The last 2 days in my Dream Book 2026 planner. I am writing out my daily intentions, making plans, writing down important messages from my dream - every day it turns out a little different.

Winter is the season of resting, reflecting and dreaming and I love it.

I am deep in the dreaming vibes…but the doesn’t mean I already have a list of things I want to accomplish in 2026.

I am coming up with a list of questions I want to sit with - which actually feels appropriate given the state of the world.

These are such fucked up times AND, the more deeply I reflect, read and lean, the more obvious the answer becomes. We need to divest from dominant (capitalist colonialist) culture and invest in creativity and soul. In every possible way.

“In every possible way” has two meanings: eventually yes we must divest in every conceivable way but right now we much divest in every way that seems possible for us, in the lives we are living. These ways may seem tiny, but they matter! They are steps on a path and we know that taking steps literally CREATES the path and so, tiny as they may be, every step counts.

This IS the work of Creative Dreaming. This IS the work of these times. Finding the places in us that KNOW that a better world is possible and learning to live more deeply from those places.

Our dreams are our SOULS showing us our path in life - the path that exists outside of the oppressive systems we live inside of. Yes this is so awkward sometimes because our souls don’t always understand how hard it is to navigate these systems, but it’s also so helpful because our souls understand our ACTUAL power, gifts and medicine, and won’t let us give up on ourselves.

Mostly what I want for the new year is MORE SPACE to sit with my thoughts and feelings about everything so I can process them, tend to my experience as a sensitive human living in all of these oppressive systems, and make the art that wants to be made.

My New Year's Day - opening up my new giant 2026 planner, on the floor with tea and gingerbread,

So I’ve been spending time lying on the floor with my journals, art supplies, tarot cards (and my current fave the Archetypes deck from the Wild Unknown), tea and gingerbread cookies.

I’m digging into my Dream Book 2026 - I LOVE the magic of having a near-empty planner and watching it slowly get filled with colour.

And I had my first Dream book 2026 related breakthrough: I would really love to spend several hours EVERY DAY making. Like the kind of simple repetitive projects that would give my brain the space it is craving.

But I am NOT set up for this. I have ideas for big projects but they are not at a stage where I can just pick them up and work on them. They are at stages that need more thought, effort, planning, etc.

We talk about this quite frequently in the membership - setting up the project and doing the project are two separate things, and we may have a lot of energy for doing the project, but that energy goes to waste if we have no project already set up. So… SET UP MULTIPLE PROJECTS!

So, I am getting set up for two big embroidery projects: a motorcycle jacket I want to embroider a big snake on as I contemplate the skins I am shedding in midlife, and an artist’s smoke I want to embroider a ton of things on to represent different facets of my creative genius.

I want the embroidery time of both of these projects to be GENERATIVE as in spark new ideas for other projects.

My new chair! It looks plain but it's very cushy.

I also got myself a new chair! Which is really funny to me, given that SITTING WITH things is a big part of my plans for this year. But I did want a cushier seat for our Zooms and for embroidery I want to do.

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