I created the domain for this site two years ago. I wasn’t sure what was next for me. I was living in Portland, Oregon and really just treading water. Portland was an amazing experience for me, as I know it is for so many people. There is an amazing balance of support and encouragement for introverted creatives like myself, as well as the resources to make something happen. I was inspired by those around me to finally create a life for myself. In Portland I was freed from the judgement and questioning that happens when you want to do something with your life that hasn’t yet been considered as viable employment or community. Portland taught me how to just be. To be with myself, to be with a strong few like-minded beautiful thinkers and doers that come together and be whatever is inspiring them in that moment.
With all the moment to moment living around me I started to think about permanence. I was questioning How long what I was delving into in that moment would be sustaining . I was empassioned by the self sufficiency of the creatives around me, but I was also feeling my foundation slowly dropping away like grains of sand pooling under your feet just after the tide has just washed away. I could sense that Portland was shifting and my sense of place was disrupted. I either needed to claim Portland as my home and watch as my friends and creative colleagues drifted with that tide, or I needed to rebuild on the foundation I had cobbled together in Colorado so many years before.
I discovered a sense of self in Portland, but I knew it was time to go back to my family.
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