The Renaissance was a time of discovery, beauty, and full-bodied celebration of the senses. It was also, let’s be honest, a horrendous time of patriarchal oppression and violence, where unless you were a wealthy white man in a powdered wig, you were likely left out of the party, or even crushed beneath its weight. What would it look like to create an everyday renaissance? One that reclaims beauty, celebration, and pleasure not as a privileged luxury, but as an essential part of human life? What if you could thread that age-old spirit of creativity, wonder, art, and reverie, into the fabric of your modern life? Those are exactly the questions we’re planting in the gem garden today, and harvesting their beautiful blooms. In today’s episode, you’ll hear about:How to become a savant of the senses in your own daily lifeWhy beauty and presence are acts of reclamationLittle ways to live like an artist, and be guided by the museHow to infuse your routines with renaissance-level richnessHit play to discover how to start your own renaissance - a rebirth and recentering of what makes you feel most alive - with just one click.Here’s to pedestal bowls overflowing with fruit, arias curling through the air like incense, and awakening the essence of the renaissance through your very own body, beauty, and breath. With love, literature, and lavishness, Mary 🌸 Check our our full library of free gems, rituals, playlists, and resources at marylofgren.com

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