So here it is – a special place on the web just for me. I hope you like it!
Craig at Now Creative made it for me using a mood board I put together especially for this project:
Thank you Craig!
How it came about
I realised the need for this site earlier this year when I was luxuriating in Jamie Ridler’s Full Moon Dreamboards exercise and didn’t feel comfortable sharing the boards on my existing blog Organikal on an ongoing basis. Then there were the wee bursts of creative writing (especially those started at Joanna Paterson’s Treasure Conscious class) or inspirations and journal entries that I wanted to share which also weren’t part of the message behind Organikal.
So I created a new Tumblr space for Julie Gibbons. But I’ve been thinking Tumblr, fun though it is, just wasn’t enough for what I wished to express and how I wished to present it. And so here we are. After all, I have some fabby friends who were also brave enough to claim their names and spaces on the web this year and inspired me to do so. Isn’t that right Jackie Walker and Amy Palko? Then of course, there’s the wonderfully sharp and motivational Lea Woodward who knows exactly what her space is for and reminded not every project needs to be a BIG deal.
How it feels
I would say it’s been quite a scary decision to make – to bare all on a place with my name; to reveal some of the inner thoughts and feelings which move me day-to-day; to share my rediscovered compulsion to create, with various project work and journal entries and to expose my personal rituals – but you know what? It hasn’t. It’s been exciting and positive and wonderful and absolutely the right thing.
Of course, I ain’t going to share everything. I’m sure even when Joni Mitchell was writing Blue she didn’t reveal everything!
What I mean is, you can share a whole heap, without regurgitating that which should remain private and special and secret. Sharing a response or a moment, or a spark is enough. And that’s what I hope this place will be. And without a business plan it needn’t become anything that causes me sleeplessness or feel weighty about my neck.
I’ve unreservedly used a lot of ‘me’ and ‘I’ here and for that I make no apologies. It’s quite a hard thing to do for a marketing dude. But I’m going to do it a lot more. After all, this is a place for me, and I’m going to use it to soar:
Will you soar with me?
Yes yes yes!! I’ll soar with you, Julie!
I’m so glad you’ve claimed this space for yourself. It’s so exceptionally beautiful and completely ‘you’ and for that, you should never feel the need to apologize. After all, the world needs you to be your own wonderful, magical, sparkly, sacred self 🙂
So looking forward to reading what you choose to share here
Amy
xx
PS So funny you mentioned Joni – that very album is playing almost non-stop on my ipod at present!
It all started back in February – with your superb visualisation, Amy – thanks!
This parallel life we’re leading, it’s really quite something 🙂
Yes, I will x
Julie, this is one of the most beautiful websites I’ve ever come across, and your words have moved me to tears.
I feel as though I have found, right in the heart of midwinter, a treasure trove.
Thank you, thank you
Oh my. That stirs my heart Joanna. Thank YOU! Especially for the impetus and tools with which to finally start journaling: a life long wish achieved this year. And how!
Julie,
Very happy to see this. Big smile and a bigger hug. 🙂
Plant the seeds. I look forward to the results.
Conor
Yay Conor – what a lovely surprise to see you here, my fellow journaling alumni. Thank you for your support – it means a great deal.
Well look at you! This is wonderful and so…you. I love it. *HUGE* congratulations and hugs too 🙂
It really was a vital lesson you shared with me that day, Lea. Powerful enough to remove some pretty hard core brakes! Hugs back at ya 🙂
Julie, it’s a beautiful new home for your magical inspirations ~ I love it. You’re going to have so much fun here and we’re going to love visiting.
Loving the references to Joni already (Blue is my favourite album of all time.)
much love
Heather xx
Thanks Heather! Fun, yes – I have the feeling … Could you pick just one song for your Desert Island Disc 😉 ?