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Natural curiosity

Natural curiosity

- Connection is a key thing in creative process and whenever I'm feeling disconnected from the world around me, my go-to is nature and I love to go walking in the woods, walking on the beach, walking on pathways by the ocean. It really brings me back to recognize just, sort of, this awe factor that happens in nature and I often get my best ideas when I'm walking and when I'm not even really looking for anything in particular. There's something in Japan called forest bathing and people go out into the forest, it's a thing that they do, and they talk about how it helps to nurture the soul, nurture the mind and set a new baseline. So I think about that when I'm hiking the trails and I think about that when I really just need to rejuvenate, just my mind and my body and that always lays, just a really rich groundwork for my creative work. When I'm walking for awhile, I never know what I'm going to find, beachcombing or coming upon maybe a grove of flowers and I love working right on…

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