Sea of Bellies

The Mubali project connects pregnant Aboriginal young women with midwives and elders. It was started by community arts organisation Beyond Empathy (BE) in Moree in 2004 and has since been implemented in Bowraville, Armidale and the Illawarra (NSW), Logan (QLD) and Derby and Fitzroy Crossing (WA). Mubali means pregnant in the Gamilaroi language of north-west NSW. Mubali has morphed into Sea of Bellies ... We invite you to submit photographs and stories of your belly casting experience by clicking the Submit button below. Join us in celebrating the art of pregnancy, birth and the lives of young mothers and fathers and their children everywhere.

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inspirational quote

What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp.

  - Marjorie Holmes

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"the future belongs to those who believe the beauty of their dreams"

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baby massage in coffs 

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Joseph Campbell quotes

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.

  The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are

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Quote

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. Charles R. Swindoll

Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/charles_r_swindoll.html#z65llvTtTvD7MFDC.99

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kids drawing from Barnados Play Group at Warrawong

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mural at Logan Woodridge Mums and Bubs by local artist Missy Knox 

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baby massage in Coffs

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Baby Casting at Tobwabba Art.

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Have a look at this is a great little book http://ow.ly/o0JrV aimed at Mums, Dads and bubs which has been produced by the Logan Woodridge Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service called Deadly- Growing Strong. The photographs in this book are of some of the babies celebrated in the belly casts also depicted in the book. The images have been captured over the last two years by Graduate of Queensland College of Art and Beyond Empathy leader since 2006, Raphaela Rosella (http://www.facebook.com/raphaela.rosella) This publication has been supported in 2013 by a partnership between the Queensland Regional Arts Development Fund and Logan City Council aimed at the sustainability of local arts and culture.

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 belly casting in Coffs with Vicky and Bens arms wrapped around her and baby to be

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heart hands from mum-to-be at Bennelong's Haven  

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japanese proverb

fall down seven times,   stand up eight 

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beautiful mum-to-be plastered in Bennelong's Haven !

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