We found we were expecting on Valentine's Day this year. It was the dead of winter, one of the coldest I can remember. I had recently finished a two week creative reset and was feeling really inspired. I had a few ideas for a collection that I was tossing around but nothing stuck and then once the symptoms of the first trimester really hit me, all sense of creativity and desire to create was gone.
It was a little jarring because up until then my creativity kinda felt like a faucet that was constantly running. Ideas were coming to me left and right. I was surprised at how quickly it vanished. Looking back now, it makes sense. I was growing (and still am!) a little human and mothering a toddler who both needed every ounce of energy I had.
At the same time, I felt a little nervous about when (maybe even if?) it would come back and if people would leave this little community I'm building because I wasn't producing anything new. I was afraid people would tire of my past work and honestly I was getting a little tired of it too, I was craving something new just wasn't sure what it was or looked like.
Then once once spring came along with the second trimester, it was like a fog had lifted and I slowly starting dipping my toes back in. I missed it and the way it moved, the way watercolor flows, from one color into the next. So I started playing and created four new original pieces, unlike anything I’ve created before, totally abstract but colorful.
She's slowly arriving, my creativity. Being outside in nature and watching the world through Annie's eyes is helping me to slow down and notice and create space for ideas to flow.
I'm really proud of the little collection that helped me find my creativity again.
"In The Flow" is available to collect now, you can shop it here! I hope it serves as a gentle reminder for all of us to stay open, present, and willing to move with the natural flow of life.
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