1) What do you love about blogging?

2) Who is your favourite band/musician?

3) If you could have dinner with anyone (living or dead) who would it be?

I'd have to say Stanley Kubrick. I've always admired his creative aesthetic in film and photography. I'd just like to pick his brain and see where his inspiration comes from. OR Zooey Deschanel. I feel like we would hit it off quite well with our sarcastic personalities.

4) Do you like collecting? 

5) If you could have lived in any other time period, which would you choose, and why?

This past week I've been jumping into the Find Your Voice online work shop. It's free (YAY) and so far very great. I've met a ton of wonderful people and it's been a great source of inspiration so far. I highly encourage you to join to if you are looking for a great creative adventure. (Join via the facebook group to get started) This is how my first week went. I'll share my projects as I complete them as well.

Week 1: Introductions

What is story telling to you?
Story telling is self expression.. sharing the things you love, do, experience, believe, learn and see in some tangible or intangible way. (photography, painting, journals, singing, music, poetry etc) Story telling is a way to make a record of something to share or revisit at another point in life and be transported to those memories.

Who are you?
I'm a mother, a daughter, an artist, a sponge of anything I can find that inspires me. I'm a student of life.

What are your storytelling goals? How do they fit in with the rest of your creative & life goals? 
My story telling goals are a personal aspiration to to remember every detail of everything important to me. The taste, smell, vibe, emotion of each beautiful thing. My blog is the biggest part of my life that I can use to convey and record these things and also by incorporating my photography, art and design work into my blog.

What are your favorite stories?
My favorite stories are visually appealing and usually transport me to a different time and place. Places and people rich with history and traits such as honor, chivalry and bravery. The Hobbit, Lord of The Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Pride & Prejudice,  Anne Rice's novels, children's movies such as Shrek, Puss in Boots, Rio,


What styles do you find aesthetically pleasing? Modern? Vintage? Minimalist?
The honest answer is that I enjoy anything that is done well. Maybe because I'm aspiring to be a designer who has to be able to provide numerous styles for clients of maybe because I don't exactly know my particular style. I seem to lead towards vintage in most aspects of life but appreciate and admire other styles as well.

Which storytellers do you admire? How can you pull from their style to enhance your own?
I admire storyteller's with great imaginations and visions. I admire storytellers who transport me and shock me. I enjoy emotion and passion. Anne Rice and J R Tolkien in particular. Their keen descriptions and thorough thought process in their writing is something that I can try to convey in my own story telling.

What is your ideal story? What are you looking to get out of the Find Your Voice summer storytelling workshop? 
My ideal story is one full of enchantment, wonder, love, adventure and beauty. I'm hoping to bring out my creative side and find out a little bit more about myself.

 

 

im going to start posting "peaks into my life" randomly because i didn't realize it until it was pointed out to me, but i do things very weird or goofy sometimes. im a cluttered mess, but i manage to make it work for me. i laugh at myself on a daily basis lol. but mainly, i want this to be a growing process for me too so that i cant learn to better organize, track how i have changed and grown etc.


How I Stay Motivated:

1) i make a daily to do list via this spectacular dry erase board from walmart that my hubby bought for my birthday last year. I CANNOT express how much use I have gotten out of this little dude. I feel that if its "IN MY FACE" reminding that i need to get things done, than i'll do it. im terrible at house hold chores and i hate cleaning. crossing items off this list gives me a sense of power sadly. its nice to know ive accomplished something that day. no matter how small. i also forget how important it is to just doodle and brainstorm and often have to put "doodle" on my to do list. I wish I could say that more sewing was on this list, but I'm usually too pooped to even sit down and work, im working on that though.

Aside from my dry erase board, I also make hundreds of lists all the time.. grocery lists, lists for things I want to buy in the long run for the house etc.. by making those lists I actually accomplish getting those things rather than just "wishful thinking" or coming home from the grocery store and thinking "darn I really meant to get hot chocolate". lol

I've HAD to do this because cleaning house and taking care grown up things hasn't been my strongest talent lol. I'll let dishes sit in the sink for a week before washing them. Gross I know. On top of that, I simply have a hard time remembering things I want or need to do.  I'm not anal and crazy about cleaning my house or running errands.... i would much rather lounge about all day playing games, painting or playing at the park down the street. i try to have as chill and stress free of a day as possible... this simple tool has worked wonders. so if you don't already make lists, do it! if you do, how has it worked out for you? do you reward yourself?