I am continuing my readings on Instagram. This piece was written a while ago, but seems apt at this moment, where fear can lead to conflict and despair and isolation might lead to feeling disconnected. Courage and love – can have greater power – if we listen to the Beloved. Love to all. June XXX
Breathe and Run . . .
Run Something is chasing us. Is it a powerful virus called Corona? Is it anxiety turned to cruelty stripping the supermarket shelves? Is it fear turned to arguments on the public transport when someone coughs? We aren’t we worrying more about what are we running towards? Can we take a deep breath and runContinue reading “Breathe and Run . . .”
In Times of Trouble . . .
Today I will be thinking as, an artist, writer, storyteller, of all the positive things I can do during this time of the Corona Virus pandemic! I feel calm and resilient, but protective of the vulnerable, but unlike Cyclone Yasi, which our family went through and recovered from, we don’t know when this particular situationContinue reading “In Times of Trouble . . .”
Seaspray17: Ocean Photography & Haiku Poetry – Review
Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
Seaspray 17: Ocean photography and Haiku Poetry, (2019) Poetry by Dannika Patterson and photography by Kian Bates. (Morningstar Books, Capalaba) ISBN 9780648577805, 38 pages, landscape, RRP $30.00 Looking for something to dive into this weekend, to just take your mind off the current state of the world, and imagine, transform…
Meeting an Anthropologist
Originally posted on June Paisa Perkins:
One of my Aunties – in her face I see my mother so clearly! Rotorua, in Aoteroa/ New Zealand, has one of those aromas that you can never forget and which is hard to escape. For me the strong smell of the sulphur is overtaken by an experience that…
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