The Mediterranean Sea stretches out before me like sparkling aqua glass. Across the water, I know that Italy—my dream destination—is closer than ever before. It waits, just across the Sea for my daydream vacation to come true. So close…and yet it will be saved for another day, another trip. The current one I am enjoying […]
A Love Affair With Myself
“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.” ~Oscar Wilde When I was twelve, I was a dark hurricane of emotion. I wrote deep angst-filled poetry, complex laments on how the world didn’t understand the creative artist that secretly lived within. I yearned to be understood. I cried in my pillow, night after night, to […]
Cultivating Creativity
So, you want to be more creative… You’ve lingered and marveled over other artists and wondered just where they get their amazingly original ideas. You make promises to yourself that you will spend more time with your creative passions, but at the end of the day, you are too exhausted to think any thoughts, let […]