The Enso Circle: Continuing Residents Exhibition Catalog, Spring 2023

The Enso Circle

An invitational online artist' residency program created and led by michelle belto and lyn belisle

Catalogue of continuing resident artists' culminating exhibition

june 2023

Copyright © 2023 by Lyn Belisle and Michelle

Belto for The Enso Circle. All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the publisher and the artists whose works are included except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Printed in the United States of America

First Printing, 2023

Catalog layout and design by Maggi Peachey

Cover photo by Vanessa Martin-Langone

The Enso Circle

An invitational online Artists' Residency

Created and led by Michelle Belto and Lyn Belisle

theensocircle.com

The Enso circle symbolizes many things: the beauty in imperfection, the art of letting go of expectations, the circle of life, and connection -- the imperfections and contours are exactly what makes the Enso beautiful.

We the Continuing Residents have successfully completed our initial Residency and understand the value of goal setting as a means of encouragement and inspirations.

We value the community as a major source of support and we work within the concept of the Open Circle.

These are our principles:

To embark on a circular twelve-week quest of creativity and discovery

To start from home and return home, never getting lost

To write our own map as we go, day by day, week by week

To pay attention to the signs of serendipity pointing to the next steps

To record and learn from unexpected lessons on the path

To return home with possibly flawed but authentically soulful work based on our good instinct and intuition

Continuing Residents are those who have chosen to stay within the structure of The Enso Circle's twelve-week design, but they work with more autonomy.

WALKING ON THE WILD SIDE

“Expand your thinking”, she says. How to take the thing, an object, an image beyond the field into, what?

Metaphor

Beyond the field into the Wild part of Wildflower.

I took a handful of rose petals, fallen from the rose bouquet, Tossed them into the air. They floated down, down, down onto the table. The sun took over.

The rose, both domesticated and wild, made a connection for me, to people, our art, the environment.

Take the time.

Nature presents both sides to us.

This wild, playful, unexplored side cries out to become more a part of us,

Where is it now?

Is it getting translated into your art?

Wild free times in the studio

Time goes by unnoticed. Work takes on a life of its own.

I become the vehicle for the work, but it seems someone else is holding the brush. Believe. Both the domestic and the wild. Together make the best art.

Let us go, become like the wildflowers, which bloom for themselves, each one perfect, transitory, and beautiful.

Marian McKenzie-Cone

The Continuing Residents of the Spring 2023 Enso Circle come from all paths of life and from across the world. We span media and passions, goals and practices, and we share a commitment to the Circle that nourishes our work and our selves. Our lives challenged us in many difficult and wonderful ways this term. We rode the storms with courage and shared the bounty of our achievements freely. We found strength and focus in the bonds of the Circle, and ways to grow as we journeyed through our life experiences, from the joyous to the dark.

Wildflowers survive and blossom in unlikely places: their lives ebbing and flowing with the rhythm of their environment, be it harsh or fertile. The members of this cohort are like a field of wildflowers in their own way: not bound by convention, blooming where we fall, supporting each other, and sharing our hearts and spirit with the worlds around us through our creative work.

The pieces in this catalog reflect our experiences this spring, and many did not come easily. The bounty of this harvest is a testament to the resilience of our cohort to respond to what life presents us. Take a moment to delve into these rich and abundant works. Enjoy!

Heather Tinkham & Maggi Peachey

Photo: Sue Conner

ENSO CIRCLE CONTINUING RESIDENTS

Flo Bartell

Anna Boedecker

Ann Bonestell

Gail Byrnes

Sue Conner

Joanne F Desmond

Sandi Hall

Gail Higenell

Ann Leach

Vanessa Martin-Langone

Marian Mckenzie-Cone

Harleen Osburn

Maggi Peachey

Irene Peake

Nanette Roche

Mary Frances Spears

Ingrid Tegnér

Heather Tinkham

Michelle Trachtman

Sarah Treanor

Stan Unser

California

New Hampshire

California

Massachusetts

California

Maine

California

Canada

Missouri

California

New Zealand

California

Texas

Arizona

Maryland

Texas

California

Minnesota

Maryland

Ohio

Texas

FloBartell ARTIST STATEMENT

As this Enso term began, a friend and I discussed recent gender battles we had both faced and, generally, female disempowerment in our society. As artists do, we eventually began to envision ways we could use our art to make a statement about the issue, honor the struggles women have faced throughout history, and show our determination to claim our own strengths.

