resistance
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There are no margins in the circle
I started my project Open Coven almost ten years ago and in that time it has gone through various iterations from blog to creative business. Only a couple of months ago I was all in with making Open Coven an embroidery business. Each stage of this project reflects what was going on for me personally…
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The Evolution of Open Coven
I am deep into the work of finally launching my new embroidery kits. This work is so joyful and exciting but has also been challenging and required patience. I can’t wait to share them. In the run up to the launch, I thought I would talk a little bit about why I chose the name…
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Choosing to Act
I grieve, I mourn and I worry. I compartmentalize, I steel myself. It’s all I can do while I stare down machines of hatred, greed and fear that seem to be moving across the world. In Tianmen Square, Beijing 1989 the footage and image of a man standing in front of a line of tanks…
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The Power in Creativity
Here in the UK we are experiencing a significant arctic blast. Freezing temperatures and heavy snow have seen our landscape transformed. I walked with my family along the canal and we marvelled at the light filtered through the sparkle of snow frosted branches and the mysterious patterns on the frozen water. The world felt magical…
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Canal Magick
It is not pollution in the canal at Kidsgrove, but iron oxide in the stone that makes it orange. Even so, the look of it was alarming. Not a muddy orange brown, but bright, lurid. When a barge passes through it, it agitates the water creating orange plumes. You can’t see the bottom at all.…
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A Full Moon Ritual forResistance
Preparation Set up and clear your space with a ritual broom and/or smoke/hydrosol. Cast a circle by welcoming the four quarters. Read the following, taken from Leland’s Aradia Queen of the Witches. In those days there were on earth many rich and many poor. The rich made slaves of all the poor. In those days…
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Live Online Full Moon Ritual Tonight
Join me as I invoke the strength of the coming full moon to support all that are fighting against oppression.This ritual is open to all who want to protect and embolden the movement against fascism. YT Live, 8 pm EST June 10th. Resources: Find out about protests https://www.fiftyfifty.one The Immigrant Legal Resource Center https://www.ilrc.org/