mistaken.

"It's true, you are terrible at a lot of things. 

But there are a couple of things that nobody else does as well as you do. 

It drives me bananas that you will throw yourself away completely because of one or two things that you are wrong about you. 

That's what breaks my heart. 

You got to ignore those and lean towards the things that make you yourself. 

Forget everything else. Fake it. Fake your way upwards."

- Matt Berninger, Mistaken for Strangers (documentary)

dan.

"It's better to make a mistake with the full force of your being, than you timidly avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit. 

Responsbility means recognizing both pleasure and price, action and consquence, 

then making a choice." 

- The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Dan Millman 

neil.

"And now go, and make interesting mistakes. 

Make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. 

Break rules. 

Leave the world more interesting for your being here. 

Make good art."

- Neil Gaiman

#preach.

This is something I'm really focusing on for the remainder of the year - making good art. 

I was talking to a colleague the other day about the struggle of being an artists, in whatever medium rings your bell. 

If it's your career, you never have quite enough time to process and gain those creative juices back to their full potential (girl has bills to pay!) However, when you take the time off, you're not miserable by any means, but you realize how much you crave every moment you have to create. 

Needless to say, I'm experimenting. 

I'm currently dancing, training and teaching, while working on other non-dance related projects. 

It feeling incredibe to be a student again, but also satisfying to have the opportunity to lead and train others in something I love.  

I fully admit, I have made some major mistakes in the past year, and I learned a lot. In particular, I learned when the time was to step back, reevaluate and take charge in a different and new direction. 

Let's go back to making art. Art for arts' sake. Passion projects. Whatever. I'm in. 

nye2012.

"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. 

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. 

You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something. 

So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. 

Make new mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. 

Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. 

Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life. 

Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, do it. 

Make your mistakes, next year and forever."

— Neil Gaiman

I wouldn't have changed a single thing about 2012. 

Cheers to the best year (so far) of my life. Here's to many more to come. 

Bonjour 2013! 

Cheers and meet ya on the other side. xx