The Rainbow Way: Cultivating Creativity in the Midst of Motherhood

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Residents in housing need in the Minehead area should save the date of 19 September to learn more about – and how to register their interest in – a new Somerset Council development in the seaside town. Throughout the ages, thinkers, philosophers and naturalists examined the phenomenon of the rainbow effect, noting its appearance not just in the sky but in other circumstances too. What Is The Original Gilbert Baker Rainbow Pride Flag, And What Does It Stand For?". November 10, 2021 . Retrieved January 25, 2023. Donald Winnicott, renowned British psychoanalyst and pediatrician stated that during pregnancy a mother develops “a state of heightened sensitivity” which continues for some weeks after the baby’s birth. However, when this passes, the mother has what he calls a “flight into sanity” and she begins to be aware of the world which exists outside of her state of “primary maternal preoccupation” with her baby. For many of the women I spoke to this period of heightened sensitivity was also accompanied by a rebirth of themselves as women and creatives, and the flight of sanity was expressed in a profound rediscovery of their creative energies and ideas. For me it was writing which called to me, rather than drama which I had trained in and taught for many years before. Laura transitioned from painting to toy-making, specializing in dolls. Hannah found that she was pulled from fiction writing to nonfiction. For many it meant the movement from more abstract forms of expression and “high art” to more practical crafts, or intuitive forms of creativity. The creative renaissance in new mothers is the result of an incredibly complex, once-in-a-lifetime shift of the woman’s hormonal, emotional, physical and psychological states, along with a total shift in her social role, responsibilities and daily routine. She is blasted from her previous existence into an entirely new self, and some of the myriad changes include: Basil, Zahid Mahmood,Yousuf (June 19, 2022). "Rainbow-colored toys and clothing are seized in Saudi Arabia for indirectly 'promoting homosexuality' ". CNN . Retrieved February 7, 2023. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)

Rainbow Flag: Origin Story | Gillbert Baker". April 11, 2019. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019 . Retrieved June 11, 2019. But in every case, two elements were essential for that characteristic burst of colour, water vapour or droplets and sunlight. Finally, Isaac Newton proved that white light is made up of a spectrum of colours by splitting light with a prism. His discovery, together with the work of others before him, finally explained how rainbows form. The information on housing, people, culture, employment and education that is displayed about Rainbow Way, Minehead, TA24 6FB is based on the last census performed in the UK in 2021.The rainbow flag or pride flag is a symbol of LGBT pride and LGBT social movements. The colors reflect the diversity of the LGBT community and the spectrum of human sexuality and gender. Using a rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBT pride began in San Francisco, California, but eventually became common at LGBT rights events worldwide. Marriage Equality Supporters Camp Out At Supreme Court Days Before Oral Arguments". HuffPost. April 27, 2015 . Retrieved July 21, 2022. Construction is well under way with Classic Builders, the company doing the work, making good progress It is hoped to release some of houses ready for occupation during Spring next year. Polish nationalists trampled, spat on, and burned the rainbow flag during Independence Day marches in Warsaw in the 2020s. In one case a mob burned down a residential building because it was flying a rainbow flag and had a Women's Strike sign. [48]

The rainbow effect is also commonly seen near waterfalls or fountains. In addition, the effect can be artificially created by dispersing water droplets into the air during a sunny day. Rarely, a moonbow, lunar rainbow or nighttime rainbow, can be seen on strongly moonlit nights. As human visual perception for colour is poor in low light, moonbows are often perceived to be white. [4]For the 25th anniversary of the June 1969 Stonewall Riots in 1994, flag creator Baker, aka Sister Chanel 2001 of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, was commissioned to create the world's largest rainbow flag. [107] The mile-long flag, dubbed "Raise the Rainbow", [108] took months of planning and teams of volunteers to coordinate every aspect. [108] The flag utilized the basic six colors and measured 30 feet (9.1m) wide. After the march, foot-wide (0.30m) sections of the flag were given to individual sponsors after the event had ended. Additional large sections of the flag were sent with activists and used in pride parades and LGBT marches worldwide. [107] One large section was later taken to Shanghai Pride in 2014 by a small contingent of San Francisco Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and documented in the film Stilettos for Shanghai. [109] The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed it as the world's largest flag. [110]

The other understanding of “renaissance” is to do with a revival of artistic achievement and vigor, and so many of the women I spoke to in the writing of this book experienced a personal artistic renaissance when they became mothers. For years we may have ignored our creative sides. Busy with our career, love-life, travel and friendships it was left to one side. Now, suddenly it is an all-consuming urge. Some inner compulsion has awakened and will not be quieted down: we must give birth to art, writing, knitting, sewing, songs, plays…and do it now, not in twenty years when the children are grown. It is a secret that we were not told by our mothers or sisters, and certainly not by our careers counsellors or teachers: we can gain access to unknown depths when our mother-self is born and if we have a creative temperament, the birth of a child might also include a massive artistic resurgence. Those who do not understand this renaissance that creative mothers experience try to reassure us and quiet down our fire: you have all the time in the world to paint or write, babies are only young once. Don’t be selfish, you need to focus on your children. They do not understand that this way madness and sadness lie. Many think that this is the only way: have babies and abandon your life and dreams until the children have left home. You are the frame, now, an older woman counselled me, your child is the picture. It is all about him now. And this has been true for generations of creative women – once her belly has been filled with the life of another, her own is expected to end. Her hand has been stopped from writing, her heart from painting, her voice from speaking. She has been told that a woman ’ s place is in the home, is to be caring for children, her husband or ailing parents. This traditional dialogue has been joined by new expectations: that she has to get a job – any job, a respectable job. Never that she should follow her instincts and her heart. To honor her children’s needs for a mother’s care, and her need for a meaningful, creative life and work. Gilbert Baker unveiled his final version of the rainbow flag in early 2017; [45] in response to the election of Donald Trump, Baker added a ninth stripe in lavender (above the hot pink stripe) to represent diversity. [46] [47] Red (the longest wavelength at around 780 nm) through to Violet (the shortest wavelength in the sequence at 380 nm). It is difficult to photograph the complete semicircle of a rainbow in one frame, as this would require an angle of view of 84°. For a 35mm camera, a wide-angle lens with a focal length of 19mm or less would be required. Now that software for stitching several images into a panorama is available, images of the entire arc and even secondary arcs can be created fairly easily from a series of overlapping frames. Double rainbow and supernumerary rainbows on the inside of the primary arc. The shadow of the photographer's head at the bottom of the photograph marks the centre of the rainbow circle (the antisolar point).This graphic designer has revamped the Pride flag to make it more inclusive". PinkNews . Retrieved November 11, 2018. Also known as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, the 1939 classic and Academy Award winning song from “Wizard of Oz”.