Painting with Samphire

This weekend, I set myself a challenge to paint without brushes. Instead, I used plants from the garden. I found dried lavender and globe allium, mint leaves and samphire.

This mini painting was created using samphire, a coastal plant that grows here in the river Blackwater where the water and the muddy land meet.  It seemed beautifully symbolic. Samphire thrives in a liminal or in-between space that can feel inhospitable and overlooked yet it’s full of life.

Our inner world can feel like that sometimes too. We can feel caught between the tides but we can find resilience and hope there. 

Therapy can be a place to explore these edges and notice what’s growing there within you, waiting to be seen.