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
I missed making my New Moon card yesterday. For a moment I was frustrated with myself, but then I realised this personal practice isn’t about perfect timing. It’s about taking a moment to pause, reflect and create. Frogs have been very much on my mind recently. Last weekend I spent a wonderful day at a … Continue reading New Moon | Taking the Scenic Route
The Summer Solstice arrived this year in shades of gold. For this Art Card, I painted a radiant sun face surrounded by warm oranges, pinks and metallic gold. A tiny gem at the third eye, giving the piece something of a small shrine quality. It feels celebratory, abundant and unapologetically bright. As I worked on … Continue reading Summer Solstice – Standing in Your Own Light
Today’s card came unexpectedly. I had planned to make something for St George’s Day, but when I sat down to work, it shifted. The Green Man stayed, but the red cross didn’t sit quietly behind him—it bled. There’s an irony here. St George himself wasn’t British, and like much of what we call tradition, the … Continue reading St George’s Day
There is something about this particular point in the year that always feels fragile. We are not fully in spring.It could still snow.There could still be icy mornings and hard ground. And yet… The light is different. This weekend we did something we have both been putting off for months — we cleared and sorted … Continue reading Full Moon Art Card – When Winter Begins to Break
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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