NATUREMBODIED COLLECTIVE

My second release with 2 demos and 2 covers is an EP that I called Hand Painted, as I touch into the quiet majesty of painting/creating in the evenings, this record makes me think of that thoughtful and rich time where little miracles find us.

By Naturembodied (K.E. Wood)

We are in a collective fire season (summer) that asks us to find action and adventure to stoke our potentially more energetic and curious spirits. Creation and quick connections are abound as the plants around us flower and reproduce. Just like the flowers bear fruits, we to can master the art of making something and then taking stock as we see how one ending spitballs into infinite new beginnings. 

Emotional abuse is an extremely common and potentially fatal form of child maltreatment. A recent study featuring over 43,000 Canadians self-reporting on their own maltreatment under the age of 15, concluded a staggering one third of the individuals were exposed to non-physical abuse and 98.7% of that one third, specifically noted emotional abuse (Statistics Canada, 2023). Childhood emotional abuse survivors are more than twice as likely to attempt suicide (University of Manchester, 2019). Additionally, it is well documented that childhood emotional abuse victims are predisposed to serious cognitive disorders and adverse biobehavioural patterns (Al Odhayani et al., 2013).

Engaging the Whole Child in Natural Environments

My philosophy is simple and approaches the child, family, community, environment and my own role with the reverence and gravity they require. I speak the language of astrology, like any language, my mind thinks along the lines of its unique parameters. When I look at young children, I see them as wide, shining constellations, families as their essence-imbuing ruling planets, educators as the perspective from earth that enlightens our observations and makes way for the sky to be divided into developmental areas. Our community is naturally made of the relationships or aspects between various planets, constellations, and areas of sky where together we create an impact. The environment is the ever-patient cycle of time, the movement we see happen rhythmically in the sky that we bond with to move more wisely. We are so integral to one another, and as I see how all of us represent the interconnecting pieces that are set aglow in our celestial universe,  I look to each of us with the same wonder, hope, and curiosity that is ignited in me when I look up at the night sky.

Wading through the water has felt nice and calming, I am cooling down from a year of rough actions. I am singing again albeit poorly. I don't mind, its because of the poetry I keep writing, and ringing out (chord) progressions on the guitar.