mother to mother

Grief from alinah 1169 days old

Now the rage has died down, and after my last counselling session and latihan, I am finding a way to be with the deep, deep sadness that has risen up ...

In the eye of the storm from alinah 1175 days old

The Mother to Mother project, now that it is online and i am simply maintaining the garden rather than creating it, has given me a prickly gift: of realising ...

Mother to Mother: the garden growing, week1 from alinah 1203 days old

July 25th-Lewes, sweltering heat. its been so moving getting these 'plants' in the in-box, (and more than i had thought too - 50 in 6 days) and sometimes ...

Persian Gardens: in dreams and reunions from alinah 1210 days old

Week 6 notes: Dream gardens Re gardens i recalled that in fact there have been some gardens in my life that really weave me and my mother together. ...

The Persian Garden: seed idea from alinah 1210 days old

Week 4 notes: The walled garden, a safe closed place for reflection and nurturing. Each woman planting qualities through selecting flowers//or They ...

Mother to Mother Weaving -Session 3 from alinah 1210 days old

I hardly wrote notes for this because I was either weaving . ‘holding the space’ more as it was a more deeply emotional one, or holding C’s beautiful ...

Mother to Mother: Weaving Session 2 from alinah 1210 days old

The second weaving workshop, a very different feel – a lot more women in a smaller space. Most of the group knew each other from the drop-in so there ...

Mother to Mother : Weaving Session 1 from alinah 1210 days old

The first weaving session….C,S and L joined by M. The first three were big conversations for me and they are the very articulate about their motherhood ...

Mother to Mother: Weaving relationships together from alinah 1211 days old

(Mother to Mother Week 4) I learnt how to run these on my last project- (The Loom: from text to textile) . ASF Weave developed this great technique ...

Artist, Mother, Human Being from alinah 1211 days old

(Mother to Mother Week 6) I had Delia with me which was ok as I was mainly occupied with booking people in on the sessions and introducing the project ...