Hello Creative Friends —
Have you ever heard the word inscape? It was coined by Gerard Manley Hopkins in referring to the: “‘Inscaping the heart’ a recurring theme in the poetry of Hopkins. The heart concerns itself with beauty, directs the reader heavenward.” [Source]
It’s the land inside of you that colors your world.
It’s the space of your spark, the place where you sent the flame.
🎧 We talk about this inscape and nature’s landscape on this week’s podcast and how one is intimately connected to the other.
There is also an invitation for you inside today’s pod chat 🐦⬛⬇️
A page has turned and it is those who move in faith of purpose on the whispers that this week’s podcast is for.
🔥 Have you felt that things are changing - -but you aren’t exactly sure of the next step?
Yes! So many of us are feeling the same way; the seeds that were planted so very long ago have finally rooted. Maybe like me, you had to get very quiet and still to hear what needed to fall away and what needed to be watered, congratulations. We have arrived at our next adventure.
I am still in the process of untangling knots, yet I can feel a larger space and capacity. It’s a learn as you go process for me. How about you?
To expedite the inquiry, I recently cleared out a closet, my phone, and removed the second best options everywhere I looked to make room for that which is waiting for me.
🎧 Story of found gold here (if you ever read, Women Who Run with Wolves, you have to watch this: https://www.instagram.com/insights/media/3728308714572164058/
* If this is you:You can hear the whisper and you know, but aren’t sure.
* Join Women & Birds.
* 3 Wednesdays together together— “though it is the smallest of seeds, when it grows it is the largest plant that becomes a tree, so that birds can perch in its branches” (Matthew).
It will be the time spent to pull weeds, plant (the right) seeds, and gather fruit.
See you there & until then until this week’s chat on the the preciousness of the inscape,Kate
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