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Victoria BC

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Little “self cares”… tiny creative practices

2 things… ————— I’ve added a new dat

Revisiting my many layers of bilateral drawings…

From this morning’s Creative Rest group… stitc

I’ve just added a new date for my Grounding, Rhy

Vancouver community! I have some space available i

A big beautiful rock in the middle of my neighbour

My holding container… holding.

Making containers… to hold all of the things.
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From yesterday’s Creative Rest group 💛.

October Bilateral Drawing Club starts on Sunday 💛.
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BDC is an online space to show up & draw together ...building a habit of it. No chatting. No check-in’s. Just music, drawing, and a few prompts & thoughts from me.
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You can arrive late, leave early… come to as many or as few sessions as you like. Camera on or off, pants… no pants, show your face or just your drawing hands. You can draw standing, sitting… dancing, wiggling, in stillness… on the floor, wall, table, door, window… with lots of different materials or very few… you can show up however you show up… in a mood, in a state, in flux.
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This is a practice of exploring rhythm, repetition, pause, movement, expression, soothing…curiosity. Integration, regeneration. This is a practice that is a gift to our nervous systems.
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Links in bio for more info & to register.
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Schedule:

Mondays 6-6:30pm PDT
Tuesdays 12-12:30pm PDT
Thursdays 9-9:30am PDT
Sundays 12-12:30pm PDT
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This is a space for those who are wanting to BUILD a care practice …a way of supporting ourselves, IN community.
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#BilateralDrawing #BilateralStimulation #DrawingClub #CommunityCare #Community #SelfCareAsNonnegotiable #SelfCareAsSocialAction #CollectiveHealing #ArtTherapy #NervousSystemHealth #NoMoreBurnouts #FuckGrindCulture

REPOST from @wetsuweten_checkpoint
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Please read full caption below (& click through to original post for a continuation in the comments).
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Content Warning: Ongoing effects of “Residential Schools”. Please share the contact info for & use the 24-hr Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419 if you require emotional support.
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This reminder comes from a personal perspective… also, I’m exhausted.
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I can’t stand watching people just brush over abuses and/or harms.
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Growing up in my community, I watched so many people who had been deeply impacted by the negative effects & traumas of “residential schools”. I saw harms continue to be perpetrated by those who held so much hurt in themselves. I saw others cover it up.
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The colonial government, the church and the police tore our children from family homes… in front of their families. When family shouted, screamed and fought to keep their children safe, they were met with violence. They were silenced through violence.
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The “schools” stole the voices of our children by taking our language from our children… and did so through horrific crimes. When they spoke out, they were met with violence. Violence that I heard some speak of only while in the midst of numbing their pain.
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Children learned to stay quiet so that there was no further harm by priests & nuns. Parents learned to stay silent so Indian Agents & police didn’t end up killing them.
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Violence & traumas were brought home, accompanied by the legacy of silence…
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The learned silence of colonial violence.
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The ongoing effects of colonial violence are alive and well (and will continue to be so) each time someone is silenced for speaking the truth of abuses and harms.
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This is a part of the “cycle of abuse”… and is a legacy of “residential schools”.
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“When a victim remains silent, the abuse can continue and there is no consequence to the perpetrator.”
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I have been attacked and there have been many attempts at delegitimizing me, for speaking out. I have watched family support those who have attacked me and I see them engage in the cycles of abuse. It hurts, but I know where the legacy of silence stems from.

Hovering around where things meet. Wiggling in, lo

The bridge…. Having some tech challenges with th

You can draw standing, sitting… on a cushion, on

Taking time to participate in workshops facilitate

Reframing self-care… —————- Enlisting

Finding ways to hold it all… All that we’re l

Reminder! You can join my Bilateral Drawing Club

Next workshop! Slow Curious: Mark Making ———

Vancouver community! I have some space available i

SO delighted to be starting up my group workshops

Next single workshop!
Slow Curious: Mark Making
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In this workshop we'll be exploring mark-making with a light touch, slow, less controlled... holding our materials differently, travelling across the page differently.
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Groups are small (8-11 adults). We’ll start with a check-in and some chatting, a bit of movement (sometimes standing, sometimes sitting, never difficult), music & art-making, and a final check-in where we can share a bit about the process (chatting/sharing is always optional).
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Slow Curious: Mark Making
Friday Sept 24
12-2pm PDT
$35

Link in bio for a time zone converter, and to register.
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Materials to gather:

• Multiple sheets of watercolour or mixed media paper (not large sheets, as you'll be creating a sort of grid, nudging them up against each other edge-to-edge, I like to use 9” x 12” sheets). Minimum of 4 sheets, up to as many as you'd like to use & have space for.

• Masking tape to attach them to your surface & each other. Your grid can end up being rectangular, though it doesn't NEED to be, see what feels good for you.

• Watercolour paints (any sort).

• Paint brushes, jar of water, damp rags.

AND, any assortment of the following (you do NOT need all of these):

• Water soluble drawing materials (pastels, graphite pencils/sticks, pencil crayons)

• Chalk pastels, oil pastels, crayons

• Graphite pencils/sticks

• Art sticks, pencil crayons

• Sharpener for any materials that require that.
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Grateful to be living on the unceded territories of the Lekwungen/Songhees and Esquimalt peoples. Thankful for their historical and ongoing stewardship of these beautiful lands. And honoured to move forward as an ally and co-conspirator in decolonization.