A Creative Retreat

I am in a blissful stupor of creative contemplation.

For four days in September, I will be attending this amazing series of creative workshops at a lakeside retreat in New Hampshire. Superhero's enticing invitation to the Squam Art Workshops earlier this week prompted me to look into it more closely; between feelings of self-doubt and overwhelming moments of "this feels right", I decided to heed the latter and make it happen.

I strongly feel this is the step out of my comfort zone I've been ready to take for a while. It's the creative connection I craved earlier this year, and the creative retreat for which I stashed away a few vacation days, acting on faith that I would find one that fit budget, time and purpose.

Not only will I attend three fabulous all-day workshops, I will immerse myself into a creative community, sharing lodging and meals with a group of like-minded, amazingly creative women, some whose blogs I've been reading for the past few years.

There will be plenty of time for artistic insecurities and miscellaneous fears to surface between now and September; for now I will enjoy the giddy excitement that comes with stepping out of my comfort zone, the prospect of meeting some of the women whose blogs are listed under my Regular Reads, and the potential of expanding my creative capabilities. I. Can't. Wait.