The Spiralic Nature of my Work

Sometime I wish my work was a little more ‘linear’ – as in, if I move from A to B, I’ll get to C.

The thing is, it’s so far from this and the moment I try and lay it out in a straight line it slips through my fingers.

My work has a life and soul of its own - it’s continuously shifting, growing and evolving, whether I’m ‘in’ or not.

When I created the Rewilding Series, I assumed it was a finished product and with a few tweaks, could be replicated again and again.

Oh if only life were that easy!

When I completed the first round of the series, I seemed to enter a chrysalis.

And just like a caterpillar disintegrates inside the chrysalis, so did all that work.

My human self kept trying to pull it out and piece it back together again – my soul asked me to let go and trust.

For weeks I waited - sometimes getting a little glimpse inside, a hint of what was to come.

And finally she started to emerge – this new life, this whole new form!

While there may be some resemblance to the old form (round 1) – she looks and feels very different.

When I first created the series, I saw three distinct terrains we travel through in the journey to our wild self.

The first ‘terrain’ explored the domestic – where we spend much of our lives.

The second explored the edges – the space in between, where the domestic meets the wild.

And the third explored the wild itself – the wilderness, where all life is interconnected.

We reached the end of the journey when we arrived in the wilderness and took part in a solo quest.

While the map looks much the same today, the journey doesn’t end in the wild – this is only the half way point.

In the wild, we uncover our hidden medicine – but what good is it, if we can’t bring it home?

What good is it if we can’t fully integrate it into our lives and share it with our communities?

While first round finished with a rite of passage, the second round IS a rite of passage – one which follows much of the symbolism we see in the hero/heroines journey.

We begin by exploring our ‘wild calling’ – that which comes from the deepest and most expansive parts of our beings, our souls.

To answer her call, we must first remember how to listen to her, communicate with her and trust in her guidance.

We connect with our souls when we connect with nature - the nature that exists both with and around us.

The next stage, ‘wild quest’ takes us beyond the threshold and into the unknown to face our fears and shed all that’s no longer needed.

Here we experience the death of who we once were and the rebirth of who we’re becoming.

We uncover our gifts and our medicine – knowing that this serves more than the self as an individual.

The final stage (what was missing in round one) is the return, the integration.

Here we take all that we’ve discovered and learnt from our journey and share it with our communities.

A tree doesn’t exist as an individual - it exists in relationship with other trees, insects, birds and animals.

It’s a part of an ecosystem that supports the whole - communicating through a hidden network of mycelium.

We (as humans) often see ourselves as different or as separate to nature, but really we are the same.

We exist in relationship to one another, to both the human and non-human world.

Our ‘medicine’ wasn’t created to serve the self, it was created to serve the whole.

And this is what the final part of the series is all about – it’s super juicy!

a Final Note:

I’m seeking a group of women who are ready to commit to change – on a personal, and social / ecological level.

This means showing up – not just when everything aligns, but when it feels really freakin hard to show up.

It means committing to the ecology of the group - knowing that what you bring is needed.

I’m still exploring the finer details - whether this round will be in-person, online or a mixture of the two.

But if it calls to you, reach out and tell me about yourself – I’d love to connect with you!