by Anne Peek | Aug 27, 2022 | affinity, animals, archetypes, artistic expression, childhood, communication, connection, creativity, earth, expansion, intuition, messages, nature, possibilities, self-reflection, senses, shadow, soul, spirit, stories, surprise, the feminine, transformation, Uncategorized, vision, wildness, wonder
Snakes appear often in my art, and have for years. Snake also emerged as my animal/symbol for 2022. Is there a message here? Over millennia, earth-honoring cultures around the globe have carved snakes on rock art and painted them on pottery. Because of their ability...
by Anne Peek | Aug 5, 2022 | affinity, aging, artistic expression, beauty, body wisdom, connection, creativity, earth, expansion, harmony, heart, intuition, joy, life-giving, listening, magic, nature, play, possibilities, practice, rejuvenation, senses, spirit, Uncategorized, wonder
A year ago, after a couple trips to Lake Superior, I posted how I had begun there a regular practice of creating earth altars—how energizing it was to create them, why and how I created them (as an intuitive co-creation with the life around me and anchored by an...
by Anne Peek | Jul 28, 2022 | affinity, beauty, heart, joy, life-giving, magic, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, senses, spirit, surprise, transformation, wildness, wonder
Two Lake Superior Haiku Perched on ancient stone Plashing feet in cold clear blue Six years old again Splayed on rocky shelf Long worn smooth by waves and wind I breathe earth and fire AEP 8/29/20 I just returned from 11 days up north at a cabin on Lake...
by Anne Peek | Apr 1, 2022 | affinity, artistic expression, body wisdom, clearing, conflict, connection, counterculture, cranky, creativity, dreams, earth, expansion, foolish, freedom, growth, heart, intuition, joy, life-giving, light, listening, modern life, nature, possibilities, rejuvenation, Sacred Eccentricity, self-reflection, shadow, shoulds, soul, spirit, transformation, values, women, wonder
I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows, or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room. Ray Bradbury The...
by Anne Peek | Dec 4, 2021 | affinity, amusement, balance, beauty, childhood, communication, connection, creativity, dreams, earth, expansion, friendship, holidays, hope, imagination, laughter, life-giving, modern life, possibilities, rejuvenation, seasons, spirit, transformation, Uncategorized, values, vision, wonder
If you could create a national holiday, what would it be and why? That was one of the questions I posed to a group of dear friends who gathered on zoom during Thanksgiving weekend. The question seemed like a playful and creative break from the heaviness and intensity...
by Anne Peek | Nov 1, 2021 | affinity, archetypes, autumn, beauty, childhood, connection, death, earth, expansion, Halloween, harmony, heart, intuition, joy, life-giving, magic, memoir, nature, possibilities, senses, soul, spirit, stories, surprise, transformation, Uncategorized, wildness, wonder
Tomorrow is November 2, the culmination of an auspicious period for honoring the dead. It is also my dad’s 101st birthday. So I’m going to tell you a story about my dad, a kind of ghost story because it took place at his death. On May 8, 2008 I got a call at 2 am...