Artella is 12 years old this m
onth! In November, 2002, I sent out an email to a handful of friends. I called it the Articulation Art-Splash, and it was the very first edition of what turned out to be Artella’s newsletter. 12 years later, we are celebrating our anniversary with:
- A newly designed web site – easy navigation, mobile compatible, and updated news
- A revitalized Artellagram newsletter and design
- New social media pages
- This new blog
- New products getting ready to be released before the holidays
- And the publication of the new book, Hop, Skip, Jump: 75 Ways to Playfully Manifest a Meaningful Life – along with fun free gifts to celebrate it.
Back in that first Articulation, I shared a series of photographs and prose vignettes inspired by Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey. At the time, I had no idea that this new idea Artella would turn into my own Hero’s Journey…I was simply following my bliss to do something I wanted to do.
Now, 12 years later, I read these words and see how Artella has hit each stage in the journey. For example, it started with a page called “Beginnings”. I chose this photo of the Golden Gate Bridge for a very personal reason – because my wonderful husband proposed to me on this bridge, and so it is a symbol of celebratory start point.
Both the proposal on the bridge and the innocent sending of a newsletter were “beginning moments” – though I didn’t realize the impact of the journey to come until much later.
The words on the page say:
The beginning moment:
Senses are acute, Heart is open,
Fear is standing on the elder cliff ready to leap.
Right now, what is your beginning moment? Share below…and step into your beginning!
Go here to take the Hop, Skip, Jump quiz!