February Photo Collage

WE SPEAK IN COLORS DIGITAL JOURNAL 

For the culturally curious

By Andy Armstrong / February 2025 / Detroit, MI, USA

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First day of spring is less than a month away.

March 20, the Spring Equinox.
Pretty crazy. 

Didn’t know til now, but there’s 2 equinoxes a year—1 in the fall and 1 in the spring. I also learned an equinox is when the daytime and nighttime are about the same length. 

And from the Spring Equinox forward, the days start getting longer. 

With this milestone approaching, it feels like a good time to kick into gear on a project. In hindsight, winters often seem to be for research and gathering, following rabbit holes. And then spring for production.

But for now, I wanted to share a photo collage from this past month.

Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time on the People Mover—the strange elevated train loop that weaves through Downtown Detroit, slicing through buildings and skimming along the riverside. It’s how I at once can move my body, think, write, scheme, visualize, play, create, and rest. 

Hop on, ride around. Get off, stroll. Find somewhere to sit. Then hop back on and repeat.

A few stops even connect directly into buildings (The RenCen and Huntington Building), which are great for wandering, especially when it’s frigid outside. 

Hopefully, these photos give some insight into how Detroit feels—timeless, and like a strange collision of classic, futurist, and psychedelic.

Enjoy the collage below:

There we go. 

A February collage. 

Have a good few weeks til the Spring Equinox.

Talk to you then,

-Andy / We Speak in Colors