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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

8/8: Amulet of the Solar System (Ancient Rome, c.100-200 CE) Made from space junk, drawn from the 130 million fragments of debris almost invisibly orbiting the Earth.

Amulet of the Solar System. A spherical shaped, glittering piece. Made from space junk, drawn from the 130 million fragments of debris orbiting Earth.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

7/8: Netsuke of a Pair of Birds Touching Beaks (Japan). Made from regurgitated plastic from an Antarctic baby albatross. They often starve with stomachs full of plastic.

Netsuke of a Pair of Birds Touching Beaks. A small cream coloured figure, showing two birds curled around each other. Made from regurgitated plastic from an Antarctic baby albatross. They often starve with stomachs full of plastic.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

6/8: Amulet of a Human Form in Mourning (Ancient Egypt, c.1352-1295 BCE). Made from residue from Fukushima's nuclear power plant disaster.

Amulet of a Human Form in Mourning. A small, dark grey amulet. The shape is a little indistinct. Made with residue from Fukushima’s nuclear power plant disaster

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

5/8: Tyt Amulet (Ancient Egypt, c.2500-2340 BCE) Made from microplastics from the summit of Mount Everest.

Tyt Amulet. A clay-coloured amulet with a hieroglyph design etched onto it. Made with microplastics recovered from the summit of Mount Everest

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

4/8: Amulet of the 'Nefer' Hieroglyph, representing beauty, perfection, and goodness (Nubian culture, Sudan, c.900-1100 BCE) Made from polystyrene recovered from the Mariana Trench.

Amulet of the ‘Nefer’ hieroglyph. A small pale, speckled, amulet, shaped almost like an arrow, but with rounder edges. Made from polystyrene recovered from the Mariana Trench.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

3/8: Amulet of Isis and Horus, Goddess of Magic and Healing and God of the Sky (Ancient Egypt, c.664-332 BCE) Made from the strands of 'ghost nets', discarded fishing nets that drift through the oceans for many years.

Amulet of Isis and Horus, shaped like a hieroglyph style figure sitting on a throne. It looks like grey stone, with flecks of colour and fibres through it. It is composed of strands of discarded fishing nets found in the oceans.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

2/8: Amulet of Buddha (Thailand) Made from microplastics from tyres, one of the largest sources of plastic pollution worldwide, contaminating soil, waterways and marine environments.

Amulet of Buddha. A dark grey, flat, rectangular, shape, with a sitting buddha figure on a plinth, with detailing in the style of an archway around the edges.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

1/8: Amulet of Horus (Ancient Egypt, c.664-332 BCE) Made from chemical waste and nitrogen fertilisers causing eutrophication of the water in Beppu Bay, Kyushu Island, Japan.

Amulet of Horus. A small cream-coloured amulet in the shape of a bird. Made of chemical waste and nitrogen fertilisers causing eutrophication of the water in Beppu Bay, Japan

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I managed to catch 'Afterlife', an exhibition by Katie Paterson whilst it was on in Edinburgh - it's a collection of 200-ish small amulets, created with materials from endangered landscapes and fragile ecosystems and formed into cultural/spiritual iconography. Sharing a few powerful pieces below. 🧵

The edge of one of the curved wooden tables from the Katie Paterson ‘Afterlife’ exhibit, displaying various small objects in little dips in the tabletop.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

URGENT: Staffin Community Hall, on Skye, is at risk of closure if they cannot find new Board Directors asap. This is a significant resource in a remote community, which provides local jobs & supports local ND young people. For further info, contact Jo-Anne Ford at www.slcvo.org.uk

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Aah yes. I know this one well. I always keep a packet of novelty plasters at my bookbinding desk as part of my basic tools now. 🤣

A packet of novelty Marvel superhero plasters, next to a bookbinding brush and some paper and card, on a yellow shelf.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Not sure if the Muppet Show counts here, but the Muppets doing their tribute to Jim Henson is just brutal. 😭😭😭😭

The Muppets - minus Kermit - during the song 'Just One Person' in their Jim Henson tribute episode.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The amazing 'Ballet Black' are recruiting for a company administrator. This looks like a brilliant opportunity for someone to be part of a genuinely innovative organisation. Closing date is 14th May. balletblack.co.uk/the-company/...

