ow8wNNOz8BfEl_Rs07QygU/s1600/55The+Magic+Apple+Tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="357" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMg2U_73_bMWT1jUALtaNT-7zLLMjByEZvwPZ48KzlxgbMxEwOGaFP3QGsh-34MkvPPkvxuDpjW8MFNRz3JFiLxpFevC5c__abqbajwy7j5YUfBCBr-jnB5ow8wNNOz8BfEl_Rs07QygU/s400/55The+Magic+Apple+Tree.jpg" width="285" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'The Magic Apple Tree', Susan Hill</td></tr>
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two wonderful writers of this genre are, obviously, Miss Read and
Alison Uttley. If you are feeling </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">a</span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
need </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">for</span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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from the news at the moment I heartily recommend a </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">nostalgic</span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
break by reading 'Thrush Green' or 'A Country Child' as soon as
possible. One dose of this before bed will allow escapism, encourage
wonder at the natural world and hopefully induce a peaceful nights
sleep! </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Thrush Green', Miss Read</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I
will be opening the doors of my beautiful straw bale studio once
again this year to exhibit my own and Alison Lees work as part of the
<span style="background-color: cyan; color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.canterburyfestival.co.uk/" target="_blank">Canterbury Festival</a></span>, the theme is still 'The Spirit of Place' as it
is an ongoing art project based in Kent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You
can keep up to date with our explorations and discoveries by looking
at </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace</span></span></a></u></span></div>
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times are 11-5 daily on the weekends from 14-29</span></span><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
of October. We can be found at house number 25 on the Whitstable
trail. Please see the webpage </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.ekoh.org.uk/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.ekoh.org.uk</span></span></a></u></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
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find that living in this part of the UK has many benefits but
sometimes it is wonderful to take a break and venture further out and
into the wilds of our country, so in early August we took a break
from our familiar surroundings to have a family holiday and headed
North. Stopping at a few places on the way up, we were quickly
surprised at the space available to us, both the physical environment
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is undoubtedly a busy and in some areas, an overcrowded region of the
UK. It is close to the continent and London, which makes it
impossible to ignore or be unaware of the bigger picture of the
world. This, at the present moment is quite an unsettling one, so it
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left early and watched the sun rise as we travelled up north,
stopping regularly to both stretch our legs and find our bearings.
One stop at Wakefield took us to the <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.ysp.co.uk/" target="_blank">Yorkshire Sculpture Park</a></span> where
we and many others walked around the acres of beautiful countryside
enjoying the wonderful sculptures, using them as landmarks to
navigate the terrain. I had not seen Henry Moore sculptures outside a
gallery space before but knew he had made them for this environment,
not galleries or other domestic settings and so for me it was a
revelation to see them </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">at
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<span style="color: cyan; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.jamesturrell.com/" target="_blank">James Turrell</a></span></u></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
an artist that I had researched whilst studying for my MA also had a
piece of work in the park. He creates physical spaces that encourage
</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">observation
of the sky. </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">They
are called Skyspaces and the one in Wakefield was one of two that we
visited on our trip. Looking at the blurb for YSP it seems they also
use it for many special events </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">throughout
the year, </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">such
as sound-bath meditation and sunrise and sunset observations. </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I
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all entered the Deershelter Skyspace quietly and once sat on the
concrete benches that surround the inside of the chamber, we sat in
silence and wonder at the simplicity of it all. Certainly space to
breathe, with space to think and watch the clouds slowly scud across
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we discovered another of his Skyspaces and entered with a more
excited sense of what we thought we would discover. This time the
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that evening we saw the (almost) full moon through huge telescopes
and were shown planets, stars and their constellations. We drank hot
chocolate and wondered what we could see from the Skyspace now.
Kielder Observatory is located in Europe’s largest expanse of dark
sky, so even when the sun has one down there is plenty to see. So
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ventured to Kelso in Scotland to see an extraordinary set of three
art installations by </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><u><span style="color: cyan; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.stevemessam.co.uk/" target="_blank">Steve Messam</a></span></u></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
set in the grounds of Mellerstain House. These were inflatable
structures that 'explore their sense of space, presence and place'.
