Jessica Ann Willis, Vesna, 2020, Pigment print, 15”X24.75”, Vesna was an early Slavic mythological character embodying youth and springtime (her name is the word for spring in many slavic languages). Related, in Slovene mythology, “vesnas” lived in places atop mountains where they discussed the fate of crops and humans. There was a magical circle around their palaces that kept them from leaving the mountain gop except during February when they would travel in wooden carts down to the valley below. Only certain people could hear them singing.