Art.

Another reason to love Mondo? They inspire you- before they inspire you. For me, this came two fold.

First, I am always a bit envious of artistic people. Not only are they artistic, and are able to make tangible beauty, but, their mind thinks beauty. From that mind, beauty comes into the world. Not only have I never been artistic (though always dreamed to be) I never have artistic thoughts. That is until now. When I used to think about pictures- of anything, I would look for another's picture of what I was thinking. Now, I do it myself.

Mondo sent us a book of art with a task to write a secret message to ourselves. I wanted to do it immediately- and photograph it. Two messages spoke to me for reasons very clear to me. I never had a real childhood. I was young, but never a child. From that lost time, I lost the time in your life when magic could be real, that games were easy to think of and do. But I never had that time. And I want to reclaim that now.

My life has always been work and an uphill battle. I have always worked and planned and done it on my own. And that is exhausting! I was jealous of other's little adventures and trips and surprises. That is until now. I want to reclaim that for my own. 

From these beginnings not only do I find the artist in myself, but the ability to be playful in that art. To wing it and not always plan ahead- to let there be some space for magic. 

Thank you to Andrea and Jen. These are for You. These are for Me. These are for the Dreamers.