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# Being with what is
- URL: https://emilymorter.com/being-with-what-is/
- Published: 2025-08-22T22:29:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-14T04:12:51.000Z
- Description: a visual diary of my month
- Author: Emily Morter
- Tags: Writing, Art

Aug 2025

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Seasonal moments I’ve noticed here in Melbourne:

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![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/b5723145-87ff-41fd-81e6-38139bce9eff_1965x1950-jpeg.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/bd691258-37b6-48cf-bd73-d03cbb6fd873_2432x2309-jpeg.jpg)

Wattle blooming, winter haircut, book week celebrations, Aug 2025

Thinking about ageing, finding meaning in life, the seasons/hormonal stages we move through as women… we experience and practice these seasons daily, weekly, monthly, yearly. So why does it feel harder to accept across the span of our lives?

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/e04a8222-c727-455b-98d6-bef0a84ab2e1_3708x2311-jpeg.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/f6d93297-6b1d-4dec-a1e5-5e46d2eb157e_3707x2311-jpeg.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/27103980-26b4-4ac0-b2dc-351e0950d634_2221x3608-jpeg.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/50afc7be-1138-4e8f-9d68-5ab011a44469_2258x3636-jpeg.jpg)

Maiden, Mother, Maga, Crone collages by me, Aug 2025

Using art as a way of **being with what is**. Letting feelings and thoughts swirl and tangle and be messy as I create. Gleaning ideas, knowledge, facts. Mixing them so new ones can bubble up:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/ec559947-ea7c-436a-9ba0-4b2d1d331799_941x950-jpeg.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/5e65a331-f1aa-4fcd-9286-20b7a56d2147_2659x2725-jpeg.jpg)

Solar surface photo from sun.org, my version in stitching, Aug 2025

Life drawing class at [Galleria Crocodillo ](https://www.galleriacrocodillo.com/?ref=emilymorter.com)\- a way of freeing up my eyes and hands, shifting the way I perceive shape, movement, weight, shadow and light. Working quickly allows me to shed detail and perfection:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/1177a98a-9080-41b2-9381-9be2532e6329_2740x3073-jpeg.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/6dab1ded-9dad-48d4-b43f-39acbe37d6da_3028x3058-jpeg.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/96260a10-ded5-4418-9240-891b0892ce4d_2972x3139-jpeg.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/ec/5dece2dd-1b31-4e64-87f1-1d453618bd9f/content/images/2026/08/15de32ec-627f-4dab-bdb0-9002e743565b_2824x3160-jpeg.jpg)

Drawings by me, Aug 2025

**Inspiration**

[Always Home, Always Homesick](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223268360-always-home-always-homesick?ref=emilymorter.com)

[Joanna Macy as a nurse log](https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/in-honor-of-joanna-macy-1929-2025?ref=emilymorter.com)

[Sensing Place](https://www.fibreartstaketwo.com/courses/debbielyddon?ref=emilymorter.com)

[Weaving truths](https://www.commonground.org.au/projects/weaving-truths?ref=emilymorter.com)

Much Love,

Emily

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