Oh, Emily, what a joy! What magic you’ve woven, here. And, what a thrill to be a thread in this tapestry of hope, and friendship, and sharing, and flight. You are a true artist, and alchemist. Thank you.
Hearing this in full, I felt the hush of wings again.
To be part of this murmuration—with all of you—has been one of those rare moments where words don’t just land, they gather. They carry.
Thank you, Emily, for bringing such luminous care to every line and stroke. Chloe, your words were the wind that lifted us. And to Brad, David, David, Rebecca, and Kimberly—what a gift to share this sky with you.
It was such a privilege to be able to share these words and your voice Jay, along with the others - each captivated me and captured something magical and inspiring that I am so glad to have been able to bring together here 💛✨
Emily, Oh my goodness, I sigh and sigh again - this is so beautiful I hesitate to write anything in reply for fear of breaking the incantation of its truth in my clumsiness.
"I put down my pencil. They are finished. Rising, soaring, carried forward on currents of rebellious hope, defiant love and the silent promise that I will not turn away.
They are my birds of prayer…"
Today and for many days to come, you will be my bird of prayer, may your wings touch the sky and be blessed with glittering sunlight, may all the birds that see you gather in gentle murmuring acceptance of your sweet offering - this is divine! Beyond that even...
With love sweet soul - I hope to see you up there... 🕊xx
Thank you dearest Susie - I don't know if it might break the spell to say that I toiled and toiled and toiled over this post, but all the toiling was worth it, I think. It felt so ambitious and forward to ask the other writers if they might voiceover their words, but what a gift it was that they all said yes and sent their voices to join mine. I feel so lucky to have pulled this off!!
I will see you in the clouds, Susie, let us rise wingtip to wingtip, on unseen and ephemeral currents of hope 💛✨
Emily you have really done your homework. I can’t imagine the work you put in to weave these pieces so beautifully together. I feel like Susie, scared to write to spoil the spell of your magic. I knew you were an inspiring artists butI didn’t realise you had so many strings to your bow.
I thank you for bringing this wave of art, community and positivity wrapped into one to me today. Yes we so need these gestures of giving be it small or even tiny, they make the world a much better place.
Thank you so much Pipp, what lovely words you have shared and it is so very much appreciated. It was a labour of love and I am so incredibly grateful that these incredible writers added their voices to this murmuration. I wasn’t sure if I could pull it off, but I am so pleased with the result. Much love x
While the house was yet silent, Emily I settled back into a comfortable chair and surrendered to this orchestration and tapestry, letting myself simply be carried along on a journey you've so very masterfully painted and brought to life. Bravo, dear friend, and bravo, Chloe for offering the glue of your lyrical, narrator's voice. I can't imagine a kinder, more soul-soothing way to begin a day... a river of air, all those voices, kindnesses, intentions, lifting ...flowing outward. Magic.
Dear David, you weave words so masterfully, it was a gift to include your exchange with David Knowles, one which touched my heart so very deeply when I read it, and to have you read it aloud for me to include here, is so incredibly special. Thank you ✨💛
Thank you Rachel, so much, and thank you for sharing the kindness of your writer friend - I want so much to believe that there are more who are kind, caring and compassionate than those who are not. Your words add to that belief 💛✨
Thank you Jo 💛 it was a gift to gather them and send them into the sky - I am glad of this place where they can travel to the other side of the world to settle with you xx
Such a gorgeous offering Emily. Soaring in currents with you and all the other beauties here is a real treasure. Thank you for being here and offering your uniquely bright, creative spirit with us and including me in it!
Thank you so very much too Kimberly. You are so encouraging and supportive and your own writing is sublime. Thank you for being a part of this endeavour - it was such a gift to include your words and your voice 💛✨
What beauty and grace you have captured here - and then set free! Thank you! 🪽 May there be many of us, hopeful humans, flocking up fearlessly to defend ALL our kin from dangerous men. ❤️✨🙏
This post is a perfect montage of what I agave sensed recently. Such joy in a community of artists and writers. Extending mutual care and wisdom, nourishment and beauty. I am so very glad to part of this. It has lifted me in ways that are valuable beyond measure. Not long ago I wrote a post about paper cranes, which seems fitting here with the topic. https://susannordin.substack.com/p/100-days-of-thriving-6cc?r=d9afo
Thank you Susan, that is so very kind, it’s lovely to have you in this community and thank your for sharing your own letter to add to the murmuration ✨💛
This whole offering is a prayer- the birds, the writings, the tenacious, unbound hope. I am totally swept away. THANK YOU dear friend for the brightest spot in my day. 🙏✨️
Thank you dear Kendall, it is such a gift to have you here in the comments. I’m utterly humbled that these inspiring writers have added their voices to mine so literally in the voiceover - I keep listening just to hear them again. Thank you so much for your kindness 💛✨
Oh, I didn’t listen to the audio (I read this while hiding in my daughter’s tent while she was falling asleep). I’m going to do that today! Thanks! Also, I was wondering if the Birds of Prayer artwork is available as a full print? Otherwise I’m going to get the cards and get creative! I love them SO MUCH.
