In between closing and packing up my business and packing up my city home and moving to my new home and life, after 18 years – I was invited to attend a land art residency programme in the Tankwa Karoo, on Stonehenge Farm. A remote, harsh, dry, barren, stark area, with boundless beauty and never-ending vistas and skylines! I was concerned about the timing, but, in the spirit of change and embracing my new life, I went! And what a great decision it turned out to be…..
Besides the physical journey mostly on dirt roads in wide-open space, it was quite an emotional and spiritual journey….I met amazingly creative people from diverse backgrounds who were very welcoming and non-judgemental…. Learning to connect with people is part of this new journey and it was easier than I expected! I find I connect more easily when I am away from my ‘boxes’….. Hopefully, this will translate well when I move… I will not be defined by my career, my past, my insecurities…..I also hope to connect more with myself!
I had time to meditate and think and listen. Each evening there was a time with the group of fifteen to partake in Reflections… Sharing the day’s events, I was able quite easily to do this….it was sharing an experience, it was not a reflection of me! It was good and I mean to continue with this practice on my new life:)
Some of the Land Art I photographed:





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