Morning Altars | Gail Sweeny :: Lower Portland - NSW, Australia

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What a whirlwind last 3 days here in Minnesota. Built two altars live on NBC + CBS in Minneapolis, built this large-scale public installation at @lakewoodcemetery and then the following day, I led two back to back workshops in the cemetery. 😅
So much loss, so many tears and so much healing with beauty!
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I can’t tell you how aligned it feels when Morning Altars are available to people remembering, grieving, praising life and death. Yesterday a family who was leaving their funeral service spontaneous surrounded the altar and did a ritual for their deceased one. They had no idea what it was or who i was but the beauty was clearly a balm for their broken hearts. 😌
PS. Thank you to the entire team from Lakewood Cemetery, Spyglass Productions and all the hands and hearts who made these events possible. This isn’t the last.
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PPS. Do you SEE how dirty my feet are?! #bliss
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"The Earl of Oracles"
Deerfield Beach | Winter 2019
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MADE FROM palm date, norfolk pine leaf, shell, chewed pine cone, earth
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PROCESS: Misty day. Everything was wet. Fascinated by these turquoise palm dates with their orange center. Placed the altar under the outstretched banyon tree branches. The ants and birds ate all of the fruit.
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MAY WE find our place of belonging when our imagination meets the earth's imagination
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HUMBLE BRAG: If you love my art, you'll love my book. Perfect summer inspiration. Get it today at morningaltars.com/shop

Tonight in Seattle, I’m reading from my book and speaking about the role of ART + RITUAL during CLIMATE CHANGE
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7-9pm
Third Place Books Ravenna
6504 20th Ave NE, Seattle
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Tag your Seattle friends!

And what about making beauty with the most traumatized of us?
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This past Sunday, I had the honor of collaborating with @thebasehealing and @ourplacesociety to build earth altars with our most vulnerable neighbors — those suffering with drug addiction, mental illness and homelessness. We made earth altars right in front of The Harbor safe injection site and dedicated the beauty to those who have been forgotten, to those who have died in that place, to the woman who overdosed nearby on the block while we were working and had to be rushed to hospital.
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Beyond grateful to see the work of Morning Altars bring beauty and sanctity to the hurt places that so deeply plead for it.
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Loving these cool stone blues and sun-ripe orange acorns.
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Built on the edge where the land meets the bay.

Making beauty from/for our life transitions is a way we make meaning with our lives.
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So excited to partner with the historic @lakewoodcemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota to remember, grieve and celebrate life with @morningaltars - I’ll be creating a large-scale ritualized Earth Altar on Saturday, July 12 and leading a hands-on workshop on Sunday, July 13th. TAG your Minnesota friends!

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6030 Park Avenue,

Richmond, CA,

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