Screengrab from Instagram showing the Ballet Black job advert for a company administrator.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

A few weeks of doing the #100plants2026 with @bsbibotany.bsky.social and I can already notice more of the tiny details in my environment. This Common Whitlowgrass was so small, at the side of a path, it would have been easy to miss. I'm grateful I didn't. How beautiful. 💜

Whitlowgrass - two flowers and some buds showing, against groundcover.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

This is basically my phone's photo folder for the foreseeable. 🤣 #100Plants2026

Screengrab of my phone's main photo folder, showing loads of fairly rubbish photos of wild plants, and nothing else.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

By 2070, the likelihood of a global economic crisis due to 'catastrophic climate shocks' will be significant. 'Cascading failures'. 2070 is only 45 years away. Depending on your age, you might not experience it, but most young children alive today will. We need to be doing more and faster.

Actuaries predicted in 2025 that the global economy could face a 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from catastrophic climate shocks, far higher than previously estimated.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Look who showed up for the final day of the Great Backyard Bird Count! 😱😍 #Birds #GBBC #Sparrowhawk #Photography

Sparrowhawk sitting on the back fence, looking into the wooded area out back.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Building a "mass left party"... On Twitter. 🤔🫩

Screenshot of the 'The Many' website showing the social media links as X and Instagram.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I did some cyanotype practice at home the other day. This one uses part of a quote by John Muir. The full quote is 'The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness', which feels like a good vibe to bring into the new year. 💜🌲🍁

Cyanotype on white paper, laying on a green desktop. Cyanotype has lettering, all caps, which reads: The clearest way into the universe. Underneath this are silhouettes of ferns and fir branches. There are white speckles across the page, and a rough white border. In the bottom right corner is some handwriting, noting 'John Muir' as the origin of the quote.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

2.8/10 on IMDB. What can possibly go wrong. #BoxingDay

TV screen shows film header : 'Santa Claus conquers the Martians'

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Still spaces available for our wee online 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club, Tues 25 Nov, 7-9pm (UK GMT) on zoom. All types of 'reading' are welcomed - all you need is something to read! 💜 Free to attend: buytickets.at/coruscatecom... #BookSky #ReadingCommunity #SilentBookClub

Poster for 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club. Purple and green floral edges, with dark blue text. Poster shows the date and time (Tues 25 Nov 2025 - 7-9pm GMT), and information on how the event works: 7-7:15pm, log in via zoom link. Say hi, share what you're reading, or just get settled in to read. 7:15-8:15pm, silent reading hours (mics muted). 8:15-9pm, optional social time - chat about our books, or just continue quietly reading.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

'Without downloading new pics, what is it like to date you.'

Jason and Tahani from The Good Place. Jason is carrying a molotov cocktail and smiling widely. Text surrounding him reads: Be the light you want to see in the world.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

There are still spaces available for this evening's online 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club! Thurs 16 Oct, 7-9pm (UK BST) on zoom. All types of 'reading' are welcomed - all you need is something to read! 💜 Free - reserve a spot here: buytickets.at/coruscatecom... #BookSky #SilentBookClub

Poster for 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club. Purple and green floral edges, with dark blue text. Poster shows the date and time (Thurs 16 Oct 2025 - 7-9pm BST), and information on how the event works: 7-7:15pm, log in via zoom link. Say hi, share what you're reading, or just get settled in to read. 7:15-8:15pm, silent reading hours (mics muted). 8:15-9pm, optional social time - chat about our books, or just continue quietly reading.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Our wee ‘Shelf Care’ Silent Book Club has been running for over 3 months already! Time flies when you have a good book and a cosy chair! Here’s what we were reading at our last meet-up on Tuesday 30th September! 💜 #BookSky #SilentBookClub #Reading #Books

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Today is National Poetry Day in the UK, so I'm sharing this by @mosababutoha.bsky.social - a Palestinian poet who writes of his experiences growing up in Gaza. This is from his collection "Things You May Find Hidden In My Ear". (Full text is in alt text if image is hard to read) #NationalPoetryDay

A poem from the collection: 'Things You May Find Hidden In My Ear' by Mosab Abu Toha

"Leaving Childhood Behind"

When I left, I left my childhood in the drawer
and on the kitchen table. I left my toy horse
in its plastic bag.
I left without looking at the clock.
I forget whether it was noon or evening.

