Lynda Jacobs October - November 2025 For much of my life, my relationship to the creative process was not easy. In fact, I had a strong belief that I was not artistic. My passion was Nature, life outside the doors. Given the choice of visiting museums or mountains, I would, with very few exceptions, choose mountains, streams, forests. Through eco-printing, I found a living art. It begins with noticing the plants that make up my ecosystem. This is changing how I walk in the world, how I come to know place. The land becomes intimate with a whole new conversation. I gather leaves and flowers, both familiar and unknown, then place them on fabric in whatever ways inspire me. The fabric is rolled into bundles and placed into simmering water to steam. Alchemy is next — the mystery and excitement of how the unique language of the plants will express themselves. Though I had dabbled in eco-printing off and on, something lit up inside of me in a new way, when I came together with women from all parts of the world to study with Irit Duhlman in France. We lived in tents and ate outside. We were a community of women, in Nature, gathering local leaves, and creating art together. The community aspect of these experiences sparked a deeper creative longing in me. In 2024, I started The Prayer Flag Project as a personal response to what is happening politically, culturally, and to our world. Living without shutting down, with a compassionate heart, had become more of a challenge than I’d known it to be. The project was birthed to remind me that compassionate action is a sustainable way to meet suffering. To date, 76 women have participated in the project. Alongside these beautiful experiences, I have been face-to-face with the myriad of ways I limit myself. I am finding ways to replace criticism and fear with honest reflection; and I am encouraging myself to play more freely, with wildness and risk. The internal arts, so to speak, have been intrinsically interwoven in the making of physical art. As I meet more of myself with kindness, I am learning how to meet the world. Something new is seeding and taking root. These are turbulent times. I believe we need each other, beauty, and to dance with true creativity to meet the unknown.

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