Winter Solstice, Q. Cassetti, 2010, pen and ink/digital Winter from my perspective is a time of quiet, of introspection and study. It is the time to burrow down with ideas, my pens and books and see what happens with the rich brew of slow time, dark days and nights and the white blanket of snow that covers the landscape. From this time, summer and spring leap unbounded and unburdened as the time for fermenting has happened.