by Juliet Batten | 28, May, 2024 | Seasons Newsletter
Samhain/Kiwi Halloween, has passed, and we are entering the season of reflection and rest. I find myself shifting into a quieter mode, as I contemplate the slips I witnessed on another west coast beach. A beautiful valley, with a stream, nikau... 
by Juliet Batten | 13, Nov, 2023 | Art in nature
INNER CHANNELS – 1 21/12/81 Feminism had opened up an inquiry into the inner channels of my reproductive system. I painted ovaries and fallopian tubes and charted my menstrual cycle through daily temperature readings, to determine the moment of... 
by Juliet Batten | 11, Jul, 2023 | Uncategorized
Mānawatia a Matariki! This year, the second national Matariki holiday takes place on July 14th. You may have already gathered the profound significance in te ao Maori of the return of these stars, the home of the ancestors. You may also... 
by Juliet Batten | 23, May, 2023 | Uncategorized
As the season releases into the quiet of winter, with Matariki still absent from the night sky, do you find memories surfacing? — especially when you consciously let go of things that once were treasures? Two days ago when the sun was... 
by Juliet Batten | 27, Apr, 2023 | Uncategorized
Autumn is a season of release. Leaves fall, light fades, crickets slow down then cease their song, the days shorten, and flowers drop into the earth. I’m in the flow of the season, letting go of small things (and some big), taking stones to...