For those who believe emotional proximity is the first meaningful occurrency.
French Connections was made to be read like a letter—slowly, personally, and with someone in mind. The stories stay close, even after the last line.
Crafted for Blushers (Founding Members), as part of the Vivaldi Series.
As the season shifts, so does French Connections.
This piece opens the spring chapter of the Vivaldi Series—a forecast for the emotional weather ahead.
Call it a preview. A soft entry. Or simply a sky worth noticing.
A Warm Front Moves In
Something’s changed. Not loudly, not all at once—
but enough to notice the air is behaving differently.
People are arriving with something half-shaken off.
There’s a loosening in the shoulders,
a quicker return of eye contact,
a warmth not quite owned but present—hovering.
Maybe it’s the shift in light. Or the breath between words.
A warm front, subtle and slow, moving in.
Do you feel it too?
Cloud Cover & Openings
It’s not all light.
With warmth comes weight.
It’s felt in the contradictions people carry—
a desire for closeness paired with avoidance of depth.
A yearning for change met with ritualistic repetition.
A sudden ease in small gestures, masking a tiredness of spirit.
Clouds form here: opaque one moment, breaking open the next.
Some gestures conceal. Others reveal.
What we sense depends on where we’re standing—
and how much sky we’re willing to let in.
Sunny Days Ahead
But clarity comes—not through insistence,
but through stance.
Not every moment needs to be held.
Some are meant to pass through us like light.
The weather is changing still,
but there’s more ease now in how we meet it.
And if this space does anything,
may it not soothe or impress—but clarify.
Not in theory, but in texture.
Something that stirs inward—
then carries into connection.
And if you’d like to see the season in images—
the air, the tone, the sky behind this space—
here is the visual forecast: ☀️View the deck.
✍️ Tell me…
Is the air shifting for you, too?
What human weather are you carrying?
Do you feel the same front approaching?
🏅Game on…
Came across Allie Sullberg’s “drawnaling” exercise—a sensory way to explore what certain colors hold for you.
It’s less about analysis, more about how memory, perception, and emotion resurface through color.For anyone reflecting on how connections color your sky—on the body, in the mind—this might offer a new angle. Try it here.
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Spring is slow to come to the high-altitude parts of Aveyron, but I definitely feel a change. For me it's all about having more light, and when it's sun, so much the better!