Last week- I was asked by a friend to get in on a creative project that she and another creative cohort use as a sort of jump start to get their creativity moving.

It was a simple quick request. And as you can see by the frequency of my posts here, I’ve been busy using my creativity in other ways (Hello, expanding my business ) So. Without any prompt or idea of what it would lead to, I decided to “GO” for it.

The following day I was asked to do something that had to do with the concept of PERMANENT.

And this is how my creative mind works:
I thought and thought. and thought some more. I thought about doing something with sharpies (you know, permanent marker). hundreds of them. and that idea kind of faded. I thought and started to get frustrated until I remembered the directions.

In the past, a project like this was one that would always get me thinking big.

I should do something SUPER MAGNIFICENTLY ONCE IN A LIFETIME INSPIRING!

Essentially something bigger than I could achieve. But this time, the directions and my schedule and to-do list came together and made the directions clear:

“Be inspired. I totally get that you are all extra-nutty busy so don’t stress. Don’t make it complicated. Just MAKE SOMETHING. That always leads to the making of something else.”

And my thoughts, eventually lead me back to this tree. A tree I’ve always noticed and have always wanted to photograph. A tree that had dodged construction of a freeway on ramp in the past (See photo 1, right side), and a tree that just dodged another (Photo 1 left side).
A tree that made me remember why I believe trees resonate with us- because they present characteristics that should be PERMAMNENT internally:

stand tall.
dig deep roots.
weather life’s storms.

Thank you Kal, for the invite to participate. it was good to get my creative brain distracted and to steer me in the right direction. And now, I’m going to make like tree. and leave.

Happy Travels….