January 2024 Free Wallpaper
Happy New Year!! Welcome to 2024! I carved these bird block print stamps a few month ago as a little exercise in movement. They seemed like the perfect image to lead us into the new year. I am personally working on distiling life and projects down to the most important and trying to find ways to simplify. So I am enjoying these bright primary colors and shapes.
I happened upon this Mary Oliver poem this morning. It encapsulates so much of what I want 2024 to be about. I hope it speaks to you as well.
Much love, and happy New Year.
-Betony
Invitation by Mary Oliver
Oh do you have time
to linger
for just a little while
out of your busy
and very important day
for the goldfinches
that have gathered
in a field of thistles
for a musical battle,
to see who can sing
the highest note,
or the lowest,
or the most expressive of mirth,
or the most tender?
Their strong, blunt beaks
drink the air
as they strive
melodiously
not for your sake
and not for mine
and not for the sake of winning
but for sheer delight and gratitude -
believe us, they say,
it is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in this broken world.
I beg of you,
do not walk by
without pausing
to attend to this
rather ridiculous performance.
It could mean something.
It could mean everything.
It could be what Rilke meant, when he wrote:
You must change your life.
For the iphone wallpaper, navigate to this page on your phone and then click and hold on the image you want. Select ‘Save image to camera roll’. Then from your camera roll set your home screen/lock screen or both. I make a couple different versions so that you can use what works best for your device.