06/18/2024
The first 6 months of this year have been what I would describe as “liminal”. Transitions, changes, evolving, not fully here and not fully there. While I know I’m always myself I certainly haven’t felt that way for some time.
To say I’ve lost myself feels incorrect but to say I’m finding myself feels spot on. But what needs finding if not something or someone who is lost. I suppose becoming something or someone new does require quite a period of dormancy during the discovery process. And of course there is grief.
It’s been important for me to pause on being a creator and to sink into being a curator, a collector. For years it’s been constant output, multiple projects at a time, one contract to the next to the next, full years scheduled before the current year is done, partnering, collaborating, producing, directing, building community. As I have felt deep sadness in the stillness of my life this past month, my husband lovingly reminded me that after over a decade of burning my candle at both ends—it’s ok to pause, rest and realign.
I feel the stir of restlessness, the craving for connection, the excitement of learning something new & challenging myself outside of my comfort zone. Summer weather, the upcoming equinox, feeling the relief of my second trimester and space away from the daily grind has pushed me back into the light and into being present. I hope that this years been treating you well. I hope that at this stage in your life you’re able to be everything that you instead of just a little piece. I think that’s what Wild & Styled is really all about— it’s about giving yourself permission to be the fullest version of yourself that you can be, undiluted. 🤍🫧🪽