ah yes, we can't have the highs without the lows huh?.. it makes sense but with the world focused on 'putting our happy faces on' (Strictly Ballroom quote), we have few role models leading the way on the off days/ weeks/ years. i find nature in all her glory never fails to lift me up, only living next to and rehabilitating our part of the Merri creek, I see nature struggling to make sence of the tiramasu of landfill created by 'colonial progress'. so when the bigger picture reality of who we are and how we came to be hits hard, i seek magical moments of human kindness in a strangers' smile (often with a hint of surprise as I wear rainbow eyeshadow that never fails to impress the good ones)- the light is always more powerful than the darkness.
You're undauntable, Erin! Although I turn to Merri Creek as well, with its changing moods and Black Swans (saw my 1st Tiger Snake a couple of weeks ago too.)
Other creatives inspire me. Thinking of my father’s mother, how she struggled alone with 4 children after her husband died, that keeps me going. And my best friend, he believes in me.
ah yes, we can't have the highs without the lows huh?.. it makes sense but with the world focused on 'putting our happy faces on' (Strictly Ballroom quote), we have few role models leading the way on the off days/ weeks/ years. i find nature in all her glory never fails to lift me up, only living next to and rehabilitating our part of the Merri creek, I see nature struggling to make sence of the tiramasu of landfill created by 'colonial progress'. so when the bigger picture reality of who we are and how we came to be hits hard, i seek magical moments of human kindness in a strangers' smile (often with a hint of surprise as I wear rainbow eyeshadow that never fails to impress the good ones)- the light is always more powerful than the darkness.
You're undauntable, Erin! Although I turn to Merri Creek as well, with its changing moods and Black Swans (saw my 1st Tiger Snake a couple of weeks ago too.)
oooo we apparently host a 35yr old Tiger Snake under our studios here- i've seen only a small section of it but are in awe of them and their movement!
They scare me. BUT I like the idea of them existing because they're existence means that the Creek ecosystem is healthy.
Other creatives inspire me. Thinking of my father’s mother, how she struggled alone with 4 children after her husband died, that keeps me going. And my best friend, he believes in me.
They sound like wonderful role models or supporters.