practise of sharing 🦋
Hi friend, what do you have to give?
I find myself often getting caught up in the busy work of output output output (which is in-fact capitalism and not my belief system at all). I think receiving what we need in work + art is a lot of our own responsibility to dismantle. I can give to my own self, so instead of waiting around for emails to land back in my inbox or invoices to be paid I can stop and not output any further. I can stop and read a book in the middle of the day, I can write a letter to my tree or I could simply just lie on my kitchen floor. Sharing doesn't need to feel like another thing to "do" because that is output and output is capitalism and it is capitalism that is making me feel TIRED, but instead sharing can be cyclical and apart of the in and out of the flow of life.
To me rest means sharing what I actually do have with myself and with others to access rest. Rest means I have no expectations of outcome but instead interested the process and practise of resting and being.
WAYS OF SHARING/RESTING/PRACTISING/BEING
PARK PILATES! 🤸♀️🦋 I am teaching my typical cardio + nonsense + dance class Be Buoyant in Gage Park (Hamilton locals this is for you, but if you wanna make the drive be! my! guest!) Move with me and the trees and disco and the rhythm of your own sweet self! The park is for all beings to take up space and feel and share in, proceeds donated to the Woodland Cultural Centre for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Registration links below, spots are limited!
OKAY HANG IS BACK BABY!! After its three month hiatus Okay hang is back to serve up 75 minutes of non-urgent make-whatever-you-want, time + prompts to talk about your feelings! Facilitating Okay Hang has become such a sweet gorunding force in my own creative practise, I wish art school was run with a feelings pulse check.
Join us for some creative connection, exploration and finding okay. Bring your pens + pencils + guitars + dancing feet or whatever you use to create + make express and feel. We begin with by pulling a card from the Okay Oracle and open our circle with a question about what we are exploring.
(also I love these series of screenshots, first pic is our magic finger wiggle to collect the vibes, second is me pulling the "chaos thunder" card from the deck 😬)
Registration for DRAW FROM WITHIN: AND ARTIST BIO WRITING WORKSHOP IS OPEN!!! This will be the last time we are offering this workshop before it goes into the vault and the testimonials from our last workshop ALONE show me how vital/important/needed this tool is. Spots are limited, recordings are available! OCTOBER 7TH 6:30 PM - 8pm EST!
A special treat for newsletter subscribers! Jacque is offering anyone on the friendship loveletter list a FREE ticket to Creative Hour AKA the best space to create something on the internet.
big blessing for sharing!!!
xx
phoebe
p.s
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