Happy Winter Solstice!
My least favorite season starts today, and yet I celebrate this beautiful long night each year with glee because in this half of the world, it means the sun will slowly start to return to us. It is absolutely no wonder to me that people used to worship the sun.
When I’m having a really tough time, my doofus little dramatic brain’s default setting says “You should just give up…on life, on art, on people” instead of kindly (and sensibly) saying “You should rest or pivot.” I get incredibly discouraged regularly, and the lack of sunlight just makes it worse. Thankfully, I have lots of tools to get me through, making beautiful things and looking for beautiful things being two of them. Sure, Winter makes it more challenging, but I often enjoy being challenged.
