Today I have a day off from family, parenting. I have a large house and garden all to myself. I allow myself this space, and a part of me sighs with relief. Something in me begins to open up. This a place I can just be. How rare that is. And how simple.
Listening to a concert recently I was struck by the sense that the music is a gift from the musicians. I would not want or be able to put a price on it. How do we value art, creativity, healing? Or the work of a parent or carer day in day out? The time of a teacher or therapist?
How can we create spaces that nurture and make possible the kind of work we don t want to put a price on? How should or could such spaces be funded?