Welcoming the start of this year as a threshold for something new… What will emerge, as you? We are standing at a threshold between two powerful energies. 2025, the Year of the Snake, has asked us to slow down, listen inward, and shed what no longer fits. Snake energy has been about truths surfacing, the death of illusions, and shedding the versions of ourselves we’ve built for safety. It’s invited honesty- sometimes uncomfortable honesty- about where we have been living out of habit, protection, or expectation. It was the year of molting: endings, releasing old skins, old stories, old versions of self that once kept us safe but would continue holding us back, keeping us small, if we held on. There are parts of ourselves that we are not meant to reclaim. We have outgrown so much. As we move into 2026, the Year of the Horse, the energy shifts dramatically. Horse is courage, movement, new beginnings, momentum, freedom, and embodied vitality. The Horse asks us to live what we know- to let inner truth become visible through action, choice, and direction, into alignment. What is our purpose, what is our “yes?” It’s about stepping into a life your expired self could never have conceived of. To echo the comforting reassurance of what someone dear to me recently named, “a new normal is coming, and it’s going to be ok.” My upcoming collage workshop, Saturday, January 31, 11am-2pm lives right in the space between these two forces. This is not about reinvention for its own sake, nor about pushing forward before we’re ready. It’s about emergence. About learning how to inhabit your life in a revised way—one that honors personal truths that are deeper than the patterns you may be used to living from. Through collage, we will gently excavate what has been quietly revealed during this Snake year: the unspoken knowing, the desires beneath duty, the self that has been waiting for acknowledgment. Then, with care and intention, we’ll begin to give that truth form—so it can move, breathe, and eventually carry you forward with the clarity and strength of Horse energy. This workshop is for anyone feeling the tension between who they have been and who they are becoming. For anyone ready to stop circling the truth and begin living alongside it. For anyone who senses that a more honest, more embodied way of being is not only possible—but necessary. We shed. We listen. And then, when the time is right, we move. I’d love to have you join me in this moment of transition, where inner truth meets forward motion, and emergence becomes a lived experience. Click here for more information, and to register  CYANOTYPES ARE MY HAPPY PLACE I’ve wanted to get into cyanotypes for over 20 years. Half my major in college was photography, but I focused on traditional street photography instead of following my curiosity into alternative processes. Last year I decided it was time and I absolutely fell in love. The surprises with every exposure, the variations with the angle of the sun and the state of the various plants I harvest, my relationship with the plants and where they’re from, the gorgeous blue that magically appears when water meets the surface of whatever material I’ve used to make the print on. I can’t get enough, it’s so fun! I even got to teach a class to a private group of entrepreneurs at the Denver Botanic Gardens, with my dear friend and fellow artist, Matty Miller. I’ve begun creating a body of cyanotype work, some of which will be featured in a show I’ll be in, here in Lyons where I live, a year from now. I’ve also greatly enjoyed making wearable and usable art! From t-shirts and sweatshirts, to throw pillows, and pouches that are perfect for holding so many things, there are so many ways to infuse daily living with art! I’ve made these tributes to joy and wonder available to share, on my website. My online store is still in the works but if you see anything you like, just reach out and we can make it yours!
Thanks for taking the time to read a bit about what I’ve been up to and some of the creations I’m excited to share. There will be much more as the year goes on, including bookmaking classes and cyanotype workshops, along with many more opportunities to come explore your inner workings through collage. May you find your own creative spark, and follow its lead to welcome surprises! In joy & emergence, Lindsay 
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