Today, I am inspired by the amazing experience I had this weekend at
Creative Dig in Cleveland at
Terra Vista Studios. It was such a wonderful experience and I will be sharing tidbits here throughout the week.
First of all, the studio space itself was AMAZING and I found myself drooling with envy!


The day was covered in three segments: Writing with
Christine Claire Reed (aka The BlissChick), Art Journaling with Connie Hozvicka (of Dirty Footprints Studio), and pinch pot clay portraits with
Andrea LeBlond (of Terra Vista Studios).
So what specifically inspired me throughout the day? My gosh, where to start?!
Writing Your Shiniest Story: Christine led a wonderful session! So many great writing prompts, insights, and tasty yoga tidbits. The group of women I shared my time with were warm, receptive and so open to share their writing. It was amazing what I found myself actually stating out loud! Here are few things that poured into my journal that really surprised me... (prompts in italics)
• If there was nothing to fear and nothing to which I feel obligated, I would begin new work constantly and sometimes not finish it...
• I wish my body were capable of healing itself and could regenerate body parts. (!)
• Taking care of myself would mean saying NO to situations that require too much of me.
• My creativity is limited by my desire to be popular (that one rocked me a bit).
• I feel most creative when I play.
Thank you Christine for helping me to uncover so much of my story!
Painting and the Art Journal:Connie was a joy to learn from. I have never kept an art journal, but I know that after my experience on Saturday, it is going to become a regular part of my creative life. More in depth on this later this week. But check out all the awesome supplies on the table next to my journal. Thank you Connie for sharing so much!
Pinch-pot Portraits:Working with clay for the first time in years was a joyful, therapeutic experience. Andrea was great instructor who made the task of building a portrait out of clay anything but scary! (Well, the way the face took shape
was kind of creepy.) My sculpture started as self-portrait but ended up looking rather masculine but fae. With Andrea's suggestion, he became a sort of semi-green man/fairy muse. Thank you Andrea for a fun way to round up the day!

My intention for the day was to break through my creative blockades, self-imposed expectations and artistic preconceptions and to embrace my artistic self fully... The energy, support and guidance I experienced on Saturday helped me to find this side of myself again! Now look out because I have a lot of art to explore.