Again they acted as points to navigate to, encouraging exploration
and discovery. The inflatable spheres on the ornamental lake
certainly stayed with me as an image. I think they really summed up
our holiday. A series of circular objects that encapsulated what we
really needed; space to breathe. </span></span>
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and Alison Lees work as part of the Canterbury Festival, the theme is
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is it with sunsets? I do love the magical transitory times of a day,
the times when the light changes, and as I am not a regular early
riser, I especially love the transition between day and night. Dusk
is a wonderful slowing down time, especially in the Summer when the
spectacular sunsets can be enjoyed by the whole family on the beach.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tankerton sunset.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt;">The reflection of the setting sun in the sea is a natural gift if we
choose to observe it and even more special is the feeling of swimming
in the sea, eyes closed, heading towards the warmth of the setting
sun. A treasured memory indeed in the depths of any cold, grey
winter!</span></div>
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few weeks ago we had a log burner installed in the living room of our
home and I surprise myself by now looking forward to the darker
evenings and the increasing chill of the next season. We needed to
make a hearth to put the burner on so we laid some concrete and I
have been busy playing with the surface. I collected some beautiful
leaves from the garden and used them to imprint their delicate
undersides and overall form into the damp concrete. The result is a
very personalised hearth that hold precious memories now of an
abundant summer. The leaves I chose were Honesty, Passion fruit,
Grape and Hop. Not only are their leaf forms very beautiful but they
are also imbued with another layer of symbolism that could be the
start of an interesting tale or two on a long dark winters evening.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laying the leaves in wet concrete.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt;">I
enjoy observing the way that the light changes due to the season or
the time of day. Recently whilst walking along the coast the sun was
very low, about to set but had seemed to shoot out its last rays
along the surface of the water towards the shore and it lit up the
yellow Horned Poppy in a way I hadn't anticipated. It glowed! Luckily
I had remembered to take my mobile phone with me and the camera on
that is great for recording such sights. It's not the best, I also
have a small digital Olympus and a larger digital SLR Cannon, but the
mobile always allows me to capture any moment, to record it so that I
can revisit that feeling of discovery and joy another time. It helps
with my artwork too, I can revisit that time and place and refresh my
memory if I am struggling to obtain the variation of colours needed
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week I have been collating all my past blog posts so I could pass
them onto a friend who will help me edit my book. It's been a long
time coming but I am keen now get it out there. Re-reading the blog
posts has been very interesting, seeing how each season often
inspires walks, reflections and illumination. Themes seem to come up
year after year and it is encouraging to know how much in tune we are
with nature if we are able to get out regularly and walk amongst it.</span></div>
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came across a really nice article via a Facebook group that I follow
called </span><u><span style="color: cyan; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://facebook.com/treesisters" target="_blank">Treesisters</a></span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, there is a link to it</span><span style="color: cyan; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span><u><span style="color: cyan; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://www.wild-mind.com/blog/" target="_blank">here</a></span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. The
article looks at 3 ways to connect to nature, one is to create a
'sit-spot' where you go regularly and observe the natural world
around you and another is to go on a walking quest, a practice where
you walk alone for 2-6 hours.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Personally I find even a daily 15
minute walk can bring great awards such as peace of mind if you allow
yourself to be immersed in the very act of walking. This can be
achieved both in a busy city and in the countryside. It is the act of
giving yourself permission to just be, to walk and to observe without
judgement. Perhaps this is why sunset walks are so attractive and
satisfying. I for one, cannot help but be affected by the phenomenon
of a setting sun. It quite simply 'fills you up' and when the
experience is shared with loved ones it is truly wonderful.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I will be opening the doors of my
beautiful straw bale studio once again this year to exhibit my own
and Alison Lees work as part of the Canterbury Festival, the theme is
still 'The Spirit of Place' as it is an ongoing art project based in
Kent.</span><br />
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of October. We can be found at house number 25 on the Whitstable
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A
friend shared a BBC Travel link on Facebook this week about the</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
The</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
Broomway in Essex, </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that
she rightly thought </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I'</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d
be interested in.</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
I have included it </span></span><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: cyan; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170110-why-the-broomway-is-the-most-dangerous-path-in-britain" target="_blank">here</a></span></span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
so you can read the article and sense </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">how
unique</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
this isolated place </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">must
be</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.
