Thought for the day
“If we are not going to focus on crucial issues that underlie our lives now, then when?”
Quoted from the Heron Dance Art Studio brochure.
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anna brones
writer + artist + activist
anna brones
My books:
Live Lagom
Comestible
‘Hello, Bicycle’
‘Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break’
‘The Culinary Cyclist’
‘Best Served Wild’
‘Paris Coffee Revolution’
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“A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full or wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantment of later year…the alienation from the sources of our strength.” - Rachel Carson
Spent last Friday night staring into the dark waters watching the fish light it up as they swam through the bioluminescence. I felt like a child, absolutely stunned by the amazingness of the world around me. What if we worked at channeling that feeling into our everyday lives? Into seeing even the most mundane things in a new way? I made this piece this weekend after that experience, trying to channel at least a little bit of wonder into the paper.
The world has so much to offer, if only we are able to open our eyes and see.
"It’s no longer entirely novel to see women doing the physical labor of winemaking or viticulture in the United States. It’s more novel to see them in charge, whether rising through the ranks as lead winemaker or head viticulturist, or (especially) owning their own winery. So when I see companies that let the leadership of women shine, those are the companies I want to support." - Amy Bess Cook
I have had two pieces published on @sprudgewine recently, one an interview with @amybessyes of @wowsonoma, and the other all about the new women's wine forum @batonnage_forum. Initiatives like these give women a platform and a voice, a space to share and to push for change. “I think, after the 2016 election and a major overall increase in awareness about the ways women were still being treated poorly in our society, women that I spoke with were feeling impressively mobilized—our sighs and reluctancy had turned into a conviction that we could—and had to—stand up and insist on change,” said Stevie Stacionis who co-owns @baygrape and is the founder of Bâtonnage.
So of course after interviewing these women, my mind has been focused on the topic of women in wine, and the connections to agriculture and sustainability, both social and environmental.
I'm hoping to get started on a series of I Look Like a Winemaker papercuts soon, but in the meantime, here's this piece I did as a morning exercise.
Here's to all the women out there working the land with respect and making and serving a drink that they love.
Summer activities I support:
1. Micro adventures, à la hopping on your bicycle late in the evening just to get to your favorite local campsite.
2. Making an effort to look at the world around you with the wonder of a child. Barnacles! Driftwood! Seaweed! BIOLUMINESCENCE!
3. Drinking salted watermelon margaritas from reusable mugs (the recipe from @bonappetitmag is 💯)
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#sheexplores #livewylder #getoutside #neverstopexploring #summervibes #pnwcollective
Oh hey 🍷 ☀️. I was so honored when @vifseattle asked me to make a papercut and turn it into a poster for their Summer Soif wine tasting. It’s Seattle’s biggest local natural wine tasting (plus a couple of Italians). Happening July 29, 1 to 5pm. Snag tickets on the website. #naturalwine #seattle #realwine #papercut #winetasting
I’ve been thinking a lot about doubt this week so I wrote about it over on my blog. “Where is that doubt born? It bubbles up in some of the most courageous, inspiring people that I know, which is why it’s even more important to talk about it, to remind ourselves that we all experience it on some level. We are all afraid. We work in spite of it. We do the best we can.”
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Pro tip: everyone has doubt. The only way to get past it is to show up, do the work, keep moving forward. Go outside. Move. Take a deep breath. Continue. You can read more over on annabrones.com. .
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How do you deal with doubt? I love to hear how other people tackle this insidious beast. Oh and also, don’t accidentally dip your watercolor brush in your coffee 😂
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