A new year, a new month, and another beautiful collection of photos for the Slow Living Project (read this post if you are new to the project). With the new year upon us, Melanie and I wanted to focus on the word ‘renew’ — thinking about the ways we renew and restore ourselves, our family, our world. Asking how, with a slow, mindful, approach, do we make new once again.
This month I found myself particularly inspired by many of the captions that accompanied the beautiful images shared. But I also noticed just as many images that didn’t need a caption at all — it seemed obvious, intuitive, how the image conveyed renewal. When we slow down and listen we know what we need, we know how to renew, ourselves and our world. As always, thank you so much for sharing and inspiring!
The photos and moments that struck me the most are shared below. It is always so hard for me to narrow down the selections, so please visit the full gallery to see what others shared.
Renewal through creative rituals
Photo by @faithevanssills
Photo by @mommetry
Renewed life
Photo by @littlekinjournal
Renewed energy, strength, bonds
Photo by @ambertia
Photo by @ekwetzel
Photo by @veronikagphotography
Photo by @takeapicturelady
Renewed by the elements
Photo by @lewesmap
Photo by @mirvamariaanneli
Photo by @c_theresia
Photo by @azurecollective
Photo by @carinamarienilsson
Photo by @devine_tribe
Photo by @findingjoyforus
Death, rebirth, renewal
Photo by @petalplum
Melanie’s selections can be found over on her blog www.geoffreyandgrace.com.
Thank you to everyone who participated this month and shared their slow living moments. Everyone is welcome, so please join us in February as we explore the theme ‘love’ in the context of slow living. In many places around the world February is a month focused on love, our love for our partners, our children, our family, our friends. As always, please feel free to interpret this word broadly and in a way that resonates with you. Please share your images with the hashtag #slowliving_love so others can be inspired. Last month we started using the hashtag #slowliving_ for all our images in the project, so that we have a hashtag that covers the whole year. Feel free to use it yourself.
You can see previous month’s themes and selections ‘create’ here, ‘explore’ here, ‘bloom and harvest’ here, ‘raise’ here, ‘gather’ here.
Our Pinterest board ‘Slow Living Moments’ includes all photo selections from the project visit it here.
Thank you to everyone who shares photos and inspires us to live slowly, wholeheartedly, with gratitude. Best wishes for a beautiful love-filled month! xo, Danielle
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You might also like my post:
Thoughtful Gifts for Children for Any Occasion
Inhaling the Season, Inhaling the Moment: Cycling through a Snow Storm
The Mathematics of Love: Growing our Family
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I never tire of seeing these roundup posts. The images are all so beautifully curated together. ^_^ I’m honored to be included amongst so many other selections of renewal. That butterfly photo, in particular! It gave me chills!!!
Thank you Erin! You’ve shared some beautiful moments, that are always elevated further by your insightful, honest captions. Thanks for being part of this. Xo
Wow, such amazing images, I really want to up my game and join in but for some reason I have just lost my photography mojo.
Thank you Kizzy, there are so many phenomenal photos shared, but just as important to me are the captions. Just start sharing photos and you’ll find your mojo.