"...as with my painting and gardening approach, the creative process eventually alchemises in such a particular way, so that the final steps are often much more straightforward than previously anticipated. The tweaking comes easy, and the creation turns out quite different from the original vision, but perfectly imperfectly **right**." See the full post and photos via Hive: https://ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/velvet-super-bag #sewing #needlework #upcycling #handmade #clothingforsale

Finally managing to put the secateurs down for a day or two, and getting back into my mojo with sewing *and* painting... Read about the making of these new trousers, from three older (more boring) ones, over on Hive: https://ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/new-clothing-cycle #sewing #needlework #handmade #upcycling

"Keeping our consciousness high is waaaay more important in this adventure than having a secure income, or the 'right machinery', or an electrical current, or vegetables planted in rows and squares..." Read the Full Bloom post on Hive here: https://ecency.com/hive-114308/@clareartista/full-bloom #sovereignty #homesteading #spirituality

Every day we see something on our land that we've never seen before, but some days it is extra unusual: today was a double-headed daisy! Coming from the same stem. Quite glorious; nature rarely fails to surprise us 🌼💮🪷💝 #sovereignhomestead #daisy #margheritina

Where Is Freedom? "I love the feeling of being able to unravel perverse logic like a woolly jumper with a loose thread, to be able to stand very clearly occupying truth and movement and infinite choice, to be play-full in our relationship with Nature and with the Divine, to be the black sheep and the odd one out and even the heretic. All are roles that we can hold lightly, as we move daisy and dandelion plants to our terrace (above the leaking cantina ceiling), shift leaf mold and soil from the wild woods track edges, into our new, naturalised cement deck. It only took us 8 months or so to glean an affordable, straightforward solution, from the infinite choice of reactions we had before us. 😋🤗🥳" Read the whole post via my Hive blog: https://ecency.com/hive-114308/@clareartista/where-is-freedom

We are super-motivated now that we've decided on a place to build: moving rocks, earth and dead wood today, to get a sense of the size and shape that we will live in... 😍🪷🤗 #homesteading #naturallaw #freebuild #naturalmaterials #freedom #moliseitaly

"Aaah, This Time Of Revelation" - a deep-dive into how we navigate the turbulent moments of the veils falling away - has just been published. Listen via Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/4IvFnKkdK8iGQpdHdQcV May this transmission serve our awakening 🙏🪷🙌 #podcast #spirituality #theartoflife

New Plants (Knowledge) - my blog just posted on the Homesteading community of Hive: "In our first 8 months on our sovereign homestead, we've seen massive changes, from dry heat and bare compacted earth - to now lush florally-carpetted meadows and vibrant green edges, with our (water) well methodically filling... And now we enter the four months that we 'haven't yet observed': March through to early July, each lunar turn bringing with it accumulated merit-gained and harvestable living wisdom." https://ecency.com/hive-114308/@clareartista/new-plant-knowledge-and-rekindling #homesteading #slowliving #offgrid #naturallaw

My favourite new winter coat, made from lots of old wooly jumpers, a scarf, and a bodice from a funky cardigan.... Read my full post and see the photoshoot, over on the Hive: https://ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/winter-sweatercoat-photoshoot #slowfashion #upcycling #recycling #homesteadfashion #sweatercoat

A most welcome break from our recent #homesteading adventures, amongst big daisies (probably my most favourite wild flower), sun on our backs, enjoying *svogliatella* and *orzo* 😍 Life is challenging but utterly perfectly-imperfectly beauty-full! #homesteading #haveabreak #daisies #slowliving #freedom

We've mostly been working on the basics, on our sovereign homestead in Molise, Italy, this month. Clearing around the well has been major - hopefully we'll have it full of water soon too! Life is very challenging this first winter on the land, without mod cons, comfort, even basics.... but we'd rather be here creating the lifework/ new world, than back with the crazies and the inverts! **Hallelujah for the simple things and the freedom of being alive & conscious!!**

The latest episode of The Art Of Life podcast is a deep-dive into the early days of this glorious Real Life adventure in returning to natural ways - on our homestead in Molise, Italy, with my twinflame Vincent... You can listen, follow and support my podcast via one of these links: [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6jQFaS6vJfzc1uWGhmPIXJ) [Fountain](

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[Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/posts/149772683) Thank you & Great Good Blessings to all on our journeys into freedom! Clare. #wildness #homesteading #naturallaw #sovereignty #naturalhealth #identity #freedom

I just posted a Reintroduction To My LifeWork, over on my Patreon: "I was a prolifically creative child, as well as a very unusual and aware one. I noticed a lot around me that did not seem True or Authentic. I saw early on that most folks were pretty mad - a view that endures today, unfortunately. I believe that much of my creativity welled up from being left alone (now classified as 'neglect') to learn actively, directly from immersion in Nature and Natural Law. I built shelters, sewed clothing, wrote stories and songs, set up improvised theatres, shops, businesses - then slowly grounded myself in my early teens, in an intensive practise of drawing and painting. I created a unique and inimitable visual language, using the primal (alchemical) practise of intuitive Art to heal, grow spiritually, unlock deeply embodied wisdom and to radiate positive influence in the micro and macro worlds." https://www.patreon.com/posts/149239616

My weekly sewing blog is up on the Hive: "Feels like a nice achievement too, to have carved out space (and time), in our super-chaotic living room/ dining room/ bedroom/ atelier! We only very recently got it fractionally more organised, and it feels about 5000% better to live-work-play in!" https://ecency.com/needlework/@clareartista/new-straps-on-an-old #sewing #repairs #needlework

Our first serious snowfall on the #sovereignhomestead ! Astounding views all round 🤗😍🥰🙏 #naturallaw #naturalrhythms #winterwonderland

A lot of our early #homesteading is flying-by-the-seat-of-our-pants kind of stuff. This is the best way to learn (the most) (in the shortest period of time)! Many of our actions might seem to be chaotic and/ or even desperate... but there are decades (and perhaps lifetimes) of practise, skills accumulated, living wisdom behind what is unfolding. It just needs time. #homesteading #italy #sovereignhomestead

Selling The Arthouse in Guardia Sanframondi, Italy: Bitcoin preferred. #casainvendita #houseforsaleitaly #guardiasanframondi #dreamhome #italydream #btc #bitcoin #btcaccepted

My post on these *favolosi* transformed tweed winter shorts - is now up, over on the Hive blog. "I spent a good few hours sifting through bags and bags of unsorted clothing this week in Guardia: storing my needlework passion is a bit like sorting out photos on my laptop; in the time that new garments accumulate, they create new categories that I hadn’t thought of yet, and then I really have to create an opportunity like this one, to reassess what I have, and how best it can be arranged." https://ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/tweed-shorts-redemption #slowfashion #adjustingclothing #recycled #handmade

New blog post over on the Hive: "This weekend @vincentnijman and I have been in Guardia Sanframondi sorting out the Arthouse – meeting with some altri stranieri, with a view to accessing a wider audience for it now that we are absolutely sure we want to sell it. So this makes organising the last of my belongings which are here, vital: putting our energies into the clearout, which involves a very large collection of lovely materials that have cumulated this past 1.5 decades." https://ecency.com/hive-127911/@clareartista/tweed-shorts-redemption

Looking forward very much to sharing a #needleworkmonday post tomorrow on the Hive blog - my first in a couple of weeks, since we've been in chaos confronted by the winter, on our not-ready-to-live-in-yet abode! So glad to be sheltering back in Guardia Sanframondi temporarily, getting some sewing done, and organising (hopefully) the sale of the Arthouse! #slowfashion #homemade #handmade #houseforsaleitaly