Grace & Joy!

An episode of just over 4.5 mins and the fourth in the Wednesday Warmers series, inspired by clothing in poetry. 

This one is by Jimmy Santiago Baca and is an offering of love and warmth.

• The  poem begins at 2 mins 27 secs 

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Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Morning Mist'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - 'I am offering this poem ...  a scarf to wear over your hair' - watercolour sketch
Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - felting

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An episode of just over 9 mins, and the third in the Wednesday Warmers series, this one inspired by W.B.Yeats' poem 'A Coat'.

Extended metaphor on identity, art, life, illusion and truth! (Apologies if I ramble on a little in this one :))

• The  poem begins at 41 secs 

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Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wonderblues'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - 'I made my coat a song' - watercolour sketch
Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - felting

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An episode of  almost 15 mins beginning with thoughts on 'embracing and accepting' the grey, alongside other 'Silver Sisters' :)

Also on general self-acceptance through the many changes, internal and external that we experience in our lives.

The poem began as a consideration of how our days, our lives are a woven fabric and then the theme of time passing seemed to merge into my own siver hair experience x

• Poem begins at 11 mins 28 secs

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Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - 'Embracing the greys' - intuitive painting
Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - felting

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An episode of  7:34 mins, and a  morning poem written in a few quiet moments after reading the short story, 'You are now entering the human heart' by Janet Frame.

• An intro and then the poem begins at 4 mins 47 secs

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Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Marsh Wrens (Instrumental)'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - 'Love Within' - intuitive painting
Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - felting

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An episode of almost 7 mins, and the second in the Wednesday Warmers series inspired by reading Ron Padgett's poem today 'Inaction of Shoes'.

A wonderful, gently humorous poem and quietly profound too.

On doing, being, happening, non-happening, advaita vedanta...and the US election x

• A little bit at the beginning and end and the poem begins at 2 mins 27 secs

• 'Inaction of Shoes' by Ron Padgett in 'The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness and Joy' by John Brehm - a beautiful anthology of spiritual poetry. -  

'The Buddha once told a disciple that good spiritual friends are the whole of holy life. The poems expertly gathered here offer all that one might hope for in such spiritual friendship: wisdom, compassion, peacefulness, good humor, and the ability to both absorb and express the deepest human emotions of grief and joy.' - from the back cover .

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Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - 'shoes sitting there'  - crayon sketch
Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - felting

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An episode of just over 5 mins, and the first in the Wednesday Warmers series inspired by reading Pablo Neruda's poem today 'Ode to My Socks'.

A beautiful poem celebrating the gift of a pair of hand-knitted socks.

There's extra poignancy in the warmth, love, comfort and kindness shown with the gift, and in the joy in receiving too, when considering Neruda's history of exile and writing in many turbulent times... and it's also so gently humorous too x

• A little bit at the beginning and then the poem begins at 2 mins 45 secs

• 'Ode to My Socks' by Pablo Neruda (translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden)

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Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - 'these celestial socks of lapiz and gold' - crayon sketch
Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - felting

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An episode of almost 8 mins, and a Monday morning poem written in a few quiet moments.

Beginning with the non-dominant hand sketches which have been a recent focus in the intuitive painting workshops, the poem continues with elements of spaciousness, stillness and awareness ... and the Loony-Tunes'  'Tasmanian Devil'! :) hmm... cartoons seem to be a recurring theme!

• Poem begins at 4 mins 26 secs

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Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - 'Plum eating a piece of old rabbit' :(  Non-dom 3 second sketch
Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - felting

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A bonus 'mini episode' :) with a little bit of info on my 1-1 Art & Wellbeing sessions.

I thought I'd add a quick audio here in case any listeners are interested...

Main info starts at 56 seconds!

Please also have a look at all the info on my website too if you'd like to know more...


(I also wanted to create a short episode to trial the Descript audio integration - and it's worked! Although the transcript is in one big block of text and the apostrophes have disappeared ....hmmm will look into this :))

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Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - 'Saturday Song' (detail) intuitive painting
Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ felting

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A 16 minute guided meditation for relaxation, cleansing and warmth. This is another of my own meditations, inspired by my own practice and elements of others I've loved over the years.

This is a beautiful meditation for acknowledging, feeling and releasing any tensions and anxieties at any point throughout your day and is also wonderful for centring before intuitive painting.

The visualisation of enveloping in golden light is one of warmth and wellbeing, both for ourselves and others. 

• Meditation begins at 1min 30 secs

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Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Gentle Marimbas'

Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - ‘Moonlight evening in May'
Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ felting

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An episode of 8:15 mins, and a poem just after midnight, whispering to me to get out of bed, put on the light, find a pencil and start writing x (Audio voice a little coldy/fluey!)

This one wrote itself, too, beginning with words that emerged last Friday which inspired an intuitive painting - 'Leaping alive - into the green space'.

Then two beautiful phrases and imagery by Janet Frame, a writer I've recently discovered and love - her short stories in 'The Daylight and the Dust' are luminous and beautiful, subtle, poignant and tender...

'Mr Paget's lawn shone like fur in the sun'
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'The green minus-marks of grass' (after being cut with an old mower)

both from the story 'The Winter Garden'.

The poem is also about creativity, as a wild, warm-hearted and gentle creature... and how, if we can hear, we must listen in and honour and celebrate x

None of this was 'thought out' but I love how it flowed and was determined to be written, in the night hours. :)

Poem begins at 4:24

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Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass'
Artwork by Rowena Scotney

Episode cover - 'Leaping alive - into the green space' - intuitive painting
Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ felting

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