Art download: May it come easy to you

My wish for you today.

Hello there! And welcome to Dandelion Seeds, an illustrated newsletter that is hand-painted and hand-lettered, from my desk to yours.

This week marks the end of our third season of Dandelion Seeds, and it brings me a lot of joy to look back on everything the past few weeks have held:

• Two new illustrated essays, “The Dutch Word for Gift” and “To Know You Very Happy”

• A new community edition of Dandelion Seeds, The Words that Remain

• And two additional essays for paid subscribers, on creative evolutions and creative perspective.

And now, as always, I’m excited to bring our latest season to a close with a special art download, that you’re welcome to use and enjoy in your day-to-day life. At the end of this post, you’ll find two new iPhone wallpapers; all you need to do is click on the button below each image to download it for free.

This month’s download features the book illustration that I created for The Words that Remain, and when I thought about what I might want to hand-letter over the artwork, I immediately thought of two words that will remain with me from this season:

Kolay gelsin.

They were shared by Jeffrey Streeter, who writes a wonderful new Substack called the

English Republic of Letters

, and just in case you missed it last week, here’s the story he shared with the phrase:

May it come easy to you.

I was so moved by those words the first time I read them. They feel like a blessing or a prayer, and I couldn’t imagine a more fitting phrase to end this season with.

Whatever the work awaiting you today — be it a story that needs shaping, a garden that needs tending, or caring for little ones or loved ones in your life — kolay gelsin perfectly conveys my wish for you.

May it come easy to you, friends.

With love,
Candace