Our horse spent the night alone,
no water, no grains for dinner.
It must have thought we'd left to cook a meal
for late guests or to make a cake
for my sister's tenth birthday.

I walked with my sister, down our road with no end.
We sang a birthday song.
The warplanes echoed across the heavens.

My tired parents walked behind,
my father clutching to his chest
the keys to our house and to the stable.

We arrived at a rescue station.
News of the airstrikes roared on the radio.
I hated death, but I hated life, too,
when we had to walk to our drawn-out death,
reciting our never-ending ode.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

‘Shelf Care’ Silent Book Club is this evening - Tues 16th Sept, 7-9pm (UK time) on zoom. Here’s what we were reading at the last group! All books are welcome - audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels - all you need is something to read! 💜 www.tickettailor.com/events/corus... #BookSky #SilentBookClub

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I've spent today making covers for my wee handbound books and my feet are aching from standing for cutting & pasting! I have definitely lost the knack from my days in retail! I'm looking forward to sitting down for a few hours to READ a book later! 💜 Come join us! buytickets.at/coruscatecom...

Poster for 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club. Purple and green floral edges, with dark blue text. Poster shows the date and time (Thurs 4 Sept 2025 - 7-9pm BST), and information on how the event works: 7-7:15pm, log in via zoom link. Say hi, share what you're reading, or just get settled in to read. 7:15-8:15pm, silent reading hours (mics muted). 8:15-9pm, optional social time - chat about our books, or just continue quietly reading.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Do you need a wee social media palate cleanser? Say no more! I've been learning bookbinding and have started making tiny books! They're only wee, about 8cm, using recycled paper and card, with hand-marbled cover papers. I find the process so relaxing! 🥰 #BookBinding #Books #BookSky #Crafts

A green cutting mat, with metal ruler, awl, thread, snippers, a curved needle, some beeswax, and a small hand bound book with a blue marbled cover and blue thread.

A small book sits on a green cutting mat. The book has an open spine and a blue marbled cover. View is of the side of the book, showing blue stitching.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Silent Book Club evenings have quickly become one of my favourite points in the week. It's so restful to just quietly read in company, and I love that it works well online as well. There's still time to grab a free tkt and come join us this evening! www.tickettailor.com/events/corus... #BookSky

Poster for 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club. Purple and green floral edges, with dark blue text. Poster shows the date and time (Tues 12 August 2025 - 7-9pm BST), and information on how the event works: 7-7:15pm, log in via zoom link. Say hi, share what you're reading, or just get settled in to read. 7:15-8:15pm, silent reading hours (mics muted). 8:15-9pm, optional social time - chat about our books, or just continue quietly reading.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Come join us tomorrow for 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club - Wed 6 August, 7-9pm (UK BST) on zoom. All types of 'reading' are welcomed - audiobooks, ebooks, textbooks, graphic novels - all you need is something to read! 💜 Free to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/corus... #BookSky #Reading

Poster for 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club. Purple and green floral edges, with dark blue text. Poster shows the date and time (Wed 6 August 2025 - 7-9pm BST), and information on how the event works: 7-7:15pm, log in via zoom link. Say hi, share what you're reading, or just get settled in to read. 7:15-8:15pm, silent reading hours (mics muted). 8:15-9pm, optional social time - chat about our books, or just continue quietly reading.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Wee reminder for tomorrow's 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club! Wed 23 July, 7-9pm (UK BST) on zoom. All types of 'reading' are welcomed - audiobooks, ebooks, textbooks, graphic novels - all you need is something to read! 💜 Free to attend - tkts: www.tickettailor.com/events/corus... #BookSky

