low sun shining through trees in late summer

Wintering Well in Scotland

A photo of a pile of long, thin candles that have small paper hand guards at the bottom so that participants can hold them for a candle light vigil for winter and the changing seasons.

Wintering Playlists

[This is where we will gather songs recommended by our research participants for facing the season and feelings of SAD]
A distant photo of one of the workshop participants wearing one of the reflective blankets in a community garden reflecting on their experience during the winter.

Winter Scenes

[This is where we will gather paintings and other visual artwork recommended by our workshop participants]

Rosnes Benches | Galloway Forest

An interactive artwork: "The benches slow us down, create stillness, change our viewpoint and help us to remain in the moment and be part off the immediate context that surrounds us".

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Victoria Crowe’s painting Large Tree Group: it depicts a dark mass of bare winter trees. In the foreground, a small figure (the painter's neighbour, the shepherd Jenny Armstrong) passes by. She is dwarved by the trees, which spread their dark branches above her against the backdrop of a snowy landscape.

Large Tree Group by Victoria Crowe

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A pair of bullfinches nestling close in snowy bramches. Their feathers are shockingly red and purple in the otherwise muted branches.

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The Sky Gazers | Galloway Forest

An interactive artwork: "The three Sky gazers are wooden seats for resting and looking upwards. Located at lat 55° 4’4.92″N, long 4°24’9.30″W in the Galloway Forest Park, they stand as a trinity of objects waiting for visitors..."

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