Nature connection prompt: Wren

...because we are nature

I love the entanglements in this card, but before I share my reflections or more info from The Wild Cards by Robert MacFarlane & Jackie Morris, what does it bring up for you?

What does the image say to you?

What might the contrast between the spiky entanglement of the blackthorn and the tiny, warm, feather-covered wrens represent?

While most of the wrens face the centre of the frame, the two highest wrens face outside the frame to the left and the right. What might be drawing their attention away and what could this ‘Janus’ like positioning suggest?

What might the colours or the style of illustration represent?

Can you head out into nature now and find some blackthorn or even a wren? Stay open to nature’s wisdom as you look for them and when you find them – what does she have to tell you?

If all that is coming up so far is ‘I don’t know!’ – that’s okay.

Try breathing in for four and out for six slowly to settle your central nervous system – when we are in ‘fight or flight,’ our senses narrow and our creativity is blocked in favour of action.

Ignore my questions if they’re not working for you, and try writing down what you notice in the card before thinking about what it might represent – for you.

Don’t be tempted to scroll down until you have captured at least some of your own thoughts…. These prompts are designed to tap into your inner wisdom and the wisdom of nature – not mine!

All done…?

Promise…?!

Okay.

What comes up for me

At first, this image looks quite aggressive – it’s all spikes and and angles.

But then I notice the wrens – seven of them tucked away in amongst those branches.

And when I look even closer, there are berries on the branches.

The spikes are a defence mechanism – they protect the blackthorn, but they also protect the wrens and other birds – and small mammals – that hang out inside, especially during nesting season.

I love the thought of a tiny wren’s nest protected by a blackthorn fortress.

All of which makes me think of boundaries.