It's been a pretty phenomenal couple of weeks!
My personal update is that I had to take a huge rest :) I have been so full and bursting of creative ideas that I just went with it! I was a creation explosion! It's been a significant burst; the last one was in the height of my burlesque sewing mania so I just enjoyed this burst and went with it. Alas, creative explosions are not sustainable, especially when one neglects key elements of self-care as I did. I started dropping my morning stretches and slowed down on the prep of yummy healthy food. Boo! Not surprisingly my body went into protest mode and climaxed with a brutal lower back pain this past weekend.
Good learning! :)
That said I was still able to get out to a couple of amazing events this past weekend in honour of Earth Day. One of these was a summit and gala dinner graciously hosted by the Tsleil Waututh Nation. It brought together an amazing convergence of intellectual, activist and spiritual elders to dialogue. They shared wisdom, information and inspiration in the form of real-world stories. Highlights included:
My highlights in doodle form capture the fierce warrior spirit in Tsleil Waututh elder Amy George's call for all people to #WarriorUp in our work to restore Mother Earth for future generations. Miles Richardson of the Haida Nation also had amazing wisdom that touched my heart deeply about the need to go back to our cultural roots and listen to our elders. I adore our elders.
My personal update is that I had to take a huge rest :) I have been so full and bursting of creative ideas that I just went with it! I was a creation explosion! It's been a significant burst; the last one was in the height of my burlesque sewing mania so I just enjoyed this burst and went with it. Alas, creative explosions are not sustainable, especially when one neglects key elements of self-care as I did. I started dropping my morning stretches and slowed down on the prep of yummy healthy food. Boo! Not surprisingly my body went into protest mode and climaxed with a brutal lower back pain this past weekend.
Good learning! :)
That said I was still able to get out to a couple of amazing events this past weekend in honour of Earth Day. One of these was a summit and gala dinner graciously hosted by the Tsleil Waututh Nation. It brought together an amazing convergence of intellectual, activist and spiritual elders to dialogue. They shared wisdom, information and inspiration in the form of real-world stories. Highlights included:
- Paul Clements-Hunt reminding us that we have a duty to "Free up our imaginations to explore what is possible to shift and grow" in terms of creating alternatives, particularly with respect to alternatives to oil. He pointed to the example of the T'Sou-ke First Nation on Vancouver Island for their solar energy innovation.
- Elizabeth May for general bad-assery and reminding me that was barely a couple hundred years ago that people thought slavery could not be abolished because the economy would collapse. #perspective
My highlights in doodle form capture the fierce warrior spirit in Tsleil Waututh elder Amy George's call for all people to #WarriorUp in our work to restore Mother Earth for future generations. Miles Richardson of the Haida Nation also had amazing wisdom that touched my heart deeply about the need to go back to our cultural roots and listen to our elders. I adore our elders.
All of this so resonates with Pope Francis' words which imbue me with immense hope that life is conspiring to bring tenderness to the fight and protection of our Mother Earth so much so that we innovate and restore her in the process as well.
“It means protecting all creation, the beauty of the created world,
as the Book of Genesis tells us and as St. Francis of Assisi showed us.
It means respecting each of God’s creatures and respecting the environment in which we live.
It means protecting people, showing loving concern for each & every person, especially children, the elderly, those in need, who are often the last we think about.”
- Pope Francis
as the Book of Genesis tells us and as St. Francis of Assisi showed us.
It means respecting each of God’s creatures and respecting the environment in which we live.
It means protecting people, showing loving concern for each & every person, especially children, the elderly, those in need, who are often the last we think about.”
- Pope Francis
So that spirit, instructed by the teaching of giving away the first thing you make and in honour of tender-warrior-hope-explosions of Earth Day 2013, I would like to give away and share my Pope Francis doodle. I will make print copies of them shortly to share; please email me / comment if you would like me to snail mail them to you (I adore snail mail)! Alternatively, I am posting a PDF downloadable file here for printing and sharing as anyone wishes. All I ask is that you credit me as this feed the dream to become a professional doodler! :)
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Yours in gratitude, delight and persistent hope,
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