Working on this project is a way for me to develop new art while learning about my cultural heritage. And, of course, I love working with themes of nature and mindfulness. The Solar Terms offer a guide to noticing the subtle shifts in nature's seasons and how these transitions can serve as a mirror for our own lives.

Learning about the Solar Terms also helps me expand my own perspective. Coming from a Western mindset, it initially took effort for me to even conceptualize a time when people did not live their lives as being split up into set weeks and months, but instead based on shifting periods of movement around the sun.

I appreciate any chance to break out of a set viewpoint and learn a different way of seeing. It's a reminder that things we may take for granted—the Gregorian calendar, in this case—can be perceived in many different ways.