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Jacqueline England🎨's avatar

This is beautiful Clare. Yes, I feel the compression - that's a great word for it - and like you, nature is my comfort blanket. I've been using an app to identify all the song birds in my garden and marvelling at the number and variety. Art gets me through but I'm also yearning for connection and needing to talk this out with other artists. Happy we get to do that regularly x

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Clare Wassermann's avatar

I agree with you. It seems being quiet and deep listening as well as union with art and philosophy people is a good way to operate.

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Sue Will's avatar

Thanks Clare, I've also felt very low recently, even though I am generally pretty positive on the whole. It's good to get someone else's take on things, and being outside in nature does uplift me. Keep well x

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Clare Wassermann's avatar

Oof I hear you Sue. It seems like pretty awful times globally but keeping at heart that we re ok right now at this moment and the connection with our ecology is the only way through. Stay with it and much love to you xx

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Jeremy Mathew's avatar

Thank you for sharing this, Clare! Many days lately it feels like art making is the only thing that gets me through my days. This really got at the core of why making art is essential for our health and vitality. Hope you're well today <3 :)

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Clare Wassermann's avatar

I do really appreciate your comment and here’s to the medicine if art (and fun)!

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Deanna Galkin-Doran's avatar

Yes, these are especially stressful times. My way of dealing, since I’m not an artist, is getting active in the fight for democracy AND teaching with an open heart. It gets difficult at times to be sure. I too have been doing more gardening and am feeling especially accomplished considering that when I moved to my home in New Mexico, USA I had a black thumb. It is now turning brown to green! YIPPEE!! Sending lots of love my friend. 🥰🩷❤️💜

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Clare Wassermann's avatar

Thank you for replying. You have found ideal ways to engage in the process of change- keep on gardening my friend! X

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Mary Price's avatar

It’s all so overwhelming sometimes isn’t it Clare. This was a good read nonetheless and I like how you share your way of getting into nature as a good mechanism for coming to terms with things beyond our control. I love the drawing at the top of the page particularly. 🙏🩵

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Clare Wassermann's avatar

Your comment is appreciated! Xxxx

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Jude Hill's avatar

I can certainly relate.

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Clare Wassermann's avatar

I guess they’re many of us in this together. I think knowing that is helpful x

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