A Working Day

My working day consists of remaining calm and finding peace, packing, and painting. Tomorrow I travel to a far away land ( England, London). So today I have been making two gifts for a Goddess, mixing river water with sumi ink to spell otters, and soon I will be doing something similar with pigment to conjure red foxes.

The first thing in my packing has been my ink stone and the gifts. The second thing will be a book, which I hope will give me the haven I desire should I need it. I can think of no better book to take to The Lost Words Prom ( Prom 49). For those coming, if you’ve something you can wear that is ‘Lost Words’, a scarf, a brooch, a goldfinch costume, then do. I will be wrapped in an otter spell.

With the auction for the otter print almost over I thought I would use my finding peace otters to raise money for the Welsh Language book going in to schools. So……

These are today’s otters, made with ink given to me by Xinran, who makes the world a better place. Top row 1-5 left to right will each have a line of the otter spell written on reverse- the line spoken while painted. They are £50 to be donated to the Welsh Language Lost Words fund, BUT email me first. They are originals, so there’s only one of each. And bear with me if I don’t reply straight away. Driving tomorrow then two days of rehearsals…..

Next row down are tiny otters at £40 each- 1-4, left to right, BUT if possible I would like to keep the last two together ( they will be £80 for the pair).

And the big otter on Two Rivers paper, swimming in circles, is £400- 27.4 x22.5 approx.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/geiriau-diflanedig-for-primary-schools-in-wales#start

is 21% funded and rising. There’s a long way to go. I love this land and have lived here for 28 years almost. Although I was born in England, when I first visited here for a weekend 28 years ago I knew that I had come home, with that kind of knowledge that pulls to the salt in your blood and the marrow in your bones. I listen to the land speak and the birds sing. Away from here I feel curious, but not at all at peace. I think that is why my heart goes out to all those migrant people who have not chosen to journey, but have been forced by wars, by famine, by violence, to leave their home. I want to give something back to the place that has welcomed me for so many years, so I give my work, in the hope that you might see something you like there and offer money to support our venture.

So, if you fancy a small otter tag, or a larger one, email me and state which, send me your address and I will let you know if it’s still available. I will try and update this to let people know as they sell. But as I say, be patient. I have much to do.

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