The Women who came before
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Sometimes I play out a really simple exercise when I need a reminder of where I am, or when I have a choice to make, or when I just need to get re-rounded in the beauty of the life I’m building.
I ask myself - did the women before me get to do this?
For me, the women in question are always immediate family - my Mum and Grandmothers. But there a billions of women it could be.
And the question is so simple and the answer always is too, because despite being so close generationally, our worlds are so far apart in so many ways.
When Bec and I were first planning this, and I told my Mum about the Artful Retreat idea, she replied as she always does to the slightly crazy, always heartfelt things I plan - “LAU, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS! WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN!”
my Mum is wonderful, and the most beautiful person you could ever wish to be born to.
She’s deeply aware of the lineage too.
I shared some inspiration for the Artful Retreat on IG and included this image:
A friend messaged and said one of the women looked like her Grandmother, but that the life being played out was not the one she got to enjoy. It was like seeing a parallel existence play out in that one photo. It brought me back to the question and the answer.
Flying to New York, alone, to spend 3 days to dedicate to myself, my creativity, my joy, my pleasurable existence - this is not what the women who came before had the opportunity to do. It’s a gift to myself, and I have to also believe this is a gift to them, too.
And look I wrote in my IG stories about the necessity and privilege of this kind of time and space - and it is both! It is necessary, it is a privilege. And I’m thankful as fuck that my life get’s to hold and explore these possibilities.
I hope that you’re building a life where if you need it, you get to hold space for these acts of beautiful, vital play too. I hope you’ll join us!
This is your LAST CHANCE to attend the Artful Retreat in October.
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The Artful Retreat is for YOU
Activities will include 'beginning again' - an opportunity to practice a new art form, guided conversations about art and how to find time to prioritise it and an Inspiration Exchange.
See the schedule here.
The Artful Retreat is for YOU
We feel passionately that you don't need a workshop telling you what to do. This is not a hierarchical event - it is peers creating together, talking together, communing together. It's a time for artists to BE artists.
SAVE $150 - BOOK BY MIDNIGHT
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Join Bec and I for 3 and a half days of artful conversation in this beautiful farmhouse in the Catskills, NY this October. Last chance for a massive discount!
Artful Retreat is the only time Bec and I expect to be in the same country in the foreseeable future! Come hang out! Read more about us here.
Laters bbs Xx