Episode 133: Kelly Carmody – Painted Trails Art

<p>Kelly explores her love of nature through many different creative outlets, including nature journaling, photography, and embroidery. Kelly uses creativity as a way to understand and connect with the landscapes of her local area.</p><p>Listen to hear more about:</p><ul><li>Kelly’s childhood experiences of the ocean and the coast.</li><li>The power of making connections with animals.</li><li>How being vulnerable can lead to important connections between people. </li><li>How the pandemic reconnected Kelly with art and nature. </li><li>The landscapes close to Kelly’s home.</li><li>Tracking the seasons in your nature journal.</li><li>Practicing drawing at home so that we can be faster and more accurate in the field. </li><li>Actively resisting perfectionist tendencies and the need to ‘produce’ something.</li><li>Kelly’s creative practice and favourite art tools. </li></ul><p><br />You can connect with Kelly and her work on Instagram <a href="https://instagram.com/painted_trails_art?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">@painted_trails_art</a>.</p><p>If you are interested in Richard Louv’s book that was mentioned on the podcast, you can find it here: <a href="https://richardlouv.com/">Our Wild Calling: How connecting with animals can transform our lives – and save theirs</a>.</p><p>In our conversation we referred to a previous conversation I had with artist Sarah Byfield. You can listen to that episode here: <a href="https://www.journalingwithnature.com/podcasts/episode-51-sarah-byfield">Episode 51 – Nature as an expression of love</a>.</p><p>Kelly mentioned a book that is a favourite in the nature journaling circles. It is called <a href="https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books">Braiding Sweetgrass</a> by Robin Wall Kimmerer.</p><p>Kelly talked about her perpetual nature journal which is a method of journaling invented by Lara Gastinger. You can learn more here: <a href="https://www.laracallgastinger.com/perpetual-journal">Perpetual Nature Journaling</a>.</p><p>I referred to a book by Danny Gregory called Shut Your Monkey, whic