Take a Walk With Adam - Nature as Medicine

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When I went to the Hero Arts anniversary event in 2019, I got to reconnect with a friend of my brother's - a guy who we all spent a ton of time with in my childhood - a sweet, sweet man named Dave. He lives in Oakland and was nice enough to hop over to Richmond to see me after decades. He was just the same. It was a highlight of the trip. 

Recently, his son, who is almost a carbon copy of Dave, set out to walk the Pacific Crest Trail - a daunting 2650 mile trip on foot, mostly alone. 

I've been following his trip on Dave's Facebook trip and it's incredible. I've long admired Appalachian Trail hikers from afar, but this trail was new to me. Along his route, there are these trail angels who feed the through hikers, let them shower and sleep in their homes and it's just been restoring my faith in humanity. The sights are beautiful, of course, and his observations are sweet and profound. 

When I got my box with today's Hero Arts Kit, my jaw hit the floor. It was like the entire release was a recreation of Adam's journey. I fell HARD for this stunning die, and I used my Daniel Smith watercolor to paint in the trail. After painting it I splattered the black card base with white ink, and layered the die cut onto it. The sentiment is from the kit, and it's such an important message. We need more people to understand and appreciate our relationship with our environment before it's too late.

Here's a pic of me & Dave at Hero Arts.

Here's a link to his most recent post of Adam's journey - just go back on his timeline for the rest of his trip. Here's a photo I loved from his walk. He's been walking for 74 days - and almost 1500 miles. 

There's a new bold print that has a lot of possibilities.I used tape to mask off the trees and ink blend them - the rest is so bold, I thought it looked great in black & white.

I love that the kit features California poppies. That's what I used for my night themed sneak peek card. I stamped the poppy from the kit andn then colored around it with a black OLO marker. I masked it (the easiest it to just use the die and a post-it, and then splattered the black area. 

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Go outside and see what you see this week. There's a lot of life out there.

Loveyameanitbye.