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The Delicate Balance

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I’m a hybrid. I love feeling the water glide over my shins as I stand barefoot in a river, rocks occasionally saying hello. I love feeling the breeze on my face as I stand in the silence atop a rolling hill, watching the gracefulness of a [...]

A Thank You Letter to You, My Sweet New York

Arts Family Favorite Posts Inspiration New York

Written on May 23, 2019 Hello, New York – my old friend. I’ve been thinking a lot about change lately – how it is inevitable. That is a guarantee of life. And I am someone who mostly enjoys change. Sometimes I seek it out; sometimes it presents [...]

Knowing the Art Within Me

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It’s almost time to ring in a new year. Typically, that means that we reflect on the moments that have become ingrained as memories within us, as we look to the new year with curiosity – wondering what the next 12 months have in store for us. We [...]

My Weakness Is My Strength

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If you were to ask me what I thought the weak spot was in my personality, I’d say it’s that I feel extremely deeply. If you were to then ask me what my best quality is, I’d say that it’s my ability to feel extremely deeply. *Cue Narrator voice: [...]

Sharing Me

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I had to force it at first. I had to get frustrated and sigh and even stomp around a bit, fists clenched and bottom lip sticking out a smidgen past the upper. That’s not the way I like to spend my time in a studio, but I had to go through [...]

Painting the Mural of My Life

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Hey New York, It’s me – the Tiny Dancer, and I just wanted to wish you a Happy 4.5 Years! Another six months of early-morning prayers, mid-afternoon walks, and late-night giggles. Time certainly does fly, doesn’t it? [...]

Here’s To Us, New York—Happy Four Years

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Dear New York, It’s me — The Tiny Dancer. I just stopped by to say Happy Four Years to us. Four years ago today, we were simply meeting. I didn’t know what adventures you’d take me on, where our favorite spots would be, where [...]

The Year Of The Uncomfortable

Arts Family Inspiration New York

It started with a phone call. Goodness, that sounds dramatic, doesn’t it? But it’s true. One phone call ignited a flame within me and inspired me to take bigger leaps, to dream outside the box, to purposefully make myself consistently [...]

My Memory Blanket

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Lately, I’ve had an overwhelming urge to listen to classic country music. Waylon. Willie. Charley. The voices that can sing a single note, and you instantly know it’s them. For the past two weeks, I’ve listened to these songs day after day. At [...]

A Heart’s Cravings

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A few days ago, I was listening to a podcast while commuting to work. In this particular episode, a woman described how she decided to give a kidney to a complete stranger. She mentioned that when she started her bucket list as a child, she had [...]