EPISODE · Nov 8, 2022 · 1H 8M
The Healing Power of Art with Arla Patch
from Home to Her
If you’d like to know whose ancestral tribal lands you currently reside on, you can look up your address here: https://native-land.ca/ My new book, “Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine,” is now available Womancraft Publishing! To learn more, read endorsements and purchase, please visit www.womancraftpublishing.com. It is also available for sale via Amazon, Bookshop.org, and you can order it from your favorite local bookstore, too. You can watch this and other podcast episodes at the Home to Her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK6xtUV6K7ayV30iz1ECigw You can learn more about Arla at her website: www.arlapatch.com You can purchase her artwork, including prints of “Please Abide with Me” here: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/arla-patch/shop You can learn more about Arla’s social justice work here: www.coalitionofnativesandallies.org In addition, here are a few other things we discussed during this episode: Arla spoke about the images in her book, A Body Story, as well as how she made them. You can see some of them here: https://arlapatch.com/a-body-story-1 The Phips Proclamation of 1755 declared the Penobscot Indians to be traitors to the King of England and promised a bounty to be paid for living men ages 12 and older, as well as for the scalps of dead men, women and children. You can read more about this here: https://upstanderproject.org/learn/guides-and-resources/first-light/phips-bounty-proclamation Arla also mentioned the Huichol Indian yarn paintings. You can see some examples here: https://indigoarts.com/galleries/nierika-yarn-paintings-huichol-indians-mexico With the Coalition of Native and Allies, Arla has been arranging showings of the powerful documentary, “Fighting Indians,” about the harm caused by the use of Native symbols and tribes as mascots. You can learn more about this film here: https://fightingindians.com/ For more Sacred Feminine goodness and to stay up to date on all episodes, please follow me on Instagram: @hometoher. To dive into conversation about the Sacred Feminine, join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hometoher To go deeper in your Sacred Feminine explorations, check out the course offerings via Home to Her Academy: www.hometoheracademy.com And to read about the Sacred Feminine, check out my award-winning book Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine (Womancraft Publishing), available wherever you buy your books!. If you've read it, your reviews on Goodreads and Amazon are greatly appreciated! Mentioned in this episode: 1:1 Coaching Available This show has ended, but I'm still available for 1:1 coaching. You can learn more and book a discovery call at www.hometoher.com.
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How can art facilitate healing – of ourselves and others? On the latest episode I dive into this topic with artist, writer, teacher and “creativity midwife" Arla Patch. Arla uses art as a tool for healing, working with her own challenging history to provide the source material for using creativity for personal transformation. Making art has offered a powerful opportunity for her and those with whom she has facilitated art making: breast cancer survivors, incarcerated women, at-risk teens, and survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence (Content warning: this episode includes brief, non-detailed discussion of sexual assault). Arla is the author of A Body Story and Finding Ground: Girls and Women in Recovery, each of which won Independent Publishing (IPPY) Awards, an activist in the area of Indigenous Justice and a co-founding member of the Coalition of Natives and Allies. She is also the brilliant artist whose piece, “Please Abide With Me,” graces the cover of my new book “Home to Her: Walking the Transformational Path of the Sacred Feminine.” On this episode we discuss: • Arla’s spiritual background and early childhood, including some deeply traumatic experiences that she was able to address and heal from via her art • Embodiment as a path to trauma recovery, and how Arla’s art has helped her find the sacredness of her own body – and how her work with others helps them find the same in themselves • Arla’s long association with Quakers, and how Quakers have historically been more accepting of women’s leadership than other religious traditions in the early United States • The story of how Arla’s piece “Please Abide With Me” became the cover of my new book, and how her deep integrity both inspired me and scared me • Arla’s commitment to Indigenous Justice, including her work with the Coalition of Natives and Allies • How and why our allyship must be active, and why it’s so important white women learn to follow the lead of Indigenous teachers and activists
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