</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When
r</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">eading
the article by Robert Mac </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">F</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">arlane
you cannot help </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">but
</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">feel
</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sense
of disorientation that this landscape creates. It is felt in the
transient otherworldliness caused by a mirror effect of being out on
a causeway off the coast, in the North Sea, just above the mud </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which
is</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
constantly lapped by water, under a huge sky </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and
</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">with
no discernible landmarks to be seen. </span></span></span>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">'</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My
brain was beginning to move unusually, worked upon and changed by the
mind-altering substances of this offshore world, and by the elation
that arose from the counter-intuition of walking securely on water.
Out there, nothing could be only itself. The eye fed on false colour
values. Mirages of scale occurred, and tricks of depth.'</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">'Conceptually,
it is close to paradox. It is a right of way and as such is inscribed
on maps and in law, but it is also swept clean of the trace of
passage twice daily by the tide. What do you call a path that is no
path? A riddle? A sequence of compass bearings? A Zen koan?' Robert
Mac Farlane.</span></span></span></div>
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like</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
an easy place to </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">recognise
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sense of </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">it</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.
We constantly sense our surroundings and adjust our behaviour
accordingly. </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When
I studied for my MA I realised this awareness has a name,
Phenomenology. It is 'an approach that concentrates on the study of
consciousness and the objects of direct experience'. I first read
about this understanding in a wonderful accessible book by David
Abram called 'The Spell of the Sensuous'. I was pointed to far more
academic books during my study such as those by Merleau-Ponty and
Husserl but 'The Spell of the Sensuous' was the one that I went back
to time and again for inspiration and understanding. I highly recommend it.
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Tomorrow
I open my studio door to visitors for an open day. I have been
collaborating with another artist, Alison Lees for nearly 2 years on
a project called 'Spirit of Place'. This collaboration has been
mutually supportive and we have learnt many new skills whilst working
together, including </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">both
</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">woodcutting
and drypoint etching and printing. This has enabled us to create </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">new
pieces of work inspired by the spirit of place in which we both live
and work. </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Over
the course of the project w</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e
have taken it in turns to </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">visit
and </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sense
the place in which the other </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">one
lives.</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drypoint etching, the 'reveal'.</td></tr>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Ali
lives inland in Kent, on the downs which are very curvy and </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">create
a sense of movement to </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the
landscape. They are quite intensively farmed and the strict
agricultural year informs their surface layer which sometimes
accentuates the underlying topography </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sometimes
</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">making
the cereal crop seem to blow in the wind across one field and into
another. The ancient woodland close to her home has inspired me. I
have loved the immersion of exploring this place throughout the year
and especially at Bluebell time, seeking out of a place to sit to
draw and paint them, listening to the birds, noticing the insects and
generally really feeling/sensing the place.</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Immersed in a Bluebell wood.</td></tr>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In
contrast, I live on the coast in a built up area in a suburban street
a few minutes walk to the sea and its pebbly beach. My garden is
therefore my closest wild place, the area in which I can sense in
general, the season, the daily weather, the wild visitors that use
the garden on a regular basis and the never ending cycles of growth
and decay that every living space provides.</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The path to the beach.</td></tr>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I
swim in the sea every summer and enjoy a similar feeling of immersion
that I did back in the late spring in the Bluebell wood. Swimming in
the sea I notice the birds flying overhead the seaweed floating
around me, the wind rippling the surface of the water as it gusts
about </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and
gently as if from a distance I hear the pebbles being moved </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">beneath
the water </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">by
the waves. This is all sensing the place, the land in which we live.
