This month’s art card began with a sprig of honesty from my garden. I thought I had lost the honesty altogether. It seemed to have disappeared, eaten by snails and generally defeated by the garden. But this year it quietly returned — first with its beautiful purple flowers and now with those extraordinary papery seed … Continue reading New Moon Art Card: Steady Momentum
I have fallen a little behind with my Art Cards for the Turning Year. But perhaps “fallen behind” isn't quite the right way of putting it. When I began this practice, I never wanted it to become another set of deadlines or another list of things I had failed to keep up with. The idea … Continue reading Art Cards for the Turning Year: A Summer of Milestones, Growth and Abundance
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
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
