A few months ago one of my all time favourite girls flew into town and we got to have breakfast together. I have been pondering one of our conversations ever since. She had been in a crazy busy & cool & demanding season the past few years with work in Australia and slowly realized just actually what it had done to her. She couldn't remember the last time she had created something for herself. She couldn't tell me her favourite colour or clothing style or list anything pointless she'd done for herself. She threw every ounce of herself into the business she was carrying until she couldn't find herself without it. But here we were, sitting together enjoying coffee and conversations and she was on her way home, for an indefinite break. Her eyes shone as she whispered excitedly that she's going to spend time every morning learning to make coffee, painting, exercising, reading. Being.
This touched me in a beautiful way. Her childlike yearning to rest and create. Sometimes I honestly feel like we're all just kids and the ones who are most in touch with their child like self are the lucky ones. The creator of this whole silly beautiful world loves when we create. Loves our art. Our words and our passions. Loves his girl and is empowering her to be goofy and get her hands messy creating life. Ever since that precious day with my sweet girl I've been purposely creating like crazy. Journaling and buying books I've always wanted to read. Dreaming up crazy career ideas. Tossing the thought around of writing a book. Cooking and baking like crazy, trying new things. Picking up driftwood off the beach at my cabin and hanging it on my wall. Teaching myself guitar. Building beautiful shelving in my closet because heck I love working with my hands and turning raw wood into beautiful things. And today, starting this blog. Catching up with my thoughts. Writing because it's the best way to be in tune with myself.
SO, here we are. Creating. Let's be reckless, friends. Go outside. Go play. Be silly. Learn an instrument. Teach yourself some useless skill and then laugh at yourself when you teach it to your friends. Make spontaneous plans to do something you've always wanted to do! Let yourself be interested in things you'd like to be. The past few days I've been curious about how the moon affects the ocean and how tides actually work. Spent some time on youtube and I'm a fascinated kid. The ocean always fills me with a feeling of awe. Today I'm going to buy a blank linen tapestry and attempt to paint something on it to do with the moon and tides... creating whatever seems most interesting in the moment. I'm excited for this blog and where it might lead me. Thanks for joining
Photos by my lovely Cecelia Rahoerason.
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