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 | 29, Oct, 2020 | Seasons Newsletter
This spring I am thinking of children. The energy of spring is full of delight and possibilities, as the season lifts its face to the sun and fragrance drifts through the air. On Sunday I wandered through my local park, enjoying an abundance of... by Juliet Batten | 5, Sep, 2019 | Seasons Newsletter, Uncategorized
On a wet August morning last week, my readers surprised me. I had put a question to those who had come from the northern hemisphere to live here in Aotearoa New Zealand: ‘What were the hardest things about adjusting to our southern seasons’? ...
by Juliet Batten | 1, Aug, 2018 | Seasons Newsletter
Do you ever have times when you run low on patience, or even hope? — when it seems you’ve been struggling with something long enough, and you feel the situation may never change? There is a season that knows all about this. It takes place in the...
by Juliet Batten | 14, Jun, 2018 | Seasons Newsletter
How do you maintain your inner fire at winter solstice, when thunderclouds rumble through the sky and cloudbursts drench the air, bringing plummeting temperatures that set you shivering? If you are in the northern hemisphere, you will soon be celebrating summer...