Art and Community in Wild Lands
Gretchen Butler Wild Art invites you to enjoy stories, fine and functional art, whimsical sculptures, and books.
Stories from the wild lands…
Cracked
Since two recent 3 a.m. vertigo attacks, I’ve been waking up with fear and dread of another surprise strike. These weren’t dips into a woozy dizzy swaying world, but deep seasick whole-body spasms–you would not like to hear details. The inner ear docs aim to figure it out, but in the meantime I’m exploring how…
Dance
I’ve been hunched over the computer too long. My shoulders need stretching and my inner child needs to wake up before I calcify into an old fogey. Back in the day, dancing enlivened my routine life–polkas, waltzes, swing, belly, aikido, and folk dancing from around the world. The joy connection was so strong I thought…
Shadow
We had zero visibility in a total fog out during the Oct. 14 ring of fire eclipse. I was jealous of friends who were in the right place at the right time for this cosmic shadow drama. However, we were exhilarated to connect with our eclipse friends camping in Northern California’s lava beds. They zapped…
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