This year I moved back home to British Columbia, Canada. I feel like I’ve really arrived here now, finally, and am digging my toes into the dark moist green earthy coldness of it all. I forgot how cold winters are! After getting over my previously sunshine spoiled self, I’m finding that I really actually like the cold. I really like weather! I can feel the big inhale and exhale of the seasons and like my mind and body get to participate in these beautiful yearly expansions and contractions. Perhaps it feels like I finally have permission to turn off occasionally, where as in the non-stop sunshine it’s go time all the time.
I absolutely relished the turning inward of autumn this year, and the deep quiet depths of winter in which I was reminded that we don’t always have to be blossoming. I’m being reborn this spring, and I’m overjoyed seeing the buds and leaves unfurl themselves as I inwardly go through the same movements. My creativity is coming back, my ability to concentrate and focus for extended periods is back and I’m reminded of the absolute excitement and pure JOY that creating jewelry gives me. I will be posting updates and musings from here as I develop this space, it feels like the beginning of the next chapter and I’m looking forward to sharing this journey with you in a little more of an intimate way. Thank you for being here, I appreciate you.
