{"id":38929,"date":"2021-01-06T12:37:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T17:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/?p=38929"},"modified":"2021-06-22T11:12:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:12:16","slug":"how-art-and-nature-are-helping-me-through-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/how-art-and-nature-are-helping-me-through-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"How Art And Nature Are Helping Me Through The Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dear Wonderful, Creative You: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greetings to you in 2021! In the fall each year, I take time to reflect on the year just past. Overall, Iv’e been very lucky, and despite all the difficulties, I feel very grateful for what 2020 taught me, especially from many great teachers on racial<\/a>, indigenous<\/a>, and gender equality<\/a>. But even being as privileged as I am, as I sat down to reflect, I was just tired<\/strong>. And I’m sure you can identify with that, because 2020 has been a lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I looked back over 2020, and all its difficulties and joys, (there were some of those too!) I asked myself what I most needed to feel nurtured.<\/strong> And the answer came immediately in these words: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be grounded in nature. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a simple principle, and one I knew would feed both my soul, and my art practice. I share about it with you here in the hopes that it sparks something for you. I think it would be easy in this time to get into a mode of waiting – waiting for the vaccine, waiting for social distancing measures to ease, waiting for greater social equality. <\/strong>But waiting is a painful experience, and one that doesn’t feel proactive. We have a lot of resources, with each other, and right outside our door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than waiting, I prefer to be creating. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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