I also wanted to experiment with new techniques and materials to use in my art practice.

I addressed female disempowerment and developed new ways of interacting with my material in creating "Fi".

Fi

Encaustic with mixed media and found objects

AnnaBoedecker ARTIST STATEMENT

These small works began on Earth Day, as a meditation on the fleeting beauty of nature. Each one reflects a vanishing wilderness, a place being overrun by civilization and/or destroyed by climate change. Called critical habitats, these are geographic areas essential for the conservation of endangered species.

These “Earth Echoes” were inspired by Emma Freeman and art-making as a practice of Zen peacemaking. One of the tenets of Zen Peacemaking is notknowing – letting go of fixed ideas about oneself and the world. In art this means letting go of a fixed idea of the outcome or even direction of the creative process. Bearing Witness, another tenet, is being present to the joys and suffering of the world. Through witnessing and giving expression to the beauty and fragility of our natural world we can evoke the love that is necessary to save it.

EARTH ECHO 2 Hand-stitched fabric collage 6” x 7” $100

EARTH ECHO 3 Hand-stitched fabric collage 7” x 7.5” $100

AnnBonestell ARTIST STATEMENT

Over the past several years, life has presented me with a number of "invitations" to stop, slow down, pay attention, go deeper. Each time, I have listened and moved in new directions, changing my life in that way and yes, going deeper.

This little book is a mindful meditation. An invitation in itself. An experiment in discovery. An exploration into the impermanence of things. It is deliberately unfinished. Thus, it invites the creator to continue the exploration from time to time. It serves as a container for the thoughts and emotions that present themselves during the work. And finally, it becomes a reminder that we can indeed exist in the moment, continuing to proceed without a planned pathway and trusting that the next step will present itself when we get there.

INVITATION

Vintage textiles, stitch, found objects

4¹½" x 5"

NFS

GailByrnes

I feel a deep connection to plants and trees, and anything that grows wild in nature. During this term, I have been inspired to paint wildflowers. My two paintings express different moods, one more contemplative and one more fun and light hearted.

WILDFLOWER FANTASY

Acrylics, inks and pan pastels on cradled wood panel

12” x 12”

$150

SueConner ARTIST

100 Self Portraits: A Conversation with Color

As the new year began, I found myself in a place where I felt the need and desire to go beyond that place of creative comfort. Creating 100 self-portraits became the self-imposed assignment in which I pushed to work more spontaneously and intuitively. I began by generating a list of 100 words about myself that would inspire each piece. I also experimented with a range of medium and color that went beyond encaustic and my usual neutral pallet.

This approach coincided perfectly with the 2023 Spring Enso term where we were tasked to expand how we viewed the wildflower. I discovered wildflowers in the most unusual places where these resilient, diverse plants represent extraordinary beauty in the depth of their detail and color. Wildflowers also brought to mind “bursts of color”, which became the perfect way to merge my assignment with my Enso goals, where the intent was to use color to communicate the mood and emotion within my self-portraits. The images on the opposite page represent a sampling of the over 100 self-portraits completed.

(read clockwise from top left) PASSIVE GODMOTHER RESPECTFUL MOTIVATED Encaustic monotype, paper beads, and found objects on paper

(read clockwise from top left) UNDERSTANDING POSITIVE COMMITTED ENERGIZED Encaustic monotype, paper beads, and found objects on paper 5"x5" $100 each

5"x5" $100 each

JoanDesmond ARTIST STATEMENT

This semester, I went down three rabbit holes regarding my art-making and practice, and I am not sorry I did. The different rabbit holes brought me to places of interest, exploration, and curiosity of materials and ways to have them express what was going on in my psyche at the time. The painting enabled me to see and approach the landscape and its colors in deeper and more simplified ways. The little figures may seem whimsical and colorful; they represent things that are not. These figures are not spirit dolls. The hanging "clothing" is made up of work begun a while ago and undergoes many iterations as it is affected by nature. They are also part of a story that carries the weight of sadness. This semester in the Enso Circle CR brought me to buried truths. Like an archeologist, I carefully dug them up and handled them, laying them out in categories so that I could do further research within my soul.

SandiHall

I love wildflowers. Always have. I was that little girl that picked mustard flowers from the grass and kept them for myself instead of presenting them to my mom. I can remember spending time gazing at their color, intricacy and usually a random ant or two.

