…is an offering of rituals and seeds to scatter, giving us all a chance to be in the mud of our private and communal grief, and revel in these healing plants as they grow and bloom (and yes, eventually die).

This project grew from the seeds of friendship and inspiration between Katrina Goldsaito (The Sound of Silence and so much more), Petra Page-Mann (Fruition Seeds and so much more) & me, Jessica Gath. We look forward to feeling together and with you. And to seeing who and what comes up in future seasons’ incarnations.

roots

still growing

compost

Center for Sustainable Practice in The Arts Quarterly Journal Q40

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thaw

early 2022

The above beautiful words are by Katrina Goldsaito. Click them for a printable .pdf

You Can Thaw Your Own Heart Wherever You Are

For a printable, two-sided zine of the illustrated instructions above click here. For just the words on a single, printable page, click here.

Click the image above to be taken to Fruition Seeds

Click here to be taken to Petra’s growing library of resources for do-it-yourself seed saving and more!

For additional grief resources and information about their accompanying exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Elegy: Lament in the 20th Century click here.

Share your hearts with us on social #HowToThawYourOwnHeart #TheDirtOnGrief

Related Published Writing

The Center for Sustainable Practice in The Arts Quarterly: Q40 Spring/Summer 2023, “Compost”

Orion Magazine: Spring 2021, Sharlene Leurig & Jessica Gath. “Wish You Were Here: Postcards from the future”