31/08/2025
I'm pondering where next to take my creative and herbal practise after recent workshop delivery.
I've enjoyed it so much and the enthusiasm of the participants, young and old alike has really filled my heart with joy.
It's times like these that make me remember why I started my Gatis journey and, how, in recent years I've been forced away from my hearts joy so much by red tape, funding and the general stress that running a multifaceted business entails.
This year my health has taken a nose dive and its forced me to slow down but its also highlight just how much burn out I've been in. Trying to do everything for everyone all the time, it just cant keep going on, so from now on I'm going to carve out time for myself and developing what makes my heart sing.
Today I had planned on gutting my home office - its desperate! but I decided that whilst the sun was shining I'd sit outside and do something for me. In last weeks workshop my intrepid trainee hedgewitches managed to gather quite a lot of oak galls and acorns. Whilst each trainee took acorns home to try and grow mighty oaks they all left the oak galls! Here is a peek at my effots in making oak gall ink! Have loved the process and made a superb ink and its showing me that my heart lies in plants, colour and art - this is what my soul needs right now!
If there is interest I may consider running some classes in pigment and ink making. Lets see what develops (lols see what I did there!)
What makes your heart sing today?
