#155 Art, creativity & queer dreams with Jess Kennard

11/23/22 • 51 min

Hey friends, welcome to Sagittarius season. I can't believe we're here, but what even is time anymore? To celebrate I am sending you an episode with one of the literally dreamiest Sagittariuses your way. We covered a lot of fertile ground and, amongst other things, talked about the following:

The intersection of queerness, creativity and spirituality
Daydreams as portals
Keeping a dream journal
Creative community building & healing

Jess is an expressive eco-arts therapist and facilitator who is passionate about weaving together creativity, queerness, and spirituality. They have been imagining and creating ever since they can recall and have devoted their formal learning to fiber arts, ceramics, printmaking, and “trauma-responsive” art therapy. Informally, Jess has studied herbalism and permaculture, ritual and ceremony, dance and movement, and dreamwork. After years of facilitating creative groups and community spaces in person, Jess is opening "The Sacred Third Creative Well-being" this fall to expand their offerings to a wider, virtual community.

Here is more info about the beautiful free community offerings Jess mentioned: https://www.jesskennard.com/

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Thank you!//

The intersection of queerness, creativity and spirituality
Daydreams as portals
Keeping a dream journal
Creative community building & healing

Here is more info about the beautiful free community offerings Jess mentioned: https://www.jesskennard.com/

Thank you!//

Previous Episode

#154 Making a creative winter wellbeing plan

Hey friends, this episode is not a long waffle - just a little reminder that now is the time to put some nourishing and creative winter wellbeing resources in place. If you're nesting and thinking about time to rest and dream I am right there with you. Here is the creative retreat I mentioned: https://www.yarrowmagdalena.com/creative-winter-retreat/ I would love to see you as we bring in the new year

Thank you!//

Next Episode

#156 Creativity as a refuge with Monique Francis

Hey friends, deepest exhale. Winter is here! I am sending this from a snowy Scottish landscape on a sleepy Monday evening. My guest Monique Francis is so dear to me, I love the way she embodies creativity and all the care and intention she brings to community. I hope this conversation will bring some joy you too. Here is some of what we talked about:

Creativity as a refuge
Exploring different arts & crafts with childlike wonder
Building community online and offline
DIY monastic life and not being part of transactions

Monique is a disabled and monastic creatrix who is grateful to be a guest on the unceded ancestral lands of the Coast Salish peoples in so-called Vancouver, Canada. She's the founder of Fully Woven, a crafty care collective and Prioress of Sanctuary of the Arts, a contemplative arts community. She's also in the process of establishing a Free Little Art Gallery (FLAG) in her neighbourhood. Monique's had various roles throughout her life - Anglican sister, grief counsellor, somatic therapist - all of which have the common thread of being collaborative practices. She delights in a pared-down pace for her daily rhythm with her beloved dog and cat companions, and believes quite firmly a day is not complete until a mess has been made at her craft table.

fullywoven.com

Love, Yarrow