by Leigh Patterson
December 21 marks the Winter solstice — both the official first day of winter and the shortest day and longest night of the year.
Historically, the solstice represents the transition into a season of introspection, an organic slowing down — coinciding with the end of the calendar year, it’s a primordial marker for the pause that exists between an end and a new beginning... a moment to take inventory of the present and set intentions before the start of a new cycle.
With this transition in mind we found ourselves looking to references in history, art, and architecture from around the world, each grounded in acknowledging and yielding to the cycles and systems that unite us.
