Year in Practice, A

"The seasons and cycles of nature have incredible power to affect everything in our lives - especially our creativity," says poet Jacqueline Suskin. "The earth shows us when our creative reserves might wax and wane. When we listen and follow nature's lead, we tune in to an inexhaustible source of imagination, inspiration, and beauty." With A Year in Practice, Suskin shares holistic methods to help readers explore and fortify their creative practice by accessing guidance provided by the rhythms of nature. Written in sync with the progression of the seasons, A Year in Practice is a program of holistic techniques and journaling prompts to nurture the creative seeker all year long. Four seasonally themed chapters keep you connected to natural phases of creative contraction and expansion, from the quiet hibernation of winter to the jubilant and expressive communing of summer. Used regularly, you will move through artistic blocks, deepen your capacity for self-reflection, cultivate creative routines, and find new levels of inspiration and contentment. "It's crucial that we spend time dreaming, crafting, and resting in a state of reverie," says Suskin. Here, she offers practical tools and creative rituals to help you attune to the energies of each season - to enrich your creativity through awareness, emotional expression, explorative whimsy, and ever-deepening levels of imagination.