Welcome to spring. Spring is all about the return of life after the challenges of winter…
Perhaps Basho expressed it most eloquently in the year 1660 —
Ah, it is spring,
Great spring it is now,
Great, great spring —
Ah, great —
And, it’s time to spring clean. Why? Apparently spring cleaning has been a tradition for a long time, dating back to when homes were warmed by burning wood and coal and lit by kerosene lamps. These processes often left homes covered in dark soot, so it was only natural to clean once Earth’s seasonal change provided enough warmth and natural light to even notice the soot in the first place. Spring is beautiful, and by spring cleaning, we simply want to bring our own internal environments into accord with the “new again” outer world.
Nowadays, our homes can be considered both physical and virtual. Are.na is one such virtual home, if we cultivate it. So let’s spring clean our Are.na blocks and channels together! We’re proposing an event on Sunday, April 21st. We hope you can join us. See below for more info.
Bring your computer and some spring cleaning energy :)
Or participate virtually:
Are.na’s Discord
During the above times —
(1:30 - 3:30pm EST which is 10:30am - 12:30pm PST) on Sunday, April 21, 2024
Feel free to hang out in The Are.na Discord #spring-cleaning channel and share any updates. (You can access our Are.na Discord server by clicking theDiscord invitation link on your Are.na profile's settings page.)