#CMWater With CreativeMornings Edinburgh
Our Perth chapter chose this month’s exploration of Water and Sofia Varano illustrated the theme. It refreshes our bodies - in and out - upon waking, and throughout our waking hours. Diffuses the nectars of beans and leaves into the beverages that set us up for fully charged, creative days. Keeps our car, bus, and motorcycle engines cool. Maintains hydration as we walk and cycle from place, to place - enabling journeys to inspiring places, spaces, and communities. Water, the theme of March’s CreativeMornings events, is - quite literally - a key ingredient in our vitality.
In keeping with this aqueous theme, you all swept in with a refreshing morning joy. Greeted by delicious Bross Bagels, and coffee from The Milkman. Oh, and… a very special, sustainable surprise in the form of stylish reusable cups, from our sponsors at FreeAgent!
A special gift to members of the CreativeMornings Edinburgh community, the FreeAgent cups are wonderful contribution towards our goal of being 100% waste free and sustainable. If you picked one up at the event, we look forward to seeing you bring them along to all of our future events - and thank you for all of your donations! All of those coppers, coins, and notes that you deposited in the donation bucket added up to £40.02, all of which will go to the charities CCLASP and the Refugee Council!
Nourished and buzzing from the sweet energy of our monthly community reunion, we were all keen to hear from our speaker, Anna Deacon. A wild swimming photographer, what sets her apart is not just an astonishing eye for light, movement, and natural beauty; but, also, a true presence for the acts of living and connecting in the contexts in which her photography takes place.
In September 2018, the context and community that drew Anna in was that of the Scottish wild swimmers. Meeting them around Scotland as they took their chilly dips and dives in cool wilderness waters, Anna herself became a wild swimmer - sharing in the revitalising experiences, hearing the stories of her newfound network, and capturing the rosey red cheeked smiles on their faces as the emerged from lochs, seas, rivers, and oceans.
The photography and stories Anna shared in her talk reveal wild swimming to be something genuinely special. Nature’s own healing resource, those who heed her waving, watery call are finding a new process of relief from anxiety, burnout, pain, and grief.
Ending her talk with a conversational Q&A, you all engaged with passion. Clearly inspired by Anna’s wonderful talk… and, perhaps, hearing that call to wild waters, too.
If you, like so many of us, were enthralled by the messages shared by Anna during her CreativeMornings/Edinburgh talk, be sure to follow her adventures via her blog on annadeaconphotography.co.uk, on Twitter @WildSwimmingPh1, and on Instagram @WildSwimmingPhotography.
The month of #CMWater may now be over, but hopefully it’s inspired you to continue your journey into new found creativity, community, and revitalisation. In the words of E.E.Cummings, “For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It’s always our self we find in the sea.”
We can’t wait to see you all at our next event, all on the global theme of ‘Inclusive’. May you have the good fortune to explore the global community that awaits. It’s only ever just a click away… At CreativeMornings 🗺️
Credit: Event Photography by Ellie Morag.
