Jessica Sweeney

October 1, 2020

Rachel Carson's The Sense of Wonder

Jessica Sweeney

October 1, 2020

A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of 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.
-from The Sense of Wonder by Rachel Carson

What a joy and privilege it’s been to see this project that began after a brief initial conversation with Mia Eckes (@cloudwalkerstudio ) really starting to come to life as we prepare for our two @wellspringmotherart Fall Pop Up Retreats! I&rsq

Excitedly preparing and gathering materials as we get closer to the @wellspringmotherart Fall Pop Up retreats!

Thank you to all who’ve already signed up! With the busyness of the school year and the rest we should seek this Labor Day weekend,

Go check out this special giveaway to celebrate the launch of Wellspring: A Mother Artist Project! A bundle of goodness for creatives everywhere. All the details can be found over at @bycatherinericketts and @wellspringmotherart pages!

It’s today!! Join me over on @bycatherinericketts at 1pm ET for an Instagram Live conversation as part of her Mother/ Artist Lunch/Break series. We’ll be exploring the intersections of making, parenting, and the spiritual life.

See you

In case you missed this in my stories, I’ve been reorganizing books and am trying to make a little bit of space. So I’m doing a little mini book sale in my stories.

Go check it out, everything is less than $10, I haven’t priced an

I’m so, so excited to get to chat with Cat Ricketts this Thursday about making, motherhood and the Wellspring Project! Tune in at 1pm this Thursday over on Cat’s page:

@bycatherinericketts

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The Mother/Artist Lunch/Break is a ser

Childlike wonder.

I love going to museums with my girls because they bring such life and joy to my experience of walking through the space. Whether it’s a Natural History Museum like in these photos or our more usual art museum adventures.

“I am not good at compartmentalizing so my studio practice and my artistry has got to somehow meld in a fluid way with my mothering, which has to somehow meld in a fluid way with my prayer life, which then naturally connects with our church lif

I’m so excited!!!! Head over to @wellspringmotherart for all the details and to REGISTER!

Let us know if you have any questions. Not a mother artist, or too far from Philly or St. John’s, MN? Check out the opportunity to SUPPORT a mothe

Zinaida Serebryakova, “At Breakfast,” (1914).

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