This piece was inspired by my 2-year-old-granddaughter, Liberty. Libby beholds a wild and free spirit. She loves snuggling in a blanket to watch the sun rise, the hydrangeas in my garden, and Spider-Man. Her help in my garden is most often counter productive, but encouraged if she takes time to notice what she has just picked. We spend time hammering color from flower petals onto the cement and my garden has taken strong tones of “kink” and “yeyow”, her favorite colors.

Liberty helped me dry, pick and place the flowers on this piece. She was excited when I shared with her the prayers I had sewn on the gauze underneath the dolls dress… prayers that she will always remain wild, free and inquisitive. Those prayers covered me as well… as this piece liberated me into finding my own wild and free artistic self.

LIBERTY

OF FLOWERS AND PRAYERS

Stone, twigs and dried flowers atop cotton and silk

16" x 23" x 2"

NFS

GailHigenell ARTIST

EARTH, MY LIKENESS.

EARTH, my likeness, Though you look so impassive, ample and spheric there, I now suspect that is not all. I now suspect there is something fierce in you eligible to burst forth, …

Walt Whitman

A ‘sense of place’ is a connecting thread that runs through most of my work. Earth Reframed: The Seen and the Unseen is a responsive piece that considers how I visualize our planet as ‘place’. It was created after hearing a lecture by Dr. Sabine Stanley, entitled Fierce Planets, that focused on her current research in the field of space science.

The exterior three panels of the work relate to the serene view of the Earth, as seen from space. Commercial and hand dyed fabrics in blue and green hues were used together in curvilinear patterns of landscape. In contrast, the interior two panels express the unseen interior portion of Earth. Created using both commercial fabrics and heat manipulated materials in warm hues of red, orange, and yellow, the viewer is offered a suggestion of the high temperatures and pressures associated with a fierce interior. Supporting these slices of ‘place’ is a frame built from re-purposed wood. A ‘new geography’ of the Earth is presented, one that holds both serenity and fierceness together as a unified whole. We do justice to our planet by honoring both the seen and the unseen aspects of our home and our connectedness to it.

EARTH REFRAMED: THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN Commercial, hand-dyed, and heat manipulated fabrics and threads on wooden frame 28" x 44"

$1500.00

AnnLeach

Life's ebb and flow show us contrast regularly. As we ride the remember life is not happening to us, it is happening for us and every problem offers a gift in its hands.

A calming creative practice I discovered this term came when I discovered an old online collage program and decided to explore its process as a wind-down practice a couple of nights each week. My knowledge of color mixing and page balancing actually increased as I explored shapes and placement on the virtual page. Fun!

The logo for a summer program I created to assist people in reducing stress, establishing a creative practice, and living a mindful life. As a volunteer at my local arts center, we now offer CALM: Creative Arts for Living Mindfully to members and the community during Wellness Wednesday and Soothing Saturday programming.

CALM: Creative Arts for Living Mindfully

Logo for a community arts wellness program

NFS

EBB and FLOW

Found objects, clay, metal, shell

6" X 9"

From the collection of Eric Hedman

SEA SONG Collage

8" X 10"

NFS

VanessaMartin-Langone ARTIST STATEMENT

As an artist I am continually inspired by the beauty, resilience and transformative power of nature. During this term we used the wildflower as our muse. I thought about its ability to thrive against the odds, growing in the most unexpected and challenging environments. Through my art, I tried to capture the essence of this incredible spirit and what it can teach us philosophically.

I rediscovered a printing technique that I learned a few years ago and created these prints to invoke feelings of awe and admiration of nature. Technology has become so entrenched in our lives, we miss the opportunity to simply notice. My goal is to encourage others to marvel at nature and to spark a sense of wonder and delight. We are also reminded of the importance of protecting and nurturing our fragile planet.

SWAY

Plant print with water soluble oil on Japanese paper Approx 9.5” X 13.25” (plate size 8”X10”) $350

BEGINNINGS

Plant print with water soluble oil on Japanese paper

Approx 9.5” X 13.25” (plate size 8”X10”)

$350

LAVENDER AND WISPS

Plant print with water soluble oil on Japanese paper

Approx 9.5” X 13.25” (plate size 8”X10”)

$350

MarianMcKenzie-Cone

‘Juxtaposition of the garden rose and the wild rose.’

