Happy Year of the Fire Horse!

​There was a solar eclipse early this morning…
it's also the lunar new year…
and a new moon…
What does the year of the Fire Horse actually mean? It’s a shift in energy – not gently, but with raw unbridled power.
Power in motion, momentum, awakening and drive are all characteristic of horses. This is the year not to whisper your dreams but to gallop towards them.
This is the year for brave decisions, bold actions, creating with confidence and passion, and for breaking out of old habits and ideas that are holding you contained.
But there is another aspect to horses – they are a herd animal. They need the companionship and support of a community - so that the new year will usher in luck, prosperity and good vibes for ourselves and everyone around us.
Horses remind us of partnership and trust, energy you can partner with, not control. A horse doesn't give away its power, it shares it and moves with you when trust is there.

This year is asking us to do the same.
Lately, the world has been overwhelming. There is so much ugliness, fear and uncertainty that it is almost unbearable. Creativity has always been an outlet for me. When life is hardest, creating gives my soul a place to rest.
Why should we take time to make art when the world is burning?
Make art precisely BECAUSE the world is burning. And because creativity is self care.
The smallest adjustments – daily doodling, 5 minutes of sketching, intentional joy worked into your day – and life feels different. Braver. More optimistic. More possibilities – maybe even some glimmers of magic. It doesn’t need to be a big change - just tiny tweaks can make all the difference.
For the past several years I have been sharing creativity mostly in personal workshops. Its time to open that up and share our collective positive energy.
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Happy year of the fire horse! Where is it calling you to run?
Can we run together?