Learn by Noticing and Connecting by Ken Frame
In response to COVID-19 the ‘Live Up’ COVID COMMUNITY was set up to support our communities with practical wellbeing resources that can be used for these extraordinary circumstances of social distancing, community lockdown and quarantine. This article is from Ken Frame from and it combines 3 of the 5 Ways of Wellbeing (learning, noticing and connecting).
Rain
One of my favourite kinds of weather is rain. The straight down persistent sort. And there is nothing better for my soul than to go for a walk in the rain. I like how the rain, as a medium, allows me to connect with myself, my surroundings, and to contemplate the universe. It is truly an awe-inspiring time. It allows me to notice the extraordinary in the ordinary, to hear how beautiful the sound of raindrops are when they hit the leaves, to acknowledge how I am just the same as the wet cows staring back at me from the paddocks, the simplicity and beauty of life. Learning about myself through connection and noticing. It allows me to be. I truly recommend going for a walk in the rain by yourself.
Andy Goldsworthy is an artist who likes to define what it is to connect with and to notice himself in this world using nature.
Check out this short video below.
After watching the above vid, take yourself out in the rain (when it is raining obviously). P.S. Don’t forget to wrap up warm. No brollies, allow yourself to get wet, it is all part of the experience. Go for a walk, and if you feel inspired, make your own response to nature sculpture. When you get home there is nothing better than a hot shower, and a hot drink, to warm you back up.
Above is a photo I took on my walk ‘being’ Andy Goldsworthy. Then the next day I went down to the letterbox and to my surprise I found these left behind. Obviously, someone else enjoying a walk in the rain.
“Happy Connecting and Noticing. I hope you learn something about yourself and foster a love of the rain”