Creativity instead of hibernation

Winter is hard. It's long, dark and cold and we cannot help but yearn everyday for the first rays of the spring sun to meet with our sun deprived skin. Life starts feeling good again, more food choices are available as fresh produce becomes more flavourful and plentiful and we feel like going outside again.

However one thing I appreciate about winter is its intricate introspective character. After all it is much easier to stay in and work on projects when the weather is unwelcoming rather than the spring and summer months of the year, where everyone is celebrating the warmth of life outside.

Winter is the dark but disciplined, honest and well intended teacher in our creative life. At first, it's scary. intimidating, unbearable. We wish the darkness was shaken off immediately. We crave for the sun, for wearing less clothes, for not feeling cold and hungry all the time. Nevertheless winter is there to remind us that we