the (previous) weekend that was

loading the borrowed car with groceries, suitcases and laughter + a holiday house full of bodies, moving lazily around our environment as the days trundled by + the symmetry of the spring equinox + learning the inherent language of the terrain we were temporarily enfolded within + basking in the warmth of the morning sun + kūmarahou in bloom + ferry rides

otama, opito and matapaua bays + beach walks & cold water swims + digging holes in the sand at low tide at te puia (hot water beach), thermal spring water bubbling up to the surface, mingling with the cold shock of the sea.

returning home, mentally exhausted // from the planning, the protections i gather around myself, and from my inner & outer lives being temporarily misaligned.

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• reading: what it was like recording The Bone People audiobook
• re-reading: this is how you rest. in the delicate space between work and play
• watching: this dreamy music video, made with hand-drawn animations using coloured pencil and graphite.