Dear Muse Community,

Welcome to The Elements issue of Creating the Muse. This edition is an ode to earth, air, fire and water, the forces that shape our homes, our inner worlds and the quiet, instinctive truths we return to when life asks us to slow down, remember and begin again.

At the centre of this issue is our cover feature, Ali Heath, whose philosophy of emotional design is a masterclass in creating from intuition rather than impulse. Ali does not design rooms, she designs ways of feeling. Her spaces are sanctuaries built from instinct, memory and meaning, reminding us that home is a living conversation between who we are and who we are becoming.

You will also meet women who embody the elements in their own quietly powerful ways. Niobe Alexandra of Studio Kynd channels the expansiveness of air, creativity that moves, travels and breathes, blending strategy with soul to build brands with depth and resonance. Simone Williams brings us back to earth at Hillview 1887, where beauty is found in timber, lineage and the kind of slow living that restores the nervous system. And Sarah Wood reminds us of the clarity that spaciousness brings, crafting interiors that exhale; calm, grounded, layered and deeply attuned to feeling and flow.

In our Stay for Stories series, we travel to Glenelg Station, where Amanda Abra’s world is shaped by earth in its rawest, humblest form. Her cabins are built from resilience and reverence, from drought and dust, and from a profound devotion to land, history and gratitude.

Our product features carry the same elemental thread. With ReMI Beauty, founder Kiyoung Sung reimagines skincare through simplicity, ritual and waterless design, inviting us to return to presence rather than consumption. And in Belle Rébellion, Anna Thompson merges sensuality with sustainability, honouring the cyclical nature of womanhood through lace, intuition and radical softness.

Our contributors complete this elemental tapestry with their own wisdom. Lisa Ray tends to fire, the spark of passion, heart and illumination. Amy Campbell guides us through the internal seasons of sexual wellness, honouring the ebb and flow of desire and energy. And Dr Hayley D. Quinn offers a meditation on earth, air, water and fire as pathways back to compassion, connection and care for our one precious life.

Together, these voices form a living conversation about what it means to create, care and move through the world in rhythm with nature. Each woman brings her own element, her own truth, her own way of grounding, clearing, igniting and flowing.

With deep gratitude and creative reverence,

Indiana Holley