To be new, to begin anew, to turn the page. Greg Sweet’s painting, used on the cover,
sparks in my mind a feeling of potential and infinite possibility bursting forth. I wanted to use this image to explore contrasting states of being and what it means to be new, not as a discarding of oneself to be replaced with an entirely new form, rather to use one’s experiences, both good and bad, as a substrate in a transmutation where the overall composition, value, structure, and recognizable features remain intact.

The highest intention is to bring celebration to the places where we shed the darkness and limiting beliefs that may be holding us back and inject our way of being with vibrancy and color as we shift into the best possible version of ourselves. This is a left-to-right transition, symbolized by revealing the old giving way to the new, the painting in superposition with both states existing at the same time, and the inherent choices and power available to us—that is, to daily, consciously, and intentionally choose to occupy the new.