Coming Soon!

Dream Leaper interviews! I will be interviewing and highlighting Dream Leapers of all varieties: Artists, musicians, business owners, performance artists, tattoo artists, entrepreneurs, authors, dancers, travelers, life coaches, and many other inspiring people. I will share their stories, their fears and desires, how they cope with their inner critics and demons, and what keeps them driven. It is my hope to get to the root of the art of dream leaping, and find out the secrets to success by conducting interviews with as many inspiring (and aspiring) people as possible. It is my hope that you, my readers, will find inspiration to take leaps of your own toward your own dreams, and that my blog will help you to find ideas and resources that you might need to move forward.

If YOU are a Dream Leaper, send me a short email with your story, and I can interview you and feature you and your work here on my blog! Writetocreate@hotmail.com  :-D Stay tuned for my first interview: Visual artist and painter Jamee Varda of Minneapolis, Minnesota~ I adore her art work, and I deeply look forward to sharing it with you all! :-D                    
Love and Gratitude to you all! 

Fun News- an Inspiration Update

Revamping my blog! Movement toward my dreams and desires. 

HOORAY! After my recent tours of Sweden's amazing art museums, I have found much inspiration and the motivation to make some changes. I have revamped my blog and work habits so that I may easily move in the direction of my hearts desire: finding and spreading inspiration, motivation, and the incredible stories of those magical people who have taken leaps of faith, and the paths they followed.

My art museum tours came after I started reading Julia Cameron's The Artists Way. Cameron offers two tools for aspiring artists that she claims are essential to the process of discovering your inner artist: the Morning Pages, and the Artists Date. I am two weeks into her book, and have already felt a great change in my desire and strength as an artist. Before reading this, I was even apprehensive to call myself an artist- I didn't feel I deserved the title. I still feel a little uncomfortable claiming my desired title, but I am working through this discomfort. I have discovered many ideas and inspiration that I didn't even know existed in the back of my mind, while writing the Morning Pages (3 pages of free writing EVERY morning). I found fairies and jewels of hope and my childhood dreams hiding in the paintings and sculptures of each high-ceilinged room of the cool and brightly lit art museums, while on my artists dates (creative dates with yourself that encourage play and elate your inner artist child.) 

I was happy to spend the weekend in Stockholm, visiting my friend Helen, and my boyfriends friend and his family, but I am super happy to be home again, working on my blog, and putting all of this inspiration to work. I took so many photos this weekend, as well as video, and I am looking forward to editing it all and sharing it with you. 

I have been dreaming of my Artists Cottage a lot lately. I have this image in my mind of the perfect little cottage (about the size of guest house- maybe a little bigger) with large windows, an open arched ceiling with skylights, and a loft. The ground floor would be an artists heaven! Art supplies everywhere, and of every variety. I would have a vintage desk where I would do all of my writing- in front of a window that looked out over a garden. One wall would be a built-in floor to ceiling bookshelf, with a rolling ladder. The loft would contain a king sized mattress on the floor, and skylights above the bed. There would be a hundred pillows of all shapes, sizes and colors, and the blankets would be fuzzy and warm. And I would not have to go far for my afternoon Fika (Swedish for "coffee date"), as I would have a stone patio in the front, with a cafe style table and chairs. I am inspired by even just the thought of this place. This would be my "office" and my haven. 

I have decided to start making handmade business cards to hand out with my blog address on them. I have a habit of changing phone numbers, web address's, emails, and everything else, so this will be a cheaper and easier way to keep up with my changes. I will not have to worry about spending so much on business cards that will be void once they even are made- like the many I have piling up on my desk. Plus making them is more fun! Hand cut, hand colored, and hand printed. I think I will even get some linoleum blocks when I get home, and make some stamps (ooohhh- fun fun fun!) I have been wanting to get into block printing for some time now. 

I have many plans in the works for this blog, and will begin to apply these ideas very soon. Here is a sneak peak of what you can look forward to: 

~Weekly Artists interviews! Each week I will highlight a new artist, sharing their stories and their art. 

~Suggestions and Resources for inspiration and motivation. Books, videos, quotes, links, etc.

~Dream Leaper interviews! I will interview people who have taken leaps of faith, and share their stories of uncertainty, hope, and accomplishment. 

~Inspirational Song of the Week!

~My own story! My path of self discovery, becoming whole and secure in my Self, and as an artist. I will share my hopes, dreams, and inspirations, as well as my fears, difficult lessons, and stumbles along the way. 

My boyfriend is a wonderful photographer! Thank you, Jens!

Brightly colored supplies for my new business cards. 

Loving what I do~ Pure happiness shines through.