Imbolc falls at the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Traditionally, it marks the moment when winter begins to loosen its grip and the first signs of new growth appear — even if the weather still feels cold and the landscape still looks bare. In practical terms, Imbolc is about preparation… Continue reading Imbolc — Clearing Space for What Is Beginning to Grow
This card arrived quietly, somewhere between frost and movement. The garden still looks bare at first glance, but when I slow down and really look, there are signs everywhere. Buds forming on branches. Bulbs I planted back in autumn pushing up their first small green shoots. A reminder that what looked still was never dead… Continue reading Midwinter Thaw
This week’s art card is a new moon card, and deliberately so — there is no moon to be seen. Instead, I’ve been thinking about the night sky itself: deep blues and indigos, fractured and held together like a stained glass window. Small stars glow quietly between the dark shapes, not demanding attention, just present.… Continue reading New Moon — A Stained Glass Sky
Art Cards for the turning year. I’m sitting in my studio looking out at a bare tree and a dormant garden. Everything feels paused. The borders are stripped back, the ground is resting, and the shapes of things are suddenly clear without their leaves. It’s a view that feels honest at this time of year… Continue reading Midwinter: tending the quiet places
Art Cards for the Turning Year The first full moon of the year is often called the Wolf Moon. It arrives in the depth of winter, when nights are long and energy is low — a time when survival has always depended on instinct, cooperation, and shared strength. Historically, this was the point in the… Continue reading Wolf Moon — Endurance, Instinct, Community
Art Cards for the Turning Year – beginning before the year begins I wanted to begin this practice before the new year officially starts. Not with resolutions.Not with goals.But with a pause. New Year’s Eve has always felt like a threshold to me — a moment that belongs to neither the year that’s ending nor… Continue reading The First Card: Year Threshold
A slow, creative practice for marking the year as it unfolds (This is a guide, not a checklist. Cards can be skipped, lingered with, or returned to.) When I shared the beginnings of Art Cards for the Turning Year, I did so very deliberately before the year had even begun. Partly because I wanted to… Continue reading Art Cards for the Turning Year — The Year Map
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