Ali and I are now exploring beyond this keen sense of observation and
wonder to another level of understanding. </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">W</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e
have come to start to recognise a spirit of both places and it is </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">o</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n
that level that we continue to work, </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">discover
and create artwork together.</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My painting of the sea at Tankerton.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Our
mid year Summer exhibition </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is
tomorrow</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
the 15</span></span><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
of July. The doors of the studio will be open from 11-4 on Saturday
when refreshments will be available and all are welcome. The address
is </span></span><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">'Lucknow', 67
Northwood road, Tankerton, Whitstable, Kent. CT5 2HB. </span></b>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Also for your diaries I will be
opening the doors of my beautiful straw bale studio once again this
year to exhibit my own and Alison’s work as part of the Canterbury
Festival, the theme is still 'The Spirit of Place' as it is an
ongoing art project based in Kent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You
can keep up to date with our explorations and discoveries by looking
at </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace</span></span></a></u></span></div>
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times are 11-5 daily on the weekends from 14-29</span></span><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
of October. We can be found at house number 25 on the Whitstable
trail. Please see the webpage </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.ekoh.org.uk/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.ekoh.org.uk</span></span></a></u></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
for more information.</span></span></div>
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on 07432679164 or </span></b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><u><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>clare@people-to-place.co.uk</b></span></span></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Last
week I led a group of people in a procession up the ancient Salt Way,
to mark the change in season, celebrating the Summer Solstice and the
longest day of the year. A day when the daylight prevails and
darkness is scarce. The path we take, The Salt Way </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">was</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
a trading route which has views out over Whitstable Bay to the north
and the remains of the ancient Northwood of Kent to the south.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We
gathered together at the base of the path, for </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The
Salt Way</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
is </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">inter</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">r</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">upted</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
here by the 'Thanet Way' passing over it and gathered ourselves
together too. Greetings subsided, chats were finished off, candles
for lanterns were lit and we got in line and looked up towards the
tree tops on the horizon at the paths summit.</span></span></div>
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in order of the colours which we had chosen to wear for that evening,
we started to walk. Slowly and mindfully. It doesn't take any longer
than 10-15 minutes to walk up that section of the Salt Way </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and
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it gives to those who process along it in this manner, time becomes
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else</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">.
To walk in a procession with others is a process in itself. Walking
slowly is something that feels so powerful, so simple and yet so
unnatural amongst the busyness of the 21</span></span><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">st</span></span></sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
century that I feel we need to practise it all the more.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midsummer sunset.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Walking at this pace becomes a
conscious physical process. Aspects of it such as judging distance,
poise of movement, understanding the surface to be trodden on, all
play on, along with a constant silent narration keeping up the
momentum; 'one side heel...ball of foot...toes, use a small push to
take you forward, balance out with left foot heel...ball...toes..'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">In
doing so a gentle awareness is brought to the regular motion and
complexity of this everyday act. Thinking of the feet and their mark
on the earth, thinking of those who had all walked before us up this
ancient path and all those who will walk here in the future is a very
grounding occupation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">By the time I reached the area we were planning
to stop and sit in I felt quite different, somehow calmer and more
aware of my surroundings. I tried to keep a slow pace that
didn't create too much wobbling off balance and the effect of the sun
setting behind us casting our shadows into a procession walking
alongside us added a wonderfully strange emphasis to this magical
moment in time. Up the path through the fragrant broad bean crop we
walked slowly one behind another with our shadowy companions.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fire circle at top of hill.</td></tr>
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the top of the hill, w</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">e
stopped and sat, gathering around a tiny fire. The home-made sea salt
that we had held in our hand as we walked mindfully up the path was
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</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">thrown
onto the fire with our blessings as dusk finally arrived.</span></span></div>
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there we spoke of our gratitude to have been able to ma</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">k</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">e
time to mark time, in this way, at this place on this significant
day, </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">R</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">ecognising
the deep connection we have with people and place, </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">we
watched the sun sink lower creating a most beautiful sunset and
slowly walked back down the hill.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking home.</td></tr>
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mid year Summer exhibition, will be </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">over</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
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of July. So, not long now for us to mount and frame some work, print
out cards and other smaller pieces and get some last minute painting
done too! (For there is nothing like a deadline to focus the mind!)
