Stones of the Ancestors
I have been wondering about the tension between those of us who are calling for change and those who want to return to 'normal' and wondering how this will play out. Like me, you might also be observing the same tension within yourself, not just on the outside ......
Mandalartivism : Patreon Live Ceilidh
Art is a tool for personal transformation, there's no doubt. It is also a tool we can use to point towards the times we live in as a community. Art can raise awareness and it can give the participants something to digest - effecting transformation on a larger scale....
Mandala Magic : ALIGNMENT reopens for registration (20% discount)
We are mid-way through the eight-fold year already! It's not hard to believe when you've been working through a program that follows the solar cycle closely in the way that Mandala Magic : ALIGNMENT does. Even in unconventional situations like 'lockdown' this program...
Medicine Mandala
A few weeks ago I created a medicine mandala as part of the response to the situation I found myself in as governments across the world reacted to the impact of the coronavirus. I filmed the process as I intended to share it as a workshop over at Patreon (all Patrons...
Live Creative Workshop : TREE MAGIC : Patreon Exclusive
This month's Patreon ceilidh is a live, online creative workshop available to members of Clans Adder, Deer + Beastie. Not a member? No problem - there's still time to join us, if you wish. Patreon is the platform where you can engage more intimately with my work and...
Listen, Learn and Speak the Scots Gaelic (Gàidhlig) and Scots Leid (language)
When I was wee, we were often told to 'speak properly' and that meant that 'aye' became 'yes' and 'naw' became 'no.' We were led to believe that the words we used in the playground were improper. At primary school in the 1970's, the only time we were allowed to speak...
5 Days of Mandala Magic is Back : Answering Common Questions
It’s back! The 5 Days of Mandala Magic has returned with brand new content. This free online workshop explores art journaling with circles, cycles and symbols. This year we begin on Wednesday 20th November. It’s online, available world-wide - and you’re invited!...
Heart Medicine from Autumn Equinox to Samhuinn (Samhain)
The wheel of the year revolves through another cycle - from Autumn Equinox to Samhuinn (Samhain.) Please enjoy this celebration of relationship, a love affair with all that is, despite all that is! Another visual poem on film from my home in Scotland. Features a visit...
ASHES to ASHES : a guided art ritual at Samhuinn (Samhain)
Here in Scotland there is no doubt that this cross-quarter day in the 8-fold year has been marked since time out of mind. In the Scots Gaelic it is Samhuinn, a festival later Christianised as All Hallow's Eve, transported over the ocean to the Americas and brought...
Celebrating the Hairst : a visual poem for the autumn equinox
Autumn is the most poetic of seasons, wouldn't you agree? As we prepare to greet this latest juncture in our eight-fold year - the Autumn Equinox on Monday 23rd Sept - I was inspired to create a video poem in tribute. No great, sweeping epic - rather a modest visual...
Circles + Symbols : Organic Clothing + Accessories
At Lughnasadh I launched Circles and Symbols : an organic clothing + accessories line. Art. Merchandise. Fashion. Pretty controversial topics, especially when you combine them ... So many thoughts I could share. So many points upon which to disagree with...
Merry Making at Lughnasadh, the Lammas Fairs + Personal Mythology
Oh, yes - can you feel it? A perceptible sigh ... a letting down of energies ... a downwards shift ... a ripening ... Here in Scotland, it's Lughnasadh, or Lammas - the first of the harvest festivals and another gateway in our eight-fold year. Marking the...