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January 15, 2010

“Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim… Friends are born, not made… Intimates are predestined.” – Henry Brooks Adams

 

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I’m up early on a very cold, wet day in England. I am even very excited about going out in the very cold, wet day in England! Why? Because in a few short hours I will be cozily snuggling in a cottage with some of the most wonderful, talented, honest, real women I know. We are ‘retreating’ in the best sense of the word. Retreating from our daily lives to a place where we can be whoever we want to be. We are going to eat and laugh and probably cry. I know there will be about a thousand pictures taken, plans made, dreams supported, and chocolate eaten. I’m so nervous, but also so excited to get on that train.

See you Sunday.

xo

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I am (not) an Artist: A Creative Manifesto

December 20, 2009

“Give your soul a voice and reconnect with the messy, colourful, musical, sensual, experimental, fully engaged, and artful side of life.” – Sonia Choquette

CreativeManifestoA few weeks ago I wrote a post about being afraid to make art. Lots of you wrote back or commented and said that you knew exactly what I meant. It seems a lot of us are afraid to say that we are artists.

Within a few days I knew that I had to do more with this fear: I had to face it. I wrote myself a letter, which turned into a dare, which turned into a manifesto, which turned into a collaboration with a dear friend and this lovely piece of art.

I told you that I had a present for you, but even I never imagined how wonderfully it would turn out. Penny took the words I had written and made them look beautiful. Thank you Penny! Please accept this as our gift to you this festive season. May the new year bring you everything you wish for!

(Just click on the image to download it to your computer. )