Keeping a Nature Journal
In the deep quiet that descended on us in during the first weeks of Covid lockdown, nature spoke to us differently, her voice more audible without the traffic and construction, …
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Entering the Forests of our Imagination
It was after ten o’clock at night, and I was returning to my cabin nestled amid the redwood trees at a retreat center in the hills above Santa Cruz. I …
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Spring Growth & 2021
Noticing Change Now that we have entered Spring and passed the anniversary of the first lockdown, it gives me the opportunity to express how things have changed and how the …
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Wild Writing: Co-Creative Practices & Inspirations
Guest piece by eco-poet and Hawkwood tutor, Helen Moore What is ‘wild writing’ and how is it ‘co-creative’? I understand ‘wild writing’ as part of my own ecopoetic practice, …
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Art as a response to the world around us
Guest blog by Hawkwood tutor Alison Vickery I always enjoy running workshops at Hawkwood which I have now done for a number of years. My art is all about a …
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A Reflection from Contemporary Artist Gizella K Warburton
Guest blog by Hawkwood tutor and artist Gizella K Warburton I first came to know Hawkwood through an invitation to teach a weekend workshop, as part of a new collaboration …
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The Music at Hand
Guest blog by Hawkwood tutor Robert Hollingworth Hawkwood is a rare chance to batten down the hatches and focus entirely on the music at hand. This seems to happen quite …
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Transfiguration: Working with Hawkwood Online
Diana Durham and her experience working with Hawkwood Online The team at Hawkwood have made an amazing transition from on-site to on-line courses, managing to extend the very special spirit …
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Musicianship and Fulfilment
In the special atmosphere of Hawkwood, creative energies become vibrant. Singers achieve a level of musicianship and vocalism that only the calm supportiveness of such a place enables. The feeling …
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The Importance of Setting Healthy Boundaries
The gifts of setting healthy boundaries from a recovering people pleaser. A Personal Perspective At a time when there’s increased blurriness between home and work, between our own needs and …
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Following the Path of the Wild and the Sacred
I learned about poetry therapy in the early 2000s and was to study for two years to become a facilitator. From the start, I was drawn to the nature poets: …
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Nature’s capacity to heal
One of the most remarkable qualities of Nature is its capacity to heal itself. We must wonder at the remarkable intelligence that allows all living systems to be able to …
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Moving to a thriving mindset
Grief, anger, frustration, resentment, disbelief; many of us are feeling those at the moment. Every part of our lives has turned upside down – over night. We find ourselves working …
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The Poetics of Architecture: An insight from David Wilson
A personal insight from David Wilson During the early years of my training as an architect, I was always more inclined to look for hands-on experience of building than to …
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Discover – Flourish, Beyond Wellbeing
‘If you are thirsty you must drink. Do not go to the well looking to teach others to drink’ Flourish: Beyond Wellbeing is a retreat from the business and the …
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Iconographer: a theologian through images
Intro Iconographers Daily Prayer; Rule of The Seven Sacraments. Vol 9 Prosopon Journal Every work has its own time. There is a time for working, and there is a time …
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