The belonging and support found within the natural world can run deep, and engaging in creativity can help cultivate our sense of belonging by nurturing a sacred bond with the natural world.
Dùthchas is a Scottish Gaelic term, speaking to the interrelated embrace between community, the land, culture, language, history and tradition. A place-based way of knowing, it evokes a sense of belonging, and ethical reciprocity between place and community.
After many of us (and our ancestors) have been uprooted and shuffled about, we might be feeling the loss of our sense of dùthchas, trying to find ways to feel like we belong, wherever we may find ourselves.
The belonging and support found within the natural world can run deep. Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013) observes, “Knowing you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.”
Engaging in creativity is one way we can cultivate our sense of belonging, through nurturing a sacred bond with the natural world.
Explore these concepts in an online, 1.5 hour long creative workshop. Thank you for bringing a pen, paper and whatever art materials you enjoy and may have on hand.
Exchange: $45 CAD
