[Image Description: A zine in an 8-page layout.
The first page displays the title of the zine “Nature Where You stand” in big letters. Around it is a collage of plants— a mix of old photos and line-art of leaves and flowers. It is separated from the title text by a solid, squiggly line.
The second page reads “For my birthday, my uncle got me a book with a pretty cover: Root & Ritual”. The book’s title is written below and bigger than the rest of the text, and has a simple line-art drawing of a sprout on one side and a line-art drawing of some sort of grain on the other side. There are also four simple stars surrounding the book title.
The third page reads “I was interested, but also intimidated. Knowing the natural world intimately felt so… out of reach.” The words ‘out of reach’ surround a drawing of a hand reaching out to the top right corner of the page.
The fourth page reads “So I treaded with care through the book, hoping to explore a new language. I knew I felt connected to the land, but felt so lost on how to interact with it.” In the bottom right corner, there is a doodle of one side of a small, rocky hill.
The fifth page reads “When it talked about foraging, it reminded me that dandelions are edible, something that felt familiar and accessible. Suddenly, foraging wasn’t just hiking endlessly.” In the middle right section of the page, there is a small line-art drawing of a dandelion— the yellow kind, not the fluffy kind.
The sixth page reads “Once I tried one, a whole world opened up. I started seeing plants and wondering if they were edible or poisonous or maybe just gross. I tasted white clover and learned to avoid petty spurge.” On the bottom of the page is a line-art drawing of petty spurge leaves, and a white clover flower sticking out in front of the leaves.
The seventh page reads “I’d known that humans and ‘civilization’ aren’t separate from nature, and can’t be treated as such, but I’d never felt it. Nature is all around me, and I can engage with it all.” At the bottom of the page is line-art of a tuft of grass, some flowers, and cabbage sprouting from the ground.
The eighth page reads “Curiosity has bloomed, and there is so much more to learn. Try + let it bloom for you, too.” Below that, there is a dashed line, which has the words “by Xalli, 4 May 2023” underneath it. Underneath those words is the Instagram logo next to “desertfirelight,” the Substack logo next to “palmlungs,” and the Tumblr logo next to “baringteeth.” Best to those usernames is line-art of a little bird with a word bubble that says “Ty for reading!” /End ID]
hi there !! this is my first ever zine called Nature Where You Stand, about connecting to the earth and realizing that we are not as separate from the natural world as we feel
you’re free to turn your screen over and over to read this on your device, or you can print it out and fold it into a zine, using only one sheet of paper. linked in these words is a little visual & word-based tutorial on how to do it
it’ll look like this (though hopefully a bit better, if you have a nicer printer than i do) !
[Image Description: A photo of a hand holding a printed-out version of the zine, where the zine is slightly open so you can see the cover and a little bit inside of one of the pages. /End ID]
of course, fold where the page visually ends and not just where it should end, because i’m certainly not practiced enough at zines to get it too accurate...
you’re absolutely free to print and keep or even distribute or trade this zine-- just please don’t cut out my name or socials !
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There's a golden path which we have been oblivious of. I'd call it as the middle path, the path that has balance at its core. You see we humans have two basic elements in us - heavenly and earthly. The idea is to know which one it is that you need at this very moment. There are times when your need for something earthly is intense - you crave food, you crave fine clothing, you crave beautiful decorum at your home etc etc. Then there are times when your need for something heavenly is intense - like prayer, solitude, meditation etc. The whole point is to never belong too much into either of these polarities. When you feel you're indulging too much into one, then jump to the other - that's how you run the show, that's how you keep the momentum always on a rise and high. If you stick to any one for long - you'll be bored, exhausted and may even lose your enthusiasm for life itself...
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Our love was born
outside the walls,
in the wind,
in the night,
in the earth,
and that's why
the clay and the flower,
the mud and the roots
know your name.
🌿Pablo Neruda, Epithalamium
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I had a lovely productive housework day today. Cleared a kitchen cupboard that needed sorting, defrosted the freezer, washed and put the washing away and sorted the boys rooms.
Now time to relax, here's a beautiful earthly emerald and copper pendant necklace.
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