Was she sleeping in the tent? My children liked to have sleepovers in the tent in the garden, but now my husband built a summerhouse so they can have sleepovers in that in the summer 🥰 I hope you enjoy the audio if you get a chance to listen. Yes, the full picture is available as a print, I just didn’t get round to putting it on the shop yet, I’m thrilled that you like it so much. Let me know if you want me to send you details directly xx
I love tent sleepovers! She was actually sleeping in her bed, but I find the tent more magical and comfortable to sit in while I'm waiting for her to drop off. :) Yes, please send me the details directly! Hooray!
Oh, Emily, what a joy! What magic you’ve woven, here. And, what a thrill to be a thread in this tapestry of hope, and friendship, and sharing, and flight. You are a true artist, and alchemist. Thank you.
Thank you for the gift of your words and your voice, Chloe, and for the endless enchantment and inspiration that flows from your soul 💛✨ Thank you.
Hearing this in full, I felt the hush of wings again.
To be part of this murmuration—with all of you—has been one of those rare moments where words don’t just land, they gather. They carry.
Thank you, Emily, for bringing such luminous care to every line and stroke. Chloe, your words were the wind that lifted us. And to Brad, David, David, Rebecca, and Kimberly—what a gift to share this sky with you.
May our birds keep flying.
It was such a privilege to be able to share these words and your voice Jay, along with the others - each captivated me and captured something magical and inspiring that I am so glad to have been able to bring together here 💛✨
Emily, Oh my goodness, I sigh and sigh again - this is so beautiful I hesitate to write anything in reply for fear of breaking the incantation of its truth in my clumsiness.
"I put down my pencil. They are finished. Rising, soaring, carried forward on currents of rebellious hope, defiant love and the silent promise that I will not turn away.
They are my birds of prayer…"
Today and for many days to come, you will be my bird of prayer, may your wings touch the sky and be blessed with glittering sunlight, may all the birds that see you gather in gentle murmuring acceptance of your sweet offering - this is divine! Beyond that even...
With love sweet soul - I hope to see you up there... 🕊xx
Thank you dearest Susie - I don't know if it might break the spell to say that I toiled and toiled and toiled over this post, but all the toiling was worth it, I think. It felt so ambitious and forward to ask the other writers if they might voiceover their words, but what a gift it was that they all said yes and sent their voices to join mine. I feel so lucky to have pulled this off!!
I will see you in the clouds, Susie, let us rise wingtip to wingtip, on unseen and ephemeral currents of hope 💛✨
It was the most perfect choreography Emily… be proud lovely, its is deserved.
Wing-tip to wing-tip, I’m there… ✨xx
Emily you have really done your homework. I can’t imagine the work you put in to weave these pieces so beautifully together. I feel like Susie, scared to write to spoil the spell of your magic. I knew you were an inspiring artists butI didn’t realise you had so many strings to your bow.
I thank you for bringing this wave of art, community and positivity wrapped into one to me today. Yes we so need these gestures of giving be it small or even tiny, they make the world a much better place.
With love,
Pipp
Thank you so much Pipp, what lovely words you have shared and it is so very much appreciated. It was a labour of love and I am so incredibly grateful that these incredible writers added their voices to this murmuration. I wasn’t sure if I could pull it off, but I am so pleased with the result. Much love x
While the house was yet silent, Emily I settled back into a comfortable chair and surrendered to this orchestration and tapestry, letting myself simply be carried along on a journey you've so very masterfully painted and brought to life. Bravo, dear friend, and bravo, Chloe for offering the glue of your lyrical, narrator's voice. I can't imagine a kinder, more soul-soothing way to begin a day... a river of air, all those voices, kindnesses, intentions, lifting ...flowing outward. Magic.
