Solace

Life, loss and the healing power of nature

Solace
Catherine Drea
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NZ$ 56.99
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NZ$ 46.73
Hardback
h216 x 135mm - 224pg
12 Sep 2022 IRE
International import eta 10-19 days
9781788492973
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Solace is that feeling of calm and comfort, that sense of peace that is all around us when we are open to finding it. Writer and photographer Catherine Drea explores the solace to be found in nature and creativity. She reflects on loss, the cycle of life and the healing power of family and community. She muses on the joy of finding a place to call home, the escape that travel brings and the exhilaration of plunging into our waters - all the while embracing the therapeutic power of observing the ordinary and the everyday. With the passing seasons, her camera captures fleeting moments in nature - the light and lie of the land with its precious wildlife: among them sentinel robins, elusive Irish hares and serene swans. Solace is quite simply a balm for the soul. ' In this beautiful book Catherine Drea explores deeply emotive issues, calms the mind, soothes the soul, and focuses her sensitive lens on the wonders of the natural world. ' Alice Taylor, author of To School through the Fields
In this beautiful book Catherine Drea, while delicately exploring deeply emotive issues, calms the mind, soothes the soul and, through the sensitive lens of her camera, focuses the eye on the wonders of the natural world -- Alice Taylor
Catherine Drea is a visual artist, writer and blogger who lives and works in rural County Waterford. Catherine writes a column called ' As I See It' for the Waterford News & Star and a blog on www. foxglovelane. com. A graduate of National College of Art and Design (NCAD) and University College Cork (UCC), she has worked as a graphic designer, an art teacher and a group facilitator. In 1994 she co-founded Framework, a small charitable organisation, which supported community development and equality projects in Ireland. In 2010, after the economic crisis, Catherine and the Framework team began working from home. In 2011 she began to blog about Foxglove Lane, the small patch she calls home, and has won four Irish Blog Awards, including Best Photography Blog in 2018. A lifelong activist, Catherine has been a campaigner in a number of social movements over the years. She remains a passionate advocate of equality, biodiversity and the natural world. She is currently Chairperson of the Waterford Healing Arts.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781788492973
Published: 12 Sep 2022
Published In: Ireland
Imprint: O'Brien Press
Publisher: O'Brien Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 448g
Pages: 224

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