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๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’›the advances have arrived for this trifecta of firsts: first-time author @gilbertscake , first-time illustrator @hello_nieuw and first book for my new mini-imprint @the_gilded_snail 

Publishing in one month to celebrate Gilbert’s birthda
Weirdly, it’s sometimes (and sometimes often) amongst the people most dear to us and whom we love the most that this unique loneliness can strike. 

While we love our families with a death-defying passion, there are moments when we feel we are
๐Ÿก surprised and delighted (possibly also a little gobsmacked) to have been granted a residential fellowship in 2026 at Varuna, The National Writers House in Katoomba, Blue Mountains.  Now to find the prefect 3 weeks for this retreat … I think
The gorgeous that is @criss.canning 

#chriscanning #banksia #natureart
Sometimes we focus on what we THINK we should do instead of focusing on what our heart wants us to do. 

We rationalise like crazy and convince ourselves that what we’re doing is what the world wants. And that we’re doing what WE want.

I
Found this gorgeous image by @twoinatree in my saved items and thought it deserved another airing ๐Ÿค—

@twoinatree #brightcolour #lyracolourspencils #colourpencildrawing
I found this inspiring but also confronting thought today in a carousel of similar insights from @darby_hudson 

It made me hyper-aware of how easy it is, and how often it happens, to put off the creative moment until tomorrow. And then suddenly anot
A Simon Palmer landscape to entrance you. Because it’s titled “The Composers” I’ve paired it with Ralph Vaughn Williams’ “Pastoral”. They may even have been vaguely contemporaneous at some point (anyone?)

#s
Until we try it for ourselves, we never realise the power of a creative start to influence the quality of our day.

Creative play is the most effective, and exploratory unstructured play is the most magic of all.

No matter how fleeting, such a momen
Just saying …

#subvert #subvertthedominantparadigm #getmessy #berealnotperfect #bereal
CREATE DANGEROUSLY. I think it’s my IKIGAI. I’m a nice lady on the outside but a boiling cauldron on the inside. Can’t be healthy. 

But how effing apt are Camus’ words right now, despite having been first said over half a cen
๐ŸŽถRaindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ๐ŸŽถ

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein intuited a thing or two. Such as what stirs our hearts and makes us feel warm and fuzzy on the inside. This is what I’m researching for my doctorate, and the