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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 8h

Finished my very first #drawing #portrait.

The act of seeing with love changes everything.

Perhaps that is what not just art but life, invites us to do: to witness the ordinary until it becomes extraordinary.

#spiritchat #KindledConnection #art

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 2d

A city drawn in charcoal and silence.Each shadow a memory, each line a breath.

Silence does not fade with sound; it becomes what remains.

Read → kindledconnection.substack.com/p/shaping-wh...

#Art #Drawing #KindledConnection

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 2d

I love this! Nice work!

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 3d

A graphite city drawn in stillness.
Each line a breath. Each reflection, a quiet waiting.

Silence, too, has structure;
it holds light and thought in place.

Read → kindledconnection.substack.com/p/shaping-wh...

#Art #KindledConnection #Spiritchat #Drawing

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Janet Nestor @janetnestor.bsky.social · 3d

A4 Yes. I love it when that happens. When that instant connection happens. When you feel like you have known someone all of your life. When someone hears and sees you, you feel at home with them. Or a room /home feels like you have been there before. It is magic! #spiritchat

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 3d

A6) I wouldn't want to return to any home I had as a child. Sad to say but it's the truth. #spiritchat

AjmaniK @ajmanik.bsky.social · 3d

Q6. You went back (to childhood) home again.. but it didn’t quite exist as you remembered it… what happened next? #Spiritchat

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Janet Nestor @janetnestor.bsky.social · 3d

A3 Home to me is a place where I am surrounded by trees and water. They are part of being at home for me. #Spiritchat

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AjmaniK @ajmanik.bsky.social · 3d

Q3. If home is really where the heart is... then where (or with whom) has your heart been at lately? #Spiritchat

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Julie Jordan Scott @juliejordanscott.bsky.social · 3d

Home is a safe space that evokes a feeling of belonging. We long for what comes with being welcomed, seen, heard + the ability to grow roots, to nurture and be nurtured, to be accepted when at our worst, our lowest, our most hurting & know those who witness us there, see our light. #SpiritChat A2

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Julie Jordan Scott @juliejordanscott.bsky.social · 3d

A1. Going home again is a reunion with memory and sometimes in actual place & people. For a long time even though I had a place to live, I felt untethered & disconnected from the concept of home. I am grateful I have rediscovered home, differently now. #SpiritChat

AjmaniK @ajmanik.bsky.social · 3d

Let us begin. Q1. On going home… (again?) ~ how does this phrase make you feel in this moment...?
#Spiritchat

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 3d

A2) For me, this carries the sense that if we cannot feel at home in our own skin, then where else is there where we can be 'home'? #spiritchat

AjmaniK @ajmanik.bsky.social · 3d

Q2. Why is a sense, a feeling of ‘home’ important for us? Does this importance change over time? #Spiritchat

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Kathleen Gresham Everett @everettpoetry.bsky.social · 3d

A1 I moved so often in my younger life that I learned Home was with people who loved you and you loved. But in my adult life, I've also had two True Heart's Homes. First at an old farmhouse in the AR Ozarks and now in the magical little cottage..places that spoke to me and I found peace.
#spiritchat

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 3d

A1) A return to my body (if dissociated), a return to my own heart and soul... It can also be a physical place one longs for. #spiritchat

AjmaniK @ajmanik.bsky.social · 3d

Let us begin. Q1. On going home… (again?) ~ how does this phrase make you feel in this moment...?
#Spiritchat

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 4d

The Winged Victory of Samothrace.

Weathered by time, yet her spirit still ascends.

Even what cannot be restored can rise whole in spirit.

Read → kindledconnection.substack.com/p/shaping-wh...

#Art #KindledConnection #spiritchat #Drawing #statue

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AjmaniK @ajmanik.bsky.social · 4d

Join us in a #Spiritchat community gathering and bluesky chat, Sunday Oct 12 at 9amET / 1pm UTC ~ all are welcome 🙏🏽😌

Topic: On Going Home (Again?)
Cover post: bit.ly/sc140-home25

Host: @ajmanik.bsky.social

#spirituality #kinship #invitation
#autumn

On Going Home… Again

The bluejays seem to have a large reservoir of patience, as they wait for autumn to truly set in before they take over the backyard. In late summer, they watch the blackbirds migrate south and ced…

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AjmaniK @ajmanik.bsky.social · 4d

Join us in a #Spiritchat community gathering and bluesky chat, Sunday Oct 11 at 9amET / 1pm UTC ~ all are welcome 🙏🏽😌

Topic: On Going Home (Again?)
Host: @ajmanik.bsky.social

#spirituality #kinship #invitation
#autumn

A bridge surrounded by trees that are changing color extend an invitation to return home…

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 5d

When I lived in Wyoming for about 4 years, we literally had antelope right across the street from our subdivision in a field. :)

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 5d

What we see above is only an echo of what lies beneath.
The visible is the reflection, shaped by what cannot be seen.

Reflections Beneath the Surface; image from latest post on Kindled Connection.

Read → kindledconnection.substack.com/p/shaping-wh...

#KindledConnection #art #drawing

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 6d

Each mark began in stillness.
Each line carried a whisper.
As I drew, the woman began to emerge from quiet listening.

There’s a moment when form becomes more than shape… when it begins to feel alive.

That’s the moment I wait for. #Spiritchat #KindledConnection #art #drawing #portrait

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 6d

A lantern, a shadow, and the light waiting within.
This charcoal still life taught me that darkness is never empty.

It holds memory, quiet, and the promise of return.

Read → kindledconnection.substack.com/p/shaping-wh...

#ArtAsMeditation #KindledConnection

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 7d

Two pears in quiet conversation between light and shadow.
Stillness revealing what is sacred when we pause to see.

Stillness Made Visible - a new reflection on Kindled Connection.

Read → kindledconnection.substack.com/p/shaping-wh...

#ArtAsMeditation #KindledConnection #Art

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 8d

Before color awakens, there is silence.
Before voice arises, there is listening.

Shaping Whispers into Form explores how drawing becomes a language of stillness and silence begins to speak through the hand. #ArtAsMeditation #KindledConnection

Read kindledconnection.substack.com/p/shaping-wh...

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 9d

I love the colors!

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 9d

Before #painting, there is silence. Before voice, there is listening.

New post, Shaping Whispers into Form, explores how drawing becomes a language of stillness, where silence begins to speak through the hand. #spiritchat #art

Read on Substack → kindledconnection.substack.com/p/shaping-wh...

Shaping Whispers Into Form

Where Silence Becomes Form and the Hand Obeys the Spirit

kindledconnection.substack.com

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Samantha Hall @samanthahall.bsky.social · 10d

Just published my latest post >> Shaping Whispers Into Form #art #crafts #drawing #spiritchat #KindledConnection #portraits

kindledconnection.substack.com/p/shaping-wh...

Shaping Whispers Into Form

Where Silence Becomes Form and the Hand Obeys the Spirit

kindledconnection.substack.com

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