Before I could begin to think about inspiration during this pandemic, I had to find a way to get motivated. Motivated by Necessity In late December 2019, I arrived home from my last ship appearance, after three weeks in ship quarantine. It would be months before my unusually long recovery time was suspected to be […]
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“Before the Pandemic.” Words I never really thought would be commonplace. Now we clearly have a “before,” “during” and “after.” But key to everything is what we do with what we’ve learned. Before…Life in the Fast Lane My “before” was busy, active, intense, creative and sometimes frantic. What strikes me most, looking at my “pre-pandemic” […]
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“It’s not from the known, but the unknown, that creativity and inventiveness are born.” I’m rather certain that is not my quote, but it has been with me throughout different periods of my life. As we pass through this time of great uncertainty and pain, I try to hold on to idea this more than […]
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The last five years have been a whirlwind. Building my business aboard luxury cruise ships while continuing to design and manage my studio. From countless trips to the Mediterranean and then to Asia, South America, the Amazon, Australia, New Zealand, Greece, the Azores and more…it was as exhilarating as it was exhausting. And yet, I […]
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A clean sunny workspace, or a hodgepodge of sticky notes and coffee mugs? Or a combination of the two? I’ll never tell, but decluttering is not only a physical action, but a mental one as well. When I am in design mode, the clutter can break out into my designs or shut me down completely. […]
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