Dear David, you weave words so masterfully, it was a gift to include your exchange with David Knowles, one which touched my heart so very deeply when I read it, and to have you read it aloud for me to include here, is so incredibly special. Thank you ✨💛
Yesterday I was given a beautiful hand knitted snood from a lady I was chatting about writing with ☺️✨🤍 a beautiful thoughtful act of kindness 💓
This was such a beautiful post ✨ I loved listening to it. You crafted it so well I was captured and enveloped within the birds of hope 🪽🪽
Thank you Rachel, so much, and thank you for sharing the kindness of your writer friend - I want so much to believe that there are more who are kind, caring and compassionate than those who are not. Your words add to that belief 💛✨
Stunning Emily! Thank you for gathering these words so gracefully and winging them to us in all our corners of the world. Wow! ❤️
Thank you Jo 💛 it was a gift to gather them and send them into the sky - I am glad of this place where they can travel to the other side of the world to settle with you xx
Such a gorgeous offering Emily. Soaring in currents with you and all the other beauties here is a real treasure. Thank you for being here and offering your uniquely bright, creative spirit with us and including me in it!
Thank you so very much too Kimberly. You are so encouraging and supportive and your own writing is sublime. Thank you for being a part of this endeavour - it was such a gift to include your words and your voice 💛✨
This is absolutely gorgeous. Onward, hopepunks!
Thanks so much Sarah. I love Hopepunks! What an awesome thing. 💛✨
These wee birds are so delicate and pretty 😍
Thanks so much Kim 💕😘
Wonderful!
Best Wishes - Dave :)
Thank you David!
oh this was a delight for a Sunday morning. thank you.
So pleased you enjoyed Nick, thank you for reading 💛✨
What beauty and grace you have captured here - and then set free! Thank you! 🪽 May there be many of us, hopeful humans, flocking up fearlessly to defend ALL our kin from dangerous men. ❤️✨🙏
You are very kind Heather, many many more of us, yes and yes and yes. Thank you so much ✨💛
The Magpie
One summer day
I met the bird
It caught my wandering eye
It danced along a prairie fence
Beneath an azure sky
And beckoned me with no pretense
I chased it through the wispy grass
Worn rough amongst the scrub
Heightening all my senses
Into its world it let me pass
Black and blue with tips of white
Wings like a cape were such a site
Twirling round from post to post
A private dance; my high plane host
My presence was not snubbed
And here I saw a world
So much greater than I’d seen
Before me laid unfurled
Like distant dream
Such a beautiful poem Sarah. What a gift to share here, thank you 💛✨✨
This post is a perfect montage of what I agave sensed recently. Such joy in a community of artists and writers. Extending mutual care and wisdom, nourishment and beauty. I am so very glad to part of this. It has lifted me in ways that are valuable beyond measure. Not long ago I wrote a post about paper cranes, which seems fitting here with the topic. https://susannordin.substack.com/p/100-days-of-thriving-6cc?r=d9afo
Thank you Susan, that is so very kind, it’s lovely to have you in this community and thank your for sharing your own letter to add to the murmuration ✨💛
Brilliant!
Thank you so much Sandy. It was such a gift to create this piece and capture the wonderful voices of creatives that I admire so very much 💛✨
This whole offering is a prayer- the birds, the writings, the tenacious, unbound hope. I am totally swept away. THANK YOU dear friend for the brightest spot in my day. 🙏✨️
Thank you dear Kendall, it is such a gift to have you here in the comments. I’m utterly humbled that these inspiring writers have added their voices to mine so literally in the voiceover - I keep listening just to hear them again. Thank you so much for your kindness 💛✨
Oh, I didn’t listen to the audio (I read this while hiding in my daughter’s tent while she was falling asleep). I’m going to do that today! Thanks! Also, I was wondering if the Birds of Prayer artwork is available as a full print? Otherwise I’m going to get the cards and get creative! I love them SO MUCH.
Was she sleeping in the tent? My children liked to have sleepovers in the tent in the garden, but now my husband built a summerhouse so they can have sleepovers in that in the summer 🥰 I hope you enjoy the audio if you get a chance to listen. Yes, the full picture is available as a print, I just didn’t get round to putting it on the shop yet, I’m thrilled that you like it so much. Let me know if you want me to send you details directly xx
I love tent sleepovers! She was actually sleeping in her bed, but I find the tent more magical and comfortable to sit in while I'm waiting for her to drop off. :) Yes, please send me the details directly! Hooray!