I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
- John BurroughsThe other day in my walk I came upon a sap bucket that had been left standing by the maple tree all the spring and summer. What a bucketful of corruption was that, a mixture of sap and rain-water that had rotted and smelled to heaven. Mice and birds and insects had been drowned in it, and added to its unsavory character. It was a bit of Nature cut off from the vitalizing and purifying chemistry of the whole. With what satisfaction I emptied it upon the ground while I held my nose and saw it filter into the turf, where I knew it was dying to go and where I knew every particle of the reeking, fetid fluid would soon be made sweet and wholesome again by the chemistry of the soil.
- John Burroughs, The Gospel of Nature
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The healing Earth purifies all.
Recent Projects And Random Thoughts
For the month of July, to encourage readers to support this work, Heron Dance is offering a 25% discount off any order of any book (including the recently published Nurturing The Song Within), any original painting or print, framed or unframed, and any notecard set offered on the Heron Dance website.
If this proves popular with members, we’ll continue to offer it indefinitely. If not, it will just be effective for the month of July.
If you are not already, you can become a recurring supporting member here. After signing up, you’ll receive a thank you email with the code.
We’ve recently come across a small stash of back issues of the old print publication Heron Dance. More here.
The new art journal, Nurturing The Song Within, explores the inner work that underlies creative work, and creating a unique life.
Future Zoom meetings for readers are cancelled for the foreseeable future in order to focus on other projects. Maybe in the fall we'll get them going again.
You can keep up to date on future plans for the Readers group here.
