Creator’s Catch Up is returning for the summer season, in new and familiar locations!

Our first catch up in the new year will be on the 25th January, 1-3pm at the Jindera Pioneer Museum in my hometown. There's lots of amazing things to look at and experience, and a huge outdoor space to sit down and have a cuppa and some snacks. Entry to the museum costs up to $10, but it will be worth it because I'm thinking of hosting a little Dwelling raffle to offload some old products and get ready for a fresh year of Dwelling projects! This will include stickers, your very own hard copy of issue five, a couple of old zines and some A4 posters. There’s no cost to these prizes, just your arrival and chance!

February will be a quiet month for Dwelling as I will be flying overseas for a short time and busy working on a special project at my part time job, so the next catch up will be on the 1st March, from 9-11am in our classic meet up space, the Albury Wodonga Farmer’s Market.

To finish off the summer season, the next catch up will be on the 29th March, from 1-4pm, where we’ll be doing something different, walking along the Yindyamarra Sculpture Walk sketching as we go. I will provide more information closer to the date!

When we reach the colder months, I will be organising new locations and dates for catch ups, but I’m also preparing for a paid Still Life Drawing workshop with a local business. I hope that this peaks your interest, because I’m certainly excited to host such an event. More details to come.

Back to Rewilding

In good old Danielle fashion, I get distracted with new projects and abandon old ones, so here’s to me trying my best to stick to this one!

As I try to comprehend what Rewilding truly means, I have used this section of issue five to share creative outlets for taboo, unusual or challenging subjects. A lot of writing seemed to fit into this section, which felt appropriate as I have tried my best to include more writing in Dwelling this time around.

I helped edit a short story written by Riversong Muse (I proudly yell ‘that’s my mum!’) called Dreams, focusing on the imagery and language to bolster the story, pairing it with a beautiful drawing of a lighthouse (also by my mum). This story perfectly describes the obscure symbols and strange qualities that a dream gives you, and when you finish the story (or perhaps wake up from the dream) you want to go back and analyse every sentence and its meaning. I’m glad to have shared a very well written story, and I hope that you give it a chance when you look at your very own copy of issue five.

I asked the question on Instagram: what do you wish you could create, but feel like today’s society isn’t ready for yet?

I knew it would be a difficult question to answer, but I was pleasantly surprised to be gifted a handful of thoughtful poems. I shared Milly’s poem in a previous post, but I also want to share Lucy’s poem Threnody:

Lay me to rest with humble hands,
Clad stoically in bark.
Carry me in linen cloth,
To Bryan’s Beach by dark.

Wallaby will greet you,
Pobblebonk will sing.
I want to be where Moses grew,
Before I meet our King.

I’ll find you in a Good Place,
Where I can breathe without air.
Man of Clay will return to dust.
Until then my love, take care.

Collage in perspective

Some of you may recognise Daphnee’s work from the very first DwellingZine, and she also shared some beautiful collages in issue five.

My favourite is the main artwork Wilder Paths. Here is one that I loved but didn’t make it into the magazine:

Thanks for being here, and happy new year! I hope 2025 brings you wonderful things and creative joy 💛
Danielle J. France
artist, writer, editor

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