Poster for 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club. Purple and green floral edges, with dark blue text. Poster shows the date and time (Wed 23 July 2025 - 7-9pm BST), and information on how the event works: 7-7:15pm, log in via zoom link. Say hi, share what you're reading, or just get settled in to read. 7:15-8:15pm, silent reading hours (mics muted). 8:15-9pm, optional social time - chat about our books, or just continue quietly reading.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

I walked in the radical block at Glasgow Pride today. Same as I did in Edinburgh last month, and will again in Stirling, later this summer. Now, more than ever, we need to recapture our protest roots. We need to reclaim our Pride. #NoPrideInGenocide #TransRightsAreHumanRights #BWithTheT

Cardboard sign laying on green grass. Background of sign is painted pink and purple in a gradient, with the words 'Queer as in Free Palestine' and a drawing of a watermelon.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Last week's 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club was wonderful - there really is something powerful about reading quietly in company. Next group is Wednesday 23rd July, 7-9pm (UK time). You are welcome to join us! 💜 www.tickettailor.com/events/corus... #BookSky #AmReading #Books

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Still time to come along for tomorrow's 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club - Wed 9th July, 7-9pm (UK time), on zoom. All types of 'reading' welcome - audiobooks, ebooks, textbooks, graphic novels - all you need is something to read! Free - tkts here: www.tickettailor.com/events/corus... #BookSky

Poster for 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club. Purple and green floral edges, with dark blue text. Poster shows the date and time (Wed 9 July 2025 - 7-9pm BST), and information on how the event works: 7-7:15pm, log in via zoom link. Say hi, share what you're reading, or just get settled in to read. 7:15-8:15pm, silent reading hours (mics muted). 8:15-9pm, optional social time - chat about our books, or just continue quietly reading.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I was a few stories into this anthology before I realised that it's aimed at kids, which either says something about the quality of the writing, or my reading level - probably both! 🤣 It's really good though, and I've been enjoying seeing how different writers imagine alternative climate futures. 💜

Ereader cover of 'Future Hopes: Hopeful Stories in a Time of Climate Change', edited by Lauren James.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

My online Silent Book Club ('Shelf Care') takes place this evening on zoom, 7-9pm (BST). All types of 'reading' are welcomed - audiobooks, ebooks, textbooks, graphic novels - all you need is something to read! All are welcome. Free to attend - reserve a spot here: lnkd.in/ex3H3tX5

Poster for 'Shelf Care' Silent Book Club. White background with
purple and green floral illustation around edges, with dark blue text. Text gives the date and time, and a brief overview of how it works, as follows: 7-7:15pm, log in via zoom link. Say hi, share what you're reading, or just get settling in to read. 7:15-8:15pm, Silent reading hours (mics muted). 8:15-9pm, optional social time - chat about our books, or just continue quietly reading.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This might genuinely be the worst thing I have ever done. 🤦🏻‍♀️😱😭

Screenshot of a group chat. The chat header is 'Star Wars Synchrowatch' with a photo of Luke screaming NO and the group names covered for privacy. I have sent a flurry of messages to the chat which read as follows:
"[redacted] I HAVE DONE THE WORST THING EVER "
"I took a jigsaw to a charity shop a couple of weeks ago, along with some other stuff "
"I just opened up my jigsaw folder board thing..."
"Guess what was in it..."
"..."
"THE FULL EDGED OUTLINE OF THE JIGSAW I TOOK TO THE CHARITY SHOP"
Followed by a row of appalled face emojis and then a row of face palm emojis.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Same with my two (2.5yr old siblings). It's still baby steps with one of them - he'll sit for a wee while without being stroked then get restless and move, but his sister is leaning in to the idea, and it's lovely! It's funny how different stages seem to kick in almost like clockwork.

