That’s how I feel every time I make my way down to the paddocks and connect with my horses. I offer equine experiential learning sessions. The horses don’t judge. They meet you where you are. All they ask is that you be present. Be honest. And be real. Sometimes that means sitting with discomfort and that’s okay. It’s how we evolve.
Well put. Real life outdoors is actually optimized and efficient. It’s what our bodies need because that’s the environment we’re built for. Appropriate challenges from time to time, wide views of the landscape, and yes taking the trouble to build a fire, which gives energy our bodies can understand.
Agreed. But here's the thing. I honestly think the "thing" isn't rare, it's just rare finding it buried beneath the noise of the internet.
"I fell down an internet rabbit hole" (Oh so easy to do!).
Which, is why I agree with you.
You can't find it there anymore. There's too many people competing cheap, or fake authentic because in the AI slash digital age, "they" have taken over.
It's too bad, because the medium should allow for a way to the real. And really know it is.
"I Would Like One Genuine Experience, please". Me too. Oh so much.
I have vowed to go find it, just like pre-internet days. Being retired gives me this luxury, I know not everyone can do it.
I found it in Door county pottery studios, in an art school, out in the country I didn't know was there. I signed up for an encaustic class in July. It was 400 dollars, but it will be real.
I found it Tucson, at a combo outdoor garden, and local artist display. Some the textile work was amazing. I watched a video there of an old Japanese artist doing sculpture, and the pieces he had made where right there, in a little adobe hut I was standing in.
I found in Santa Fe New Mexico's weekend art fairs on the square (although, I must admit, in "mass" settings, buyer beware.... but they are easy to spot, or ferret out with a few questions). I bought a painting of a road runner, on a ceramic plaque. he was working while I was there.
I stumbled into a coffee shop /art studio in Kauai last month, in the middle of no where, in an old converted building. It was a co-op, artists renting space. I sat and watched (She encouraged it) an artist paint. BOLD, Vibrant. She liked the use of red, blue. I talked to a woman at one of the studios who had African art (looks totally real, but?), she had a pipeline to artists in Kenya trying to make a living, earn enough to go to school. She even had an option to sponsor an artist, 25-100 per month.
I love this. You are so right - it is out there. Even in my humble little Waukesha I can't go a mile without finding art studios, pottery shops, live music, art crawls, beautiful trails, a river that calls to me, and a swing high on a hill at a city park where I sit with my morning coffee and swing while watching the sun come up. So very real, all of it.
It's out there.
Sometimes I fear I get too into what's happening on the screen - that's not real life.
I always enjoy your perspective on things. It is good to know you.
That’s how I feel every time I make my way down to the paddocks and connect with my horses. I offer equine experiential learning sessions. The horses don’t judge. They meet you where you are. All they ask is that you be present. Be honest. And be real. Sometimes that means sitting with discomfort and that’s okay. It’s how we evolve.
Having a connection with an animal is such a gift.
Well put. Real life outdoors is actually optimized and efficient. It’s what our bodies need because that’s the environment we’re built for. Appropriate challenges from time to time, wide views of the landscape, and yes taking the trouble to build a fire, which gives energy our bodies can understand.
Jenn,
"I hate that it is starting to feel so rare."
Agreed. But here's the thing. I honestly think the "thing" isn't rare, it's just rare finding it buried beneath the noise of the internet.
"I fell down an internet rabbit hole" (Oh so easy to do!).
Which, is why I agree with you.
You can't find it there anymore. There's too many people competing cheap, or fake authentic because in the AI slash digital age, "they" have taken over.
It's too bad, because the medium should allow for a way to the real. And really know it is.
"I Would Like One Genuine Experience, please". Me too. Oh so much.
I have vowed to go find it, just like pre-internet days. Being retired gives me this luxury, I know not everyone can do it.
I found it in Door county pottery studios, in an art school, out in the country I didn't know was there. I signed up for an encaustic class in July. It was 400 dollars, but it will be real.
I found it Tucson, at a combo outdoor garden, and local artist display. Some the textile work was amazing. I watched a video there of an old Japanese artist doing sculpture, and the pieces he had made where right there, in a little adobe hut I was standing in.
I found in Santa Fe New Mexico's weekend art fairs on the square (although, I must admit, in "mass" settings, buyer beware.... but they are easy to spot, or ferret out with a few questions). I bought a painting of a road runner, on a ceramic plaque. he was working while I was there.
I stumbled into a coffee shop /art studio in Kauai last month, in the middle of no where, in an old converted building. It was a co-op, artists renting space. I sat and watched (She encouraged it) an artist paint. BOLD, Vibrant. She liked the use of red, blue. I talked to a woman at one of the studios who had African art (looks totally real, but?), she had a pipeline to artists in Kenya trying to make a living, earn enough to go to school. She even had an option to sponsor an artist, 25-100 per month.
That felt real. Keep looking Jenn, its there.
I love this. You are so right - it is out there. Even in my humble little Waukesha I can't go a mile without finding art studios, pottery shops, live music, art crawls, beautiful trails, a river that calls to me, and a swing high on a hill at a city park where I sit with my morning coffee and swing while watching the sun come up. So very real, all of it.
It's out there.
Sometimes I fear I get too into what's happening on the screen - that's not real life.
I always enjoy your perspective on things. It is good to know you.
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