Our forms of love are as varied and unique as we are, and every single one deserves celebration. Gush to your friends, pets, lovers, family, art projects, and music until you are empty, and trust that all that love will always return tenfold. Be brave and public in your affection. You don’t create a salve for unhappiness by hiding what is beautiful about your own life. Shout from the mountains and rooftops about your love. Go wild with passion and vulnerability. Try or don’t try; the time will pass anyway.
Read MoreThis deep into our futures, we have become experts at holding contradictory emotions. We hold acute joys and chronic pain together in one hand while we bloom out of the other. Even this unprecedented weather demands the glitter of life and movement. Don’t clam up now; the ground shakes beneath you and calls your name.
Read MoreThe clean-cut clarity of this season illuminates the path, and suddenly, you know the way forward. It emerges, and you walk.
Read MoreWe’ve been craving more space and time between transitions, and as such, we’ve incorporated the experiments from last month into new offerings for introspection.
Read MoreGet curious about curation, moderation, and mediation as arenas of quiet power. Invite fluidity and grace into your relationship with yourself and others. As the veil thins, remind yourself you’re more than a ghost.
Read MoreSince our last update in mid-May, we have crocheted, knitted, and woven 385,876 yards of yarn. This is a big improvement from last summer when yarn use slowed down a lot, so this is very exciting!
Read MoreAs more humans slip toward irrationality due to economic, environmental, and emotional stressors, chaos intensifies. Instable processes erode, and weak foundations become apparent. When conflict tempts you toward abdication of privileges and responsibilities, claim power with transparency while making paths to increased agency visible to others. There is no one better suited to forge the future than you.
Read MoreIt’s difficult to even keep track of everything wrong with the world as the paradoxes only deepen. But, you’re not on this planet alone. Everyone is a potential collaborator. Do the hard thing and remember that conversations open up enormous quantum possibilities. Root out your own avoidance and make the sound. Don’t predict the future when you can just ask.
Read MoreLet’s recap: the US Supreme Court systemically stripped our rights, there’s a global war, and inflation’s about to starve us all out.
Welcome to dystopia. You’ve been here the whole time.
Read MoreThe earth shakes beneath you, and change comes full of moisture on the wind. You remind yourself that existence becomes even harder when you go numb. The ideals you reach for begin to crest the horizon, and though the rest of the walk is long, the world is eager for this moment.
Read MoreSince our last update at the beginning of February, we have crocheted, knitted, and woven 270,975 yards of yarn. Great work, everyone! Let’s try to keep up the pace during the summer. Fiber arts are great projects for long road trips!
Read MoreWarm temperatures bring hope on the wind. Our labors are already bearing fruit, and even climate change feels fixable now. We’ve done hard things and are ready for more. This bursting ache for life knows something new approaches. Lean into hunger and become your own superhero. The path before you is clear. Feel your muscles rejoice as you run toward destiny.
Read MoreIt’s tempting to calculate the net benefit of all this transformation, but doing so paints the world mediocre at best. Eschew the law of averages and live in all realities at once. See the beautiful both inside and separate from the ugly. Practice holding quantum fluctuations within you as you match and reflect the multiplicity of this world with your own inner plurality.
Read MoreWhile the reality of war is fresh on our minds, we remain heartened by the solidarity with Ukraine as people around the globe demand an end to war in general. Seek out all sides of the story while standing strong in your moral foundations. Get curious about the villains as well as the victims. Don’t be afraid to let events taking place in other parts of the world affect day-to-day life.
Read MoreSince our last update at the beginning of October, we have crocheted, knitted, and woven 593,542 yards of yarn, which means we are making it through almost 150,000 yards in a month. That’s excellent!
Read MoreHaving been in survival mode for so long, it’s easy to let magic go by the wayside. Altars go untended; ceremonies remain unplanned. But, now that February has arrived, let’s turn our tides toward optimism and reestablish the magical routines that give us power.
Read MoreSince it happens only once a year for the whole flock, shearing is a day of gathering, participation, celebration, harvest, and shared labor. There are few things I’ve experienced that cultivate a village atmosphere the way gathering around sheep does.
Read MoreEven doing the right thing—if you do it for too long—will create unforeseen costs in fatigue, burnout, and resentment. Pass the buck where you can and dive beneath the cresting waves of others’ unprocessed emotions.
Read MoreTake this next month to honor what has been lost, rediscover what you have access to, and play with what arises. Accept emotions as they come and trust that they are part of the path toward greater understanding and awareness. This, too, will end and lead to yet another beginning.
Read MoreMany of us have spent enormous energy exercising control and creating stability in a world full of chaos. However, that vise grip on reality is beginning to ache, and the temptation is to let go and give everything free reign. Instead, use this month to recalibrate your precautions, desires, and connections as you embrace the gray areas and stray from all-or-nothing thinking.
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