Lori Claerhout
@lclaerhout.bsky.social
northern • likes snow water rock trees • makes kinetic wordy printed drawn collaged textile things • sporadic knitter sewist writer
settler at the border of Treaties 6&8
and Métis Nation of Alberta region 2
loriclaerhout.com
settler at the border of Treaties 6&8
and Métis Nation of Alberta region 2
loriclaerhout.com
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Lori Claerhout
@lclaerhout.bsky.social
· Jan 22
I made this one time, called it the Dreamland Quilt, then hung it between two trees in an outdoor gallery. It’s birch bark pieces with night-dreamt dreams typed on paper and applied to the opposite side.
Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover.
March 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover.
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Welcome to WomensArtBlueSky....thank you for following x
'Little My' by Tove Jansson.
'Little My' by Tove Jansson.
February 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Welcome to WomensArtBlueSky....thank you for following x
'Little My' by Tove Jansson.
'Little My' by Tove Jansson.
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Support your local small businesses every day, especially today.
#pottersofbluesky #patriciapetersenceramics #clay #ceramics #vancouverbc
#pottersofbluesky #patriciapetersenceramics #clay #ceramics #vancouverbc
February 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Support your local small businesses every day, especially today.
#pottersofbluesky #patriciapetersenceramics #clay #ceramics #vancouverbc
#pottersofbluesky #patriciapetersenceramics #clay #ceramics #vancouverbc
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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
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John Lennon on creativity
John Lennon on Creativity
“Every song I’ve ever written has been absolute torture… except for the ten or so songs the gods give you and that come out of nowhere.”
www.themarginalian.org
February 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
John Lennon on creativity
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Love writing satire? Dream of the high-stakes, low-paying world of freelance comedy writing? Well then today is your lucky day. From now until February 26th you can submit to become a writer for the Beaverton. More info on the page below!
Submit Content to The Beaverton
Want to write for Canada’s best satirical news site this side of Rebel News? For the next two weeks only (until we decide to do it again) we will be taking submissions for the glamorous position of Fr...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Love writing satire? Dream of the high-stakes, low-paying world of freelance comedy writing? Well then today is your lucky day. From now until February 26th you can submit to become a writer for the Beaverton. More info on the page below!
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Here is a nice mushroom
February 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Here is a nice mushroom
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Listen, things are fucked, but that doesn’t mean your accomplishments don’t matter. Wrote a book? Got accepted to a program? Recorded a song? One year sober? Whatever it is, share it. Maybe your joy will bring someone else a bit of joy, and we all need that.
February 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Listen, things are fucked, but that doesn’t mean your accomplishments don’t matter. Wrote a book? Got accepted to a program? Recorded a song? One year sober? Whatever it is, share it. Maybe your joy will bring someone else a bit of joy, and we all need that.
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Starting the week off in the right frame of mind. Acts of kindness as #resistance. We have to remind each other of our humanity.
February 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Starting the week off in the right frame of mind. Acts of kindness as #resistance. We have to remind each other of our humanity.
After sunrise cold blueing sky feels optimistic
February 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
After sunrise cold blueing sky feels optimistic
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Holding space for possibility requires continually and consistently choosing to believe and to imagine.
It’s an active state, ESPECIALLY in the face of disempowering factors and ESPECIALLY if you’re part of marginalized communities.
In fact, it’s a lot like active hope married to imagination
It’s an active state, ESPECIALLY in the face of disempowering factors and ESPECIALLY if you’re part of marginalized communities.
In fact, it’s a lot like active hope married to imagination
I can't agree with this enough.
The first step is often to IMAGINE the change you want to talke place. Imagine what could be, imagine it happening, imagine what it would feel, sound, taste, look like.
Let it feel real to you. Then take action.
The first step is often to IMAGINE the change you want to talke place. Imagine what could be, imagine it happening, imagine what it would feel, sound, taste, look like.
Let it feel real to you. Then take action.
If you want to change the world you must first believe that the world is changeable.
And you have to understand that your belief does actually play a role in creating reality. That's how politics works.
And you have to understand that your belief does actually play a role in creating reality. That's how politics works.
February 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Holding space for possibility requires continually and consistently choosing to believe and to imagine.
It’s an active state, ESPECIALLY in the face of disempowering factors and ESPECIALLY if you’re part of marginalized communities.
In fact, it’s a lot like active hope married to imagination
It’s an active state, ESPECIALLY in the face of disempowering factors and ESPECIALLY if you’re part of marginalized communities.
In fact, it’s a lot like active hope married to imagination
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On February 7th, @bandcamp.com is donating 100% of proceeds to LA wildfire relief efforts → cons.lv/n5FsxI
February 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
On February 7th, @bandcamp.com is donating 100% of proceeds to LA wildfire relief efforts → cons.lv/n5FsxI
In our continued effort to get to know members of our Bluesky community better, we’re curious…who are your five favorite FEMALE SINGERS / VOCALISTS of all time?
1. Annie Lennox
2. Nina Simone
3. Stevie Nicks
4. Joni Mitchell
5. Brandi Carlile
1. Annie Lennox
2. Nina Simone
3. Stevie Nicks
4. Joni Mitchell
5. Brandi Carlile
In our continued effort to get to know members of our Bluesky community better, we're curious...who are your five favorite FEMALE SINGERS/VOCALISTS of all time?
