by shaunnawest | May 13, 2020 | Writing
Hello old friends. It feels a little surreal to be back at this keyboard the way I have been for the last few months. For those of you who don’t follow me on Instagram, you’ve had no idea, but I decided right before the new year to begin writing and...
by shaunnawest | Aug 2, 2019 | Writing
I sit quietly in my living room, a room I wouldn’t sit in for almost a year before my marriage ended. It was like the silence of what was happening under the surface of me was too piercing in here, too deafening. Too revealed. I retreated to spending time in...
by shaunnawest | Jul 11, 2019 | Writing
There is just something about a studio. A clean, white space. Everything is fresh. Everything is new. Blank. This is the place where new things are born. I walked into Marian’s studio this week, and some of the moments within the space stopped me in my tracks. ...
by shaunnawest | Jun 20, 2019 | Writing
Every time I opened my laptop to write my first post in the last few years, I inevitably shut it, apathetic and uninterested. My world had shifted dramatically after my divorce, and for me, I had no idea how to tie it all back together again, here, in this creative...
by shaunnawest | Jan 30, 2017 | Writing
You know, there are just times when the stars align, and for just one brief moment, things actually make sense. This weekend was such a time. I went to Memphis (more on this soon), and shared about creativity and business and we painted and laughed. I met some...
by shaunnawest | Mar 16, 2016 | Writing
I was walking on the beach, the sun on my face and salt in the air. To my right there were two women talking. One younger, wearing shorts and a tank top and the other, older, wrapped in a sweatsuit and wearing sunglasses the size of saucers. I happened to overhear a...
