Only 1 in 4 people feel like they are living up to their creative potential, yet the majority of people believe that being creative is a main factor present in a life of happiness and success, according to a study done by the Counsel for Advancement and Support of Education. Do you give yourself permission to be creative? Sarah Sparkles and I crossed the East River
It's that time of year again! Last night, I watched the city from the airplane window
I met her imagination as I devoured the 516 pages of her book on a flight from South America. I met her in person in a 1920s train car over tea. Her name is Erin Morgenstern and I fell head over heels in love with her in an instant. Her book The Night Circus is one of my favorite books and one of
I hated math. I had a notebook filled with algebra equations and messy scrawled calculations. On the last day of school in 8th grade, I got off the school bus, threw that f*@ker into the air behind me and ran. I didn't look back. The school year had rules, schedules, and guidelines. But the Summer was mine. In New York City, Summer is in full swing. I've got 10
We woke up side by side. On the floor. In our makeup from last night. Her name is Sarah Sparkles. The sun streamed through the 19 little oddly shaped windows in the room, and I whispered my dream to her. She was in it. She often finds her way in them. And then we got to talking about last night. The only way out is through, they say. I was
I had just opened my eyes. And in that bleary in-between state of wake and dream, I could hear their voices downstairs. They were talking about writing. There is a magnet in this home that draws the writers in. We hosted the writer Chad Faries here last week. Art Superstar, Sarah Sparkles did most of her editing for her upcoming book here. Rock Star Kim Boekbinder wrote most of her