What do dried roses symbolize?

Generally, they are seen to represent endurance, strength, and resilience in the face of adversity. They can also symbolize longevity or eternal love, as dried flowers when properly cared for can maintain their vibrancy for years.

My art this semester has been a challenge in that I started with too many ideas and working through the juxtaposition of the garden rose and the wild rose especially the fresh new rose bud as a symbol of beauty and courage then as it dies and is dried it represents fragility and swift passage from life to death.

I use these metaphors to express our being in the world and for taking a moment in time to reflect on what is important to hold onto.

Our vibrant colourful existence in which we love and are loved or one closed off from new ideas, challenges understanding of others and places etc.

I portray this via a forest spirit, living a wild exploring life, safe in the knowledge it has the boundaries of the forest and a forest spirit, living a closed and sheltered life, not understanding boundaries and love.

The spirit banners carry the inner most thoughts and shadow side of us all. I offer my thoughts on child development in this context as well.

I have made tiny spirit banners and as well a folder of my thoughts and poems and am seeking harmony through my exploration in this piece

“The juxtaposition of the garden rose and the wild rose.”

“The world is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”

W.B.Yeats

FOREST SPIRITS AND SPIRIT BANNERS

Hand made pond weed, silk, ceramic, wood 20” x 20”

NFS

FOREST SPIRIT BANNERS

Silk, gold leaf, poems sewn on 6”x 3”

NFS

WILDFLOWERS JOURNAL

Photos mixed media poems paint 10” x 10”

NFS

HarleenOsburn

Collage: A Metaphor for Life

The gathering, the pruning and the gluing together - this is life, this is art. We find things, and things find us, and we make choices and alterations until we can find a whole - a solution that we can live with, find joy in and we see as beautiful. Life and art, always a work in progress.

MaggiPeachey

I've always been fascinated by dolls and how they represent the at different points in history, time, and place. Not always a t can carry a different meaning and purpose for a multitude of cultures across the world.

The Spirit Doll was always on my radar but I felt as though I lacked a deep enough understanding to start creating my own. Through the Enso Circle, I found that understanding with my fellow residents. They also provided helpful feedback and additional resources.

My goal this term was to create just one Spirit Doll and I ended up with six! I just feel a great sense of joy and confidence when I make Spirit Dolls. Perhaps it's the intention I work into each piece, but it feels as though I was meant to make Spirit Dolls.

The Spirit Doll I have chosen for this catalog is a joyful dancing wildflower. She dances along with the wind so nothing can hinder her joy and happiness.

WILDFLOWER DANCE SPIRIT DOLL

Twigs, silk yarn, gold leaf, paper clay, glass beads, natural stone

8" x 12"

$95.00

IrenePeake ARTIST STATEMENT

This Enso Circle session was a difficult one for me. I came down with Covid 19 and then developed a chest infection. I am still dealing with a long-term cough. Needless to say, I was not able to make much work due to illness and fatigue. I started several projects but could not complete them as I didn’t have any energy. But just as wildflowers spring up in all sorts of places, so do happy accidents. I was taking some reference photos outdoors when I accidentally caught my shadow in a shot. It was a nice surprise. "Out in the Wild" illustrates how close I live to nature here in northern Arizona where our wildflowers range from the delicate yellow broom to the beautiful but deadly sacred datura. I would like to thank my fellow residents and Enso Circle leaders for their support during this tough time. Their kind words lifted my spirits and their work was an inspiration, as always.

7-1/4" x 4-1/8"

NFS

NanetteRoche ARTIST STATEMENT

This work was completed during my time convalescing from back surgery and my husbands passing. I used water soluble charcoal with makeup brushes and stencils on watercolor paper.

The zippered forms are reminiscent of the appearance of an X-ray of my back. Some features look cellular mapping the cancer that took my husband.

It’s What Happened

Water soluble charcoal and stencils on paper

18” x 20”

MaryFrancesSpears

My time this spring has been a literal journey. As we traveled to the west in early March it was with hopes of witnessing “super blooms” throughout the desert southwest. What I didn’t anticipate was recording the last 2 months of my mother’s life through the roadside moments of wildflowers sightings.

