Did you feel it, too? The sudden, swift energy shift of the season transitioning? Did you also dump out your WIP bucket and finally start finishing things?
I am coming to learn (or rather: I learn, forget, feel bad about myself, and then learn again) that my creative practice is strongly linked to the seasons. I bloom the most in the shoulder seasons - the cusp of spring and the cusp of autumn. In the depths of winter, you can find me sleeping 9-10 hours a night and craving cold water, and in the high summer, you can find me sheltering from high temps under trees and in A/C, and craving cold water (I guess that part doesn’t change). I feel a bit like the crocuses outside our house - briefly and unexpectedly blooming, and otherwise composting & storing up my energy.
When March started, I suddenly felt compelled to tend to projects I’d let linger for a long time. I finished my first lampshade, which I started in June of 2023 &…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to close knit to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.