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Stacy Chiavaro's avatar

I am an interior designer and business owner. I often juggle the tasks of managing accounting, deadlines, specification submittals, and client expectations. All of this washes away when we present a home and witness the grateful teary eyes of our clients. The fulfillment I experienced was beyond belief when a recent dear client said “You are a true artist, I can’t believe we get to live here”. These are clients who were once hyper focused on costs, measurements, timeline, etc. The magic and power of art surpasses tangible things as it clears the way for enlightenment and quiet joy. I saw it happen before my eyes; it was so beautiful.

Thank you for giving a stage to artists and quiet souls around the world.

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Jethro Ndhlovu's avatar

"Young woman gazing", so much like me, lost in contemplative solitude, yet at my most peaceful and creative (as a man, I still identify).

I am a BA in library and information science, I was average as a pupil, but I've always loved to read and write (Don't know why I didn't take literature at school), and I was at my best and most peaceful when I was with my books and my writing.

There are people like me, who need the "Arts" to remain sane. If for no other reason, let us give THAT, to those of our children who cannot function without it.

Even the charging, practical extrovert, needs to retire within, every now and then, for a moment of existential contemplation, but, from whence will the succour come, if not from the creative introvert, who brings what resides in the hearts and minds humans, and makes it tangible?

Cheers for this Susan.

AMAZING piece.

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