I choose to memorialize this time with a photographic triptych “Apricot Mallow”. The story of the Apricot Mallow spans unknown centuries of nomadic and pueblo peoples as well as the pioneers and immigrants that would follow. The Navajo refer to it as a Life Medicine, utilizing every part of the plant. From healing salves that soothe abrasions to burns to immune boosting teas that are still used today for sore throats and decongestants.

Because mallow grows in disturbed soils, on trails, and along roads, this perennial quickly grows up to 3 feet tall when moisture is present. One story relates how nomadic tribes would often drag their walking sticks to disturb the soil along their travels to create places for the mallow to germinate, harvesting a fresh “crop” on their return journey

These images where capture at sunrise on the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, a sacred place believed by the Southern Paiute to be were life and heaven begin.

APRICOT MALLOW TRIPTYCH

Photographs printed on aluminum 16” X 30”

$750

IngridTegnér ARTIST STATEMENT

For as long as I can remember, I have let the thoughts of others undermine my faith in my own work resulting in a sense of insignificance. It is time to let even that thought go now. During this residency, a sense of inadequacy led to the indulgence in distraction. Looking closer at this failure to produce, I realized that I have been gathering ideas all along. Many seeds of ideas are being nourished underground, unseen. A new direction may be germinating.

SMALL VESSEL OF JOY Paper, cardboard, thread, wire, encaustic. 8” x 4” x 1.5”

NFS

SMALL VESSEL OF GRATITUDE Shell, cardboard, fabric, paper, encaustic 4”

GIFTS OF FAILURE 1

Burned wood, thread, ceramic, encaustic 16” x 12”

x 3” x .75”

NFS

x 1”

NFS

HeatherTinkham ARTIST STATEMENT

Relationships, community, and perspective fascinate me in life and in my work. Sometimes the solo singer-songwriter is perfect to tell a story; a duet adds richness and layers that stimulate our imaginations; and a musical weaves story, music, and dance together in a dynamic experience. I decided to explore these ideas by creating a number of pieces that could be arranged in different ways. They surprised me, as they do, with their characters and varied stories.

"Avée, spirit talker", stands best alone, although she shares willingly with others. She is whole and at peace with herself and the world.

"Sunflower & Neko, seed sowers*" began as individuals, before Neko sidled up to brush Sunflower's legs. Their mutually supportive care and cheer flashed instantly, and now they are inseparable companions.

"Family" is one of several groupings that these figures participated in. The two taller figures were from a series of several sisters, diverse and yet richly bonded. The smaller pyramid figures were done a while apart and never intended to be together in a scene. The context and energy that emerged when the four came together draws my mind to so many possible stories and histories that I see new ones every time I look at them.

AVÉE, SPIRIT TALKER

Figurative fiber sculpture

10"x8"x2"

NFS

FAMILY

Figurative fiber sculpture

20"x18"x6" NFS

SUNFLOWER & NEKO, SEED SOWERS

Figurative fiber sculptures

18"x10"x2" NFS

MichelleTrachtman ARTIST STATEMENT

Fleur was a labor of love! She started life as a white horse that was made over 15 years ago. With this semesters theme of Wildflowers, called to me to finish her. Working on her reminded me of the late Barbara Graff who created her pattern. She was with me throughout the process of converting her from a plain white horse to the colorful beauty she is now.

Fleur is covered in a variety of cotton flowered fabrics, each of which is hand sewn to her body. She was sewn with visible stitching to help to slow down the process making each stitch a prayer.

Fleur was created without a face, to represent a universal figure that transcends individuality. Fleur symbolizes the collective beauty which emphasizes the idea of shared experiences and emotions that go beyond specific individual beings. By having no face, she leaves room for the viewers imagination to fill in the missing details.

Fleur presented many obstacles in bringing her to life, but I am delighted with the way she turned out. Perseverance won out this time!

FLEUR

Cotton fabrics and polyester ribbon

12" x 12"

NFS

SarahTreanor

I've been experimenting with combining cyanotypes and eco prints this term. Finding interesting ways to blend the two processes has created otherworldly pieces that seem to whisper of the basic elements of life. I see glimpses of both large and small worlds in these… vast landscapes of faraway planets and microscopic cellular worlds. This piece in particular - an eco print of bitterweed that was then cyanotype printed with more of the same plant - reminded me of a complex underwater world and the whole microcosm within it.

