Something wonderful happened here at the headwaters of the Time Traveler’s Union: a few months ago, we thought we’d be welcoming the Shapeshifters to the union—and then we became them! Our edges glimmered within a multidimensional halo of lime greens and ruddy purples. Our hearts became radiant! Time stood still. When it started moving again, we were changed… In all honesty, we’re still integrating this experience and don’t have much language to describe it, but we know we started breathing more deeply and feeling more fully. What an incredible experience it has been! We highly recommend it.
In shapeshifting, we have found an unexpected intimacy between time and matter, feeling precisely how time moves through the substance of our beings. So, a little late, but right on time, we welcome our fellow Shapeshifters: you who take many forms over time, whose growth and change is not linear, who are in the process of becoming unrecognizable and yet ever more deeply yourselves. Thank you for getting weird with us! Thank you for helping us trust fall into the end of this year.
About the creative process
There are two timelines that lead to this month’s painting. In one, Corina believes this was a creative response to some past painting of ours and yet it has shapeshifted so completely that they can’t locate the original prompt for it. In the other timeline, Jo believes that this painting found its way into this year’s calendar with its own momentum.
