Local Inspiration — Casey Scieszka

One of the reasons I was really excited to move was the potential to be inspired by totally new surroundings. Already I find myself so influenced by things like-- Winter sunlight.

Steam.

Subtle differences in shades of green.

Old local maps.

The crazy ways that ice can form.

To say that the move has been refreshing is my understatement of the year. I think it's going to be extraordinary to really live the different seasons in a way that we couldn't in "the city". Sure, countryside winter can be... difficult in some boring ways (frozen pipes, scraping ice off windshields etc) but right now I'm surprising myself by just how much I'm embracing it in everything from my daily routines to my graphic design.