This term has been especially filled with discovery, as I have been traveling and working with limited supplies and with plants in a different region of the US than I've worked with before - Indian Blanket, Prairie Verbena, and Palafoxia to name a few. My time traveling has been a beautiful process of expanding and contracting - learning to flow with nature's rhythms.

WATER DREAM No.1

Eco-printed cyanotype on paper

4 x 6" $50

StanUsner

“Fish Parade” My photos from the New Orleans Mardi Gras Museum and fish at the San Antonio Aquarium.

“Gone Fishing” This is a transformative combination of two abstracts I liked with my photo of Spanish children and a fish drawn by a grandson.

“Fat Cowboy” Made for a Texas themed show using two NYPL images. After placing the transfers, I noticed one of the cowboys looking a little overweight.

“Fish Parade”

Photo transfers, oil on aluminum panel 20”x24”

“Gone Fishing”

Photo transfers, acrylic gel, oil on canvas 30”x30”

$535

“Fat Cowboy”

Photo transfers, copper foil, acrylic, oil on canvas 30”x30”

$535

THE ENSO CIRCLE FOUNDERS MichelleBelto

Michelle is a multi-faceted artist and teacher whose work as an artist, educator, and author spans over forty years, three continents, and multiple publications. She holds degrees and certifications in Visual Art, Theater, and Expressive Arts. Michelle's teaching schedule includes instruction in her signature work with paper and wax (Wax and Paper Workshop, Northlight Press 2012) and her life's work developing an insightful process for deciphering meaning and the purpose of the art we create. Her art is in private, corporate, and museum collections. Michelle has been a national Instructor for R&F Paints and adjunct faculty at Southwest School of Art, where she taught a variety of courses in encaustic painting.

Michelle Lyn

LynBelisle

Lyn Belisle is an award-winning teacher, artist, designer, and writer, who has taught a range of fine arts, humanities, English, and graphic design throughout her career. Lyn teaches mixedmedia workshops at Lyn Belisle Studio in San Antonio. She also teaches nationally, recently in Taos, Santa Fe, Provincetown, and Washington State. Her signature media are earthenware, paper, encaustic, and fiber. She has has six one-person gallery exhibits since 2011, and recently retired from the faculty at the Computer Science Department at Trinity University. Lyn is an active member of the San Antonio Art League, the Fiber Artists of San Antonio, the Potters' Guild, the Encaustic Art Institute, the International Encaustic Artists, and The American Craft Council.

RESIDENT CONTACT INFORMATION

Flo Bartell Flo.bartell@gmail.com

Website: flobartell.com

Anna Boedecker annelboedecker@yahoo.com

Website: arthealsthesoul.com

Ann Bonestell abonestell@gmail.com

Website: bonestellstudios.com

Gail Byrnes gailbyrnes@gmail.com

Website: harmoniahealingarts.com

Sue Conner runbalance@gmail.com

Website: sueconnerartist.com

Joanne F Desmond redhorsestudio33@gmail.com

Website: joannefdesmond.com

Sandi Hall sandisays@icloud.com

Website: cottonandsilk.wordpress.com

Gail Higenell gail@gailhifenell.ca Website gailhigenell.ca

Ann Leach ann@annleach.com

Website: annleach.com

Vanessa Martin-Langone

Website: vanessamartinlangone.com

Marian Mckenzie-Cone marian@planetnz.com

Harleen Osburn harleenosburn@gmail.com

Maggi Peachey maggi@maggipeach.com www.maggipeach.com

Irene Peake irene.peake2@gmail.com

Nanette Roche rochebender@verizon.net

Mary Frances Spears me@maryfrancesart.com

Website: maryfrancesart.com

Ingrid Tegnér ingridtegner@gmail.com www.ingridtegner.com

Heather Tinkham heather@tiglioarts.com tiglioarts.com

Michelle Trachtman ktg@sasktel.net

Sarah Treanor streanor.com sarah@streanor.com

Stan Unser stanunser@aol.com stanunser.com

Thank You

Wild Flowering

We gather together to discover and remind one another of what is flowering within each of us.

Sharing the wild abundance, we find as we rekindle the creative flame.

Ingrid Tegnér

Photo: Sarah Treanor

‘Here is the thing about wildflowers

They take root wherever they are

Grow strong through the wind, rain, pain, sunshine, blue skies and starless nights

They dance, even when it seems there is nothing worth dancing for They bloom

With or without you.’

-Alisha Christensen, Still Growing Wildflowers