The doors of the studio will be open from 11-4 on Saturday only </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">when</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
refreshments will be available </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
all are welcome. The address is </span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">'Lucknow',
67 Northwood road, Tankerton, Whitstable, Kent. CT5 2HB. </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Also
for your diaries I will be opening the doors of my beautiful straw
bale studio once again this year to exhibit my own and Alison’s
work as part of the Canterbury Festival, the theme is still 'The
Spirit of Place' and is an ongoing art project based in Kent.</span></span></div>
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can keep up to date with our explorations and discoveries by looking
at </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.facebook.com/East</span></u></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">KentSpiritOfPlace</span></span></a></div>
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seems hard to believe that it was just a month ago when the </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">B</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">luebells
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fragrant in our woods. Today it is hot, very hot </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and
the season of </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Bluebells
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The way into the wood.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">W</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hen
I remind myself of how it was when I walked into the lush woodland to
see and smell such a vibrant and abundant flower it almost seems like
a dream. The floor of the wood was covered in this amazing blue,
nearly violet in hue and the haze of the colour spread out as far as
the eye could see, in bright contrast to the emerald green leaves of
the new Beech leaves overhead. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Storing and pressing a few Bluebells for my printing work at the studio later.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I
remember </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Alison
Lees, my friend and collaborating artist on the project 'Spirit of
Place', sat on a fallen tree trunk and I sat on the damp forest floor
observing and sketching the Bluebells, </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">insects
and trees and in doing so we </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">felt
nestled in, among and part of nature </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">itself</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting in situ, on the woodland floor.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Later
on in my studio I created a series of Gelli-plate prints coupled with
William </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Blake’s</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
words, celebrating the wonder of this moment. Since then I have also
made a very large woodcut print of my </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">experience
and a much smaller drypoint etching. These will be on show in our mid
year Summer exhibition, which we are planning now for next month.
(Dates and place to be confirmed ASAP!).</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of the 'reveal' as it happened!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Tonight,
I will lead a group of people in a procession up the ancient Salt
Way, to mark the change in season, celebrating today the Summer
Solstice and the longest day of the year. A day when the daylight
prevails and darkness is scarce. </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The
path we take, </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The
Salt Way has been written about many times in this blog, for I used
it as a case study when I studied for a Masters a few years back. It
is a trading route which has views out over Whitstable Bay to the
north and the remains of the ancient</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">North Wood
of Kent to the south. </span></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer Solstice procession.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">From
the point at which we stop and </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sit,
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">gather</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
around a tiny fire </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">as
dusk finally arrives </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">we
have a 360 degree </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">view
of our surroundings. Once again nestled down in nature and on this
significant day,</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">amongst
friends, we mark time, recognising the deep connection we have with
people and place.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The
Salt Way continues on </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from
this point at which we are seated, </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to
Canterbury and beyond </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">as
it has done for thousands of years. </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">To
step out literally from </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">this
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">seemingly
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">highly
chaotic and busy world we liv</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
in </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and
take time to slow down,</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
the notion of the path connecting people to place over generations
and more recently seasons has a very calming affect on us all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Long
may it last.</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A finished Gelli-plate print.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Our</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
mid year Summer exhibition, which we are planning now for next month
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">will
have its date and place confirmed on the next blog</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In
the meantime for your diaries I </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">will
be opening the doors of my beautiful straw bale studio once again
this year to exhibit my own and Alison’s work as part of the
Canterbury Festival, the theme is still 'The Spirit of Place' and is
an ongoing art project based in Kent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You
can keep up to date with our explorations and discoveries by looking
at </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/East"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal;">www.facebook.com/East</span></span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">KentSpiritOfPlace</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Open
times are 11-5 daily on the weekends from 14-29</span></span><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
of October. We can be found at house number 25 on the Whitstable
trail. Please see the webpage </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.ekoh.org.uk/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.ekoh.org.uk</span></span></a></u></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
for more information.</span></span></div>
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on 07432679164 or </span></b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><u><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>clare@people-to-place.co.uk</b></span></span></a></u></span></div>
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saltwayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023910371980183145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650655423748863116.post-33181298144391972492017-06-16T04:46:00.002-07:002017-06-16T04:53:25.421-07:00Our place; in time, location and nature.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I
need art. I think we all do. Art in its widest descriptio</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n:</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
that is creative writing, film making, poetry, </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">dance,
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">performing
arts and visual arts such as photography, painting and printing, land
art, sculpture...the list could go on and does.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peacock butterfly basking in last Octobers sunshine.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">With
the horrors that have been in the news recently it can be difficult
to know what to do, think or behave. But society has always had a
place for art </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
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you have</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
a t</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hink
about other cultures and their perception of art, this could include
the </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">fascinating
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Wabi
Sabi of Japan, </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">delicately
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">illuminated
Celtic texts or the </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">raw
songwriting and performance art of Icelandic Bjork.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dandelion clock covered in morning dew.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sample of last years Artists Open studio work on display</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">But
one way I have been keeping sane amongst the chaos over the last year
has been to produce more art, attend more workshops and share my
knowledge and skills with others. Art can allow you to be in the
moment, to achieve something in the time given and encourage you to
see a clearer, brighter picture of the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Last
October </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I
exhibit</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ed</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
my artwork as part of the Canterbury Festivals', East Kent Open
Houses trail. Lots of people came to view the work, with only one
person this time asking if it was a hobby.</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">(!)
