The darker days have been jarring me into a state of refocus. Winter never comes slow but sometimes I feel the light waning as early as September. Every little change is a foreshadowing. Being a person who cries every day in the month of January, I’m cautious about the changing of seasons. I know I need a shift. It can’t be summer forever, at least not here. But I cling to the color and light of the brighter seasons. I bring them inside with me through my art and I use sad songs as a salve for it all, biding my time until we can all begin planting seeds that will be next year’s garden.
It seems wasteful to not sit in the grey and the brown and the drizzle and see it for the unique moment it is. The health of it. The rest of it. A quiet nap where nature shuts down so we can also take a break without the fomo of summer’s lake days and patios and backyard parties. The extremes of the seasons in a place like Spokane never ceases to level me. In all the good and bad ways. I see my own needs inside the needs of the climate around me. This intense, hot, bright, busy summer must calm. And the long, lounging, quietly clandestine gloom of winter must rebuild. Intertwined in it are all my own personal extremes. The seasons and the friendships, the years and the love stories. The changes in life have as much color as the maple trees and the flow of it all builds and then recedes like the river. All good things have an end. All life has a death. All of time marches on.
It’s election week and I’m sitting alone in the dark at 4:45pm. Can you tell? Enough waxing poetic about the weather. I’m lighting a candle for you and for me. Holding a moment for all our darkness, literal and metaphorical. As we head towards the SAD season, the little flames will burn and guide us through.
Market Season
I’m deep in holiday market prep and so excited for a season of saying hi to you all in person and sharing my art with lots of new folks around the PNW. Below are the markets I’ll be at in the next two months. I’d love to see you or your friends or your mom…send folks my way!
Marrow Cards are Coming!
I think I’ve been saying this for a while now, but it’s actually true this time! Earlier this year I set out on a project journey. So many folks over the years have asked if I would ever do a Tarot deck. After seeing so many beautiful and unique Tarot decks I have always felt like that space is pretty saturated with amazing art already. What would I really bring to the table that isn’t already there? In the spirit of tarot, I’ve made a 65 card deck of my very own. Each one has a focus word, an illustration and a little tidbit of inspiration in the form of a question or a musing. This deck combines my love of words and illustration and affirmations and contemplation. I’m super excited to have it at all my markets coming up and on my website very soon. Above is a little sneak peak of a few of my favorite cards.
November Playlist
Click the image above to head to my Nov playlist. Lots of new discoveries and a few old favs that have been top of mind.
Live Music Coming up
Excited to be playing a bit of music coming up.
November 16th at The Chameleon - Caroline and I will be singing some songs with Matt Mitchell and The Holy Broke - Ticket link
December 20 - Save the date for a special holiday concert with lots of local musicians!
Thanks for reading, hang in there, take care of yourself and each other this week.
-kf
