Symbiosis is a close biological relationship between two different organisms, where at least one benefits from their interaction. Symbiosis highlights the interconnectedness and interdependence of living organisms and we will explore the different types of symbiosis in today’s prompt episode. 

I would love to hear all about your plans for your nature journal this year and any examples of symbiosis you have noticed in your nearby nature. You can leave a comment below this post on the Journaling With Nature website.

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Juliene is an artist and watercolour educator. Through her engaging classes and vibrant online community, Juliene inspires artists to build creative confidence and embrace the joy of painting. 

Listen to hear more about:

• The winding career path that led Juliene to becoming a watercolour educator.
• The natural landscape in Montana.
• Learning to love watercolour as a medium. 
• Pivoting from a product to a process orientation.
• Painting murals.
• The #ipaintedthat challenge. 
• Co-creating with watercolour. 
• Juliene's signature course The Colour Mixing Lab.
   

You can learn more about Juliene and her art at www.julienesinclair.com. Juliene is also on Instagram @juliene.sinclair and on YouTube @julienesinclair.

To sign up to Juliene’s signature course and get a 5% discount off the usual price, use this link: The Colour Mixing Lab.


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When the world feels like it is in a dark place and things appear out of control, focusing on what brings hope can sustain us. Hope not only offers solace but also motivation to make positive change. Our nature journals can become a place to cultivate hope. Let’s share hopeful ideas and resources this week.

Some hopeful resources that I love:

Jane Goodall Institute

Jane Goodall Hopecast

Doug Tallamy

Ross Gay

I would love you to share your experiences and ideas about nature journaling hope by leaving a comment on the Journaling With Nature website below this episode.

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Artist and bird enthusiast Ria Kotze explores her curiosity and passion for nature through creativity. Her story has taken her on adventures to many parts of the world, and now her biggest adventure of all is following her paintbrush wherever it leads.

Listen to hear more about:

• The species that sparked Ria’s birding passion.
• Finding her creative style and following the paintbrush.
• Keeping a perpetual journal and contributing to citizen science.
• Being a lifelong learner.
• The artists and educators who inspire Ria. 
• Sharing nature journaling with young people.
• Ecologically responsible art materials.
• The ways that Ria’s art practice has changed and developed over time.

Learn more about Ria at www.bluefeatherart.com and connect on Instagram @followyouryarn.

Here is a list of inspiring creatives that Ria mentioned during our conversation: 

Lara Call Gastinger
John Muir Laws
Roseann Hanson
Geninne Zlatkis
Sharon Field
Max Romy
Natalie Eslick

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Being in nature offers endless opportunities to be surprised and delighted by all the wonders that we find there. When you are outside, tune your awareness to those things that are new and different, to those surprising moments that make you gasp from joy and wonder.

I would love to hear about the moments that make you gasp with delight. Share your stories by leaving a comment under this episode on the Journaling With Nature website. 

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Nics is a business and personal coach from Edinburgh, Scotland. She is training to be a forest bathing guide and approaches her work and nature connection practice with curiosity, an open heart, and a firm belief in the awesomeness of individuals. 

Listen to hear more about:

• The ways that Edinburgh’s history and culture intertwine with nature.
• Life lessons learned from observing nature. 
• Connecting with others in your community with authenticity and intention. 
• Nature journaling as a mindfulness practice.
• The importance of play. 
• Using different journals and how that can encourage creativity.
• Nature journaling while on holiday.
• The beauty of bees.

Learn more about Nics’ consulting work here: https://www.nxjconsulting.com/.

Connect with Nics on Instagram @nics610 and Facebook Nature CoNxtion. 

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This month I am going to be using a prompt list to encourage myself to keep a regular garden journal again. This has been inspired by Inktober which is an art challenge where participants sketch something in ink, every day for the month of October. There is an official list, but I have created my own. I am calling this challenge Inktober in the Garden. Each prompt is just one word related to gardens and gardening and is aimed to get us thinking in different ways about the beauty of our cultivated space. 

Here is the list:

1. Pollinator; 2. Fruit; 3. Scented; 4. Germinate; 5. Wild; 6. Sun; 7. Growth; 8. Mulch; 9. Tendril; 10. Water; 11. Sow; 12. Flower; 13. Soil; 14. Shade; 15. Cultivated; 16. Climbing; 17. Root; 18. Invertebrate; 19. Companion; 20. Textured; 21. Supported; 22. Leaf; 23. Herb; 24. Seed; 25. Insect; 26. Weed; 27. Compost; 28. Tools; 29. Seedling; 30 Pod; 31. Harvest. 

If you would like to join me, you can use each prompt or just dip into the ones that inspire you the most. I would love to see your pages! If you are on social media you can use the hashtag #inktoberinthegarden or you can email me your pages at [email protected]. 

If you don’t have a garden, you can use the prompts to get inspired by your local park or green space.
 

I have created a blog post with this information. You can find it here: Inktober in the Garden. 

I am also excited to share the news that I have opened my online store! You can find it over on the Journaling With Nature website. 

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Ane is a multilingual translator living in Basque Country. Ane’s work explores the ways that nature and creativity can foster wellbeing.

Listen to hear more about:

• The similarities between language translation and painting.
• The reasons why Ane chooses to prioritise using the Basque language in her work and nature journal.
• The significance of colour for wellbeing. 
• Ane’s ‘Paint Your Wellness’ sessions.
• How the combination of nature and creativity can help with anxiety. 
• The benefits of quick sketching in nature.
• Painting as meditation.
• Finding wonder in nature.
• Keeping a travel sketchbook.

You can connect with Ane on Instagram @anegaral.art and on YouTube. 
Click here to learn more about green sketching.

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Windows are there to connect us with the wider world. Look out your window and journal about what you see. Can you see trees, or the sky? Can you see human stories unfolding? Sketch what you see and describe it with words.

My favourite window-gazing journalers are Clare Walker Leslie and Brooke Morales. Brooke is teaching about painting skies at the upcoming Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference which is happening from September 18-22, 2024. 

Let me know what you are seeing from your own window by leaving a comment under this episode on the Journaling With Nature website. 

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Maja is a multi-creative Danish artist living in Sydney, Australia. Maja dedicated herself to filling a hand-made nature journal each month for a year and came to know nature in her adopted country more deeply through the process.

Listen to hear more about:

• Plant awareness disparity and how it affects our ability to connect with plants. 
• The differences between nature in Australia and Denmark. 
• Maja’s year-long nature journaling project. 
• Finding balance in your nature journal practice. 
• Creative constraints and how they can be freeing.
• Maja’s art challenge #shroomtember and how you can get involved.
• Incorporating sustainability into our art practice.
• Zines and how they connect people. 
• The Sydney Nature Journal Club.
• Finding your way back to nature journaling after a break.

You can find Maja on Instagram and Behance and follow along with her art challenge #shroomtember.

If you are in the Sydney area and would like to connect with other nature journalers, you can find the Sydney Nature Journal Club on Meetup and on Instagram. 

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