Inspiration

I’m a huge fan of taking a break and stepping away from every day doing and that includes creating art. And I must admit even though I’ve been creating, I’ve been in a lull of inspiration. I am pleased to have gone on this camoing trip and found a renewed creativity. We went camping with new and old friends not far from here at the Explore Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway, close to Roanoke. I vegged out while my partner did the ropes and obstacle course – and the evenings were spent sitting around the fire. There was a small historical area and I remembered all the pictures I used to take that were meant to become wood-burnings. I set off with my partner…

It’s amazing to me how we can leave a little of ourselves with other people. A friend of mine recently lost her mom. And her mom was a special kind of lady. She was incredibly talented Artist and I even had the honor to feature her artwork in my brick and mortar store. I closed the store in 2012 because well being stuck in one place for 8 hours wasn’t my ideal way of featuring and support Artists. Something I have recently solved by launching The Rebels Den. But here is what lead me to write this post. I don’t hide my past aka the story of my life on how I grew up in foster care and all the challenges that came with it….