Starbuck, a short-haired brown and black stripey & spotty cat is spread out on my lap, with her head tucked in to the side and tail curled up. A wee bit like a furry prawn.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I discovered #CeilingsOnSunday today and thought I'd add a contribution (of sorts) from today, which crosses the streams with #Caturday I reckon this technically counts... 🤣 (Also, how do folk add hashtags as feeds or lists? I'm using the standard bsky app on an android phone, if that helps)

A long-haired cat with gray, black and brown stripes and a white chest and paws, sits on a high wooden shelf unit, which is very close to the ceiling. The cat is sitting staring straight up at the ceiling, for no obvious reason. This is fairly typical for this cat, who is a bit daft really.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

A wee bit of wonder amidst *everything* - I've been dipping my toe into some (very) amateur astrophotography over the last year. Just basic set-up, dSLR & tripod, but it's really nurturing my curiosity & delight. I thought I'd share my photo of last night's moon. 😍 #astrophotography #moon

Photo of the moon, showing in the waxing gibbous phase. The moon is large, taking up most of the image. The background is black. You can see craters along the shadow line.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

I'm having a lovely midwinter evening with some themed reading, courtesy of @readingartefacts.bsky.social 💜

The cover of the book 'The Dead of Winter:The demons, witches and ghosts of Christmas' by Sarah Clegg. The book is resting on my knees, which are covered by a dark teal blanket. The lighting is dark, and the book cover shows rich colours, black and gold and red, with images of horses skulls (to represent Mari Lwyd), a devil/goat type figure and a hunched figure in a shawl.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Spent Yule gathering some cuttings from the garden to decorate the house a wee bit, and now having an alcohol-free cider to celebrate 10yrs of sobriety! Blessed Solstice to all who mark it. Here's to brighter days ahead. 💜 #Yule #Solstice #Sobriety

A candle in a warm orange holder sits amongst cuttings of ivy, holly, and fir tree branches. The lighting is dark, with a warm glow highlighting the edges of the leaves.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I saw the Knife Angel in Perth on Sat. Made by British Ironworks Centre from over 100,000 knives used in knife crime, collected during a UK amnesty, it stands 27ft & weighs 3.5tonnes. Some blades have been engraved by families devastated by knife violence. It was incredibly powerful to see it.

Image of the Knife Angel, standing outside the Perth Museum. It is tall and seems to loom high overhead. The photo shows it from the knees upwards, with some of the museum pillars in the background. The angel has a human form, with head tilted and looking downwards with a concerned expression. The arms are bent at the elbow, with hands showing palm open and outwards. The body is mostly compiled of small/medium knife handles, with blades slightly less visible amongst the handles. The wings are almost the full length of the figure and are made of rusted blades. The overall Angel is a rusted brownish golden colour, with glints of different colours of handles or less rusty blades.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

(🧵) Coming back to this thread to add this book: 'A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None' by Kathryn Yusoff. Despite the geological focus, I have found this book helpful in reminding me to be reflective about language, and how we frame time, extinction, and afterlives.

Cover of the book: 'A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None' by Kathryn Yusoff. The book is small with a black cover and yellow title text. It is laying on a black sparkly floor tile.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

(🧵) Today I'm sharing a book that I came to early in my PhD journey, which also resonated strongly for me as a therapist & bereavement counsellor. 'Rebellious Mourning', edited by @cbmilstein.bsky.social, brings together grassroots activists on grief work, resistance & solidarity. 💜

Cover of the book 'Rebellious Mourning', which sits flat on a green desk with a brown wood frame. The book has blue sticky tabs, showing where the reader has made notes.

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Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I can't post much about my research atm, so I thought I'd start a 🧵 of material I've found relevant &/or helps my thinking, instead. This documentary 'The Magnitude of All Things' is currently available on (UK) Prime and is well worth a watch. Content warnings: death, cancer, climate distress.

A television screen showing a still from the documentary 'The Magnitude of All Things', with the silhouette of a woman standing staring out over a vast blue sky. The documentary title shows on the screen, along with subtitles showing the line: "[female narrator] This is how I remember it beginning."

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