Photo stories for impact

My hope for individuals is that all people will feel supported enough by others and the system to experience a place of non-judgement and balance to be able to move forward in life with love, strength, joy and peace as their companions. Metaphor for life: May today be the day I courageously pursue every opportunity for my highest good. I am in the process of positive change and I’m ready to embrace the waves of life. I’ve got this. Dive in.

My fear of big dogs is now gone after spending time with these two beautiful shepherds. They have also warmed up to me and Ted over the time we spend together. My hopes for the community is for people to stop fearing big/louds etc, to realise that all animals need and deserve kindness, patience and respect. If we approach anyone with fear we will receive fear back. Family, courage, peace, love, confidence, unity.

Peach (on the left), has significantly calmed down over a few months I’ve known her. I’ve noticed she doesn’t fret or excessively bark at strangers or Teddy and I anymore. Because there’s less barking it creates a nicer environment for everyone walking by. Rocky used to be shy but now rams into the fence with excitement, LOL. WORDS: Cute, growth, learn, calm, patience, acceptance.

The clouds pass over and across the river each day. It strikes me as I watch people sit, pass by, greet each other and move, that people are cloud-like too. Our individual moods, shadow-selves and feelings are in states of flux; as passing clouds. Trees reflected here remind me of arms above and shelter for all the birds.

When something is undisturbed, it grows, and the owners in this beautiful home in the forest has let it be and not uproot nor change anything but live there to enjoy it.

I love that this long stretch of Red Rock stands through years, unshaken and has such spiritual effect.

The bottlebrush, beautiful, home to many birds and critters, grows everywhere in Perth and yet can make refreshing cordials and delicious garnishes for treats! How crazy is it that we are surrounded by such beautiful and delicious foods rich in vitamins and nutrients, designed to grow for exactly where we live yet we ignore its value completely and instead spend all our energy destroying our environment to grow food that struggles to flourish in our climate. Imagine if native ingredients were a large and normal part of our cuisine, sourced from First Nations owned companies. How much more appreciation we would have for our environment, for the wisdom of our First Nations people and how much less destruction we would need to create to satisfy our taste buds let alone just to feed ourselves. It’s never been about our land being scarce of food, our country has been sustaining people for over 60,000 years. It’s just our colonial society has chosen to not value what it has right in front of it, and totally disregarded the wealth of cultural knowledge that’s been refined for so long before it.

My hope for the environment is that all of Humanity will remember to view our beautiful earth and oceans from a higher perspective and be in awe of their beauty. That individuals and industry will tread lightly upon our homeland and will nurture nature into a place of healing and peace, so she may support life. That consciousness will be the new currency.

This is a photo of a tree that’s outside my unit, aside the skies it’s the first thing I see out the window. In contemplating the meaning of this project there’s this qualia that’s occurred when I try to articulate thoughts that seem so obvious, it’s a real sense of embarrassment and yet also clarity to me. That interactions between the concepts of the individual, the community, the system, and of the environment are interconnected and that such hopes of a better future involves deep thoughtfulness of one’s capacity and limitations to affect the lesser and greater scales of meaningful change.