So beautiful - thank you! I live in London, where it can be too easy to shuttle around and shelter from all seasons entirely. But I also notice how much everyone seems to always be wishing away the current season and longing for the next. At the first sign of spring it’s “bring on summer”; as autumn rolls round it’s “Christmas Christmas Christmas”; come January it’s “hurry up spring”. I think there’s a lot to be said for just slowing down, taking it in, being in it - and I suspect there’s a lesson for life and business there, too :)
Oh yes, Susannah! All of this! In a past life I was guilty of wishing away the seasons. I used to be a summer girl but am really beginning to see the beauty in each phase (of life and work as well as nature) and what it has to offer 💫
This was wonderful and so fascinating. I have only recently started to try and align my life with the seasons and it is hard to do with the life most of us live. This was really inspiring and will encourage me to look at things in another way, to search for the deeper meaning in the season. 🥰
I agree! It's funny how revolutionary it feels for us to now live with the seasons, even though it's actually how we lived for 99.9% of human history before industrialisation gave us lights and electricity and the 40(+!) hour working week. Australia is especially interesting to me as there are 250 language groups here and most of them have their own unique seasons, too, based upon which part of the country they live.
Here in Perth, I live on Noongar land and we have the six Noongar seasons, but for example, Melbourne, which is the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri people, has eight seasons.
I also love how Japan has 72 microseasons! So many fascinating things out there once you start peeling back these layers :)
This is super fascinating and so interesting that having more than 4 seasons is a tradition seemingly shared by many different peoples but homogenised down with industrialisation, as you say. I wonder if it’s something also described by indigenous peoples on the American continent too - that’s a thesis someone should write! ☺️
So beautiful - thank you! I live in London, where it can be too easy to shuttle around and shelter from all seasons entirely. But I also notice how much everyone seems to always be wishing away the current season and longing for the next. At the first sign of spring it’s “bring on summer”; as autumn rolls round it’s “Christmas Christmas Christmas”; come January it’s “hurry up spring”. I think there’s a lot to be said for just slowing down, taking it in, being in it - and I suspect there’s a lesson for life and business there, too :)
Oh yes, Susannah! All of this! In a past life I was guilty of wishing away the seasons. I used to be a summer girl but am really beginning to see the beauty in each phase (of life and work as well as nature) and what it has to offer 💫
This was wonderful and so fascinating. I have only recently started to try and align my life with the seasons and it is hard to do with the life most of us live. This was really inspiring and will encourage me to look at things in another way, to search for the deeper meaning in the season. 🥰
I agree! It's funny how revolutionary it feels for us to now live with the seasons, even though it's actually how we lived for 99.9% of human history before industrialisation gave us lights and electricity and the 40(+!) hour working week. Australia is especially interesting to me as there are 250 language groups here and most of them have their own unique seasons, too, based upon which part of the country they live.
Here in Perth, I live on Noongar land and we have the six Noongar seasons, but for example, Melbourne, which is the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri people, has eight seasons.
I also love how Japan has 72 microseasons! So many fascinating things out there once you start peeling back these layers :)
This is super fascinating and so interesting that having more than 4 seasons is a tradition seemingly shared by many different peoples but homogenised down with industrialisation, as you say. I wonder if it’s something also described by indigenous peoples on the American continent too - that’s a thesis someone should write! ☺️
I just picked up a new book called Microseasons by Tiffany Francis-Baker. Beautifully illustrated too. I think you’d both like it!
Glad you enjoyed it, Victoria. I loved learning more about the Noongar seasons! Completely new to me ☺️