1. Ann Wilson
2. Aretha Franklin
3. Mariah Carey
4. Annie Lennox
5. Hayley Williams
1. Ann Wilson
2. Aretha Franklin
3. Mariah Carey
4. Annie Lennox
5. Hayley Williams
In our continued effort to get to know members of our Bluesky community better, we’re curious…who are your five favorite FEMALE SINGERS / VOCALISTS of all time?
1. Shirley Manson
2. Amy Lee
3. Regina Spektor
4. Stevie Nicks
5. Reba McEntire
1. Shirley Manson
2. Amy Lee
3. Regina Spektor
4. Stevie Nicks
5. Reba McEntire
February 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In our continued effort to get to know members of our Bluesky community better, we’re curious…who are your five favorite FEMALE SINGERS / VOCALISTS of all time?
1. Annie Lennox
2. Nina Simone
3. Stevie Nicks
4. Joni Mitchell
5. Brandi Carlile
1. Annie Lennox
2. Nina Simone
3. Stevie Nicks
4. Joni Mitchell
5. Brandi Carlile
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Local woman wakes up, screams into the void so loudly that the void is like what the fuck, local woman, tone it down over there please, makes oatmeal.
February 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Local woman wakes up, screams into the void so loudly that the void is like what the fuck, local woman, tone it down over there please, makes oatmeal.
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🧵 1/3 Hi. Advertising background here. Since we all care about this Canadian origin of products all of sudden here's a very short thread about how to parse labels and stickers. Certain labels mean very specific things with regards to origin and the Competition Bureau is fussy about it.
Grocery stores in Canada are starting quickly identifying Canadian products. #BuyCanada #cdnpoli #peipoli
February 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🧵 1/3 Hi. Advertising background here. Since we all care about this Canadian origin of products all of sudden here's a very short thread about how to parse labels and stickers. Certain labels mean very specific things with regards to origin and the Competition Bureau is fussy about it.
Libraries *are* good for you!
Libraries are good for you, and research agrees.
It’s official: Research has found that libraries make everything better.
Science has backed up what many of us have long been saying: the library rocks. A study from the New York Public Library surveyed 1,974 users on how the library makes them feel and how it affects t…
lithub.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Libraries *are* good for you!
Make them use the words.
If someone says they’re against DEI, forget the acronym.
Make them use the words.
Ask why they’re against diversity.
Ask why they’re against equity.
Ask why they’re against inclusion.
Make them use the words.
Ask why they’re against diversity.
Ask why they’re against equity.
Ask why they’re against inclusion.
January 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Make them use the words.
Week three at curling fun league and I’m learning that one can throw a rock without a finishing beginner breakdance move on the ice #winningatcurling
January 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Week three at curling fun league and I’m learning that one can throw a rock without a finishing beginner breakdance move on the ice #winningatcurling
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I love this time of year because people will post something super dramatic and vague like “Nooooooo” and I can’t tell if it’s about football or *gestures outside window* all of this.
January 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I love this time of year because people will post something super dramatic and vague like “Nooooooo” and I can’t tell if it’s about football or *gestures outside window* all of this.
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hot take but, personally, I would like you to keep creating cool art, we really need it
January 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
hot take but, personally, I would like you to keep creating cool art, we really need it
If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery
January 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery
There’s such kindness in this little video
Bloom – a touching animated short film about depression and what it takes to recover the light of being
Bloom: A Touching Animated Short Film about Depression and What It Takes to Recover the Light of Being
How the warm rays of hope and healing enter the dark inner chamber of leaden loneliness through the unexpected cracks of kindness.
www.themarginalian.org
January 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
There’s such kindness in this little video
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Sometimes when I talk to folks here I feel like people think “organizing” is a great charismatic leader rising from the left and telling everyone what to do and then creating a mass march in the streets that is a cathartic outpouring of emotion (but accomplishes nothing).
No.
No.
January 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Sometimes when I talk to folks here I feel like people think “organizing” is a great charismatic leader rising from the left and telling everyone what to do and then creating a mass march in the streets that is a cathartic outpouring of emotion (but accomplishes nothing).
No.
No.
From Winterson’s intro: “Walking and thinking are sympathetic activities – the brain lives in a cage made of bone and gets a kick from being outside.” Even (especially) in winter.
Winter is my favourite.
Winter is my favourite.
Winter wonder: Jeanette Winterson and others reveal why the cold has them under its spell
Winter wonder: Jeanette Winterson and others reveal why the cold has them under its spell
Too dark, too cold – winter’s charms aren’t as obvious as summer’s brassy joys. But for Robert Macfarlane, Alice Oswald, Poppy Okotcha and others, this is a rich season. Here, they offer ways to lean into it, with an introduction by Jeanette Winterson…
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
From Winterson’s intro: “Walking and thinking are sympathetic activities – the brain lives in a cage made of bone and gets a kick from being outside.” Even (especially) in winter.
Winter is my favourite.
Winter is my favourite.
Hi Kevin! What a beauty
I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋
January 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Hi Kevin! What a beauty