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I
had many different types of artworks on display, from pewter casts to
printing and painting </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">as
f</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">or
the last year I had been working </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hard,
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in
collaboration with another artist, Alison Lees </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on
a project entitled 'Spirit of Place'. This had led us to explore more
deeply the places in which we live in Kent.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiny feather underfoot.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Alison
lives inland in a rural area with the undulating downs and ancient
woodlands on her doorstep. In contrast I live on the coast, by the
pebbly beach that is endlessly shaped and reshaped by the tides. The
subtle changes in the seasons are less conspicuous here. I am
possibly more likely to recognise the build up of tourists visiting
the coast at certain bank holidays, than I am to notice the Seakale
sprouting through the pebbles or see the first Swallows of the
season. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flint, Chestnut and leaf collection from a seasonal walk.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creating a Cuttlefish mould for a Pewter cast.</td></tr>
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is surrounded by the endless physical changes that our ag</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">r</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">arian
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enforces onto nature as well as the </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">consistent</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pattern
of </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">growth
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and
decline </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is
nature itself. A walk up the path through the field opposite her home
cannot be achieved without understanding exactly which season we are
in and even what part of that season; asking ourselves questions like
'are the Skylarks rising yet?', a walk in the woods can indicate
exactly the timing, speed and quantity of seasonal growth. </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">As
we walk w</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e
comment on the abundance of delicate little Wood Anemones, the deep
violet blueness of the Bluebells, the birdsong and our amazement at
the </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sheer
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of nature that powers the plants up and through the deep leaf litter
that covers the floor </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">of
the wood</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My exhibits included an 'Cabinet of Curiousity'</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">What
I wanted to achieve in the October exhibition was a contrast of work,
to show the differen</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ce
of the</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
places. I did this by consciously walking the land, picking up and
collecting 'treasures' from the walks, </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which
I used</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
to create new artworks that allowed other people to share my insights
and hopefully get them out there seeing with an artists eye and
appreciating our place in time, location and nature.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A linocut print entitled 'Blue Coast'</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> I will be opening the doors of my
beautiful straw bale studio once again this year to exhibit my own
and Alison’s work as part of the Canterbury Festival, the theme is
still 'The Spirit of Place' and is an ongoing art project based in
Kent. You can keep up to date with our explorations and discoveries
by looking at </span><span style="background-color: cyan; color: black; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/EastKentSpiritOfPlace" target="_blank">our facebook page</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Open times are 11-5 daily on the
weekends from 14-29</span><sup><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> of October. We can be found at house
number 25 on the Whitstable trail. Please see the webpage
</span><a href="http://www.ekoh.org.uk/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">www.ekoh.org.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> for more
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can be contacted</span></b></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">
on 07432679164 or </span></b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><u><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>clare@people-to-place.co.uk</b></span></span></a></u></span></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"></span>saltwayfarerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023910371980183145noreply@blogger.com0