One of the goals that often comes up in art classes, journaling workshops, or creativity courses is to “return to and create from your childhood — the time when you felt most happy and free.” That’s never been a useful exercise for me. I feel more happy and free now,...
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You might be surprised to know this about me. As an artist who channels beauty, I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about death. Wait…don’t go! Truth be told, for much of my life, this was a source of terror and severe anxiety. I grew up exposed to a...
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Greetings from Cologne, Germany! If I had a time machine…and I was visiting summer 2015. We decided to make a two-day stop in Köln to visit Drew’s friend Tim. As you can see, I spent a lot of my time at Museum Ludwig. I enjoyed a few quiet hours to myself...
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True Story: We visited our friends in Hamburg, Germany in 2015. I viewed and processed the photos from our trip over two years later. Who does that? Me, now, obviously. We spent the first part of this European vacation in Iceland. I shared some photos our Icelandic...
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Paul’s Boutique | NYC, Lower East Side by Melanie Biehle, May 2015 I want things to really sink in. To go slower. To have an impact. To assimilate. Or, as the Beastie Boys said, “Let it flow, let yourself go / Slow and low, that is the tempo.”...
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Nostalgia is a powerful emotion. Yesterday afternoon I had a chance to wallow in it while we visited the Toys of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s exhibit at the MOHAI in Seattle. It was our first trip to the MOHAI. There were so many awesome things to see!...
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The Adventure Club recently returned from a trip to the Deeeeeeeep South. P.S. It was SUPER HOT. I’ve never been able to deal with the heat, even when I lived there…unless I was in a swimming pool. In fact, I’m coming off a sun headache today and...
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Today I wanted to share the final set of photographs from our Icelandic adventure last summer. All of these shots were taken on the The Golden Circle Tour from Reykjavík Excursions. If you’re only staying in Iceland for a few days, I highly recommend it....
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“…Too many people try to control others and their environments. Adventure is the release of control. The only control we have is over the choices we make for ourselves. The options for living are infinite and every choice we make, even how we choose to...
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There are a lot more things that I want to share about our summer vacation. It’s hard to know where to start! I decided to go with a glimpse of city life in Reykjavík, Iceland. I left out the Harpa (it’s so fantastic that it gets its own post), and started...
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