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rita farin: transitioning to a creative life
http://www.ritafarin.blogspot.com
Last year, I left a 20-year career in marketing to become a full-time writer and was completely surprised by the absolute discomfort of making such a radical change. My blog is about the discoveries I made then and continue to make today as a certified creativity coach, trained in addressing the issues that come up during transition, change and the creative process.
Recent Posts
Creepy crawlers and the world of should.
An alternate world exists alongside the one of our desires. Alongside the world that serves our ultimate good and higher purpose, is the world of should. And there it stood in front of me. Behind me. And all around me. In the form of doctors and lawy...
Washing away your dust. An interview with Laura Wellem, displaced employee turned mixed media artist.
I met Laura Wellem at the Avondale Estates Art Fair in Atlanta earlier this year. Vibrant images of trees and figures on canvases and furniture drew me and my friend into her booth. Taking a closer look, we realized that Laura cleverly incorporated m...
When broken shutters, hives and heartache lead the way to grace.
My camera reminded me.I was on Cape Cod, sitting on the beach, trying to ignore a severe allergic rash that came out of nowhere, on the heels of my slow recovery from the lethal MRSA infection. On the heels of the final breakup of my two-year relati...
Bunny ears are calling.
About a month ago, I received an email from an elementary school classmate who miraculously remembered me from the days when I was a real blonde. And it prompted me to go back to my old photo albums. There I was sitting among a bunch of fellow second...
Trust me...there's pollen on your wings!
“Do you think they know?” I asked.“Know what?”“That they carry pollen on their wings?”My friend and I were walking around Callaway Gardens, on the Rhododendron Trail with no rhododendrons blooming as of yet. We had just walked out of the ...
Priceless wisdom from a box of turnovers and a $60 outfit.
On Sunday, I was standing in the checkout line at Trader Joe’s when the cashier asked the guy in front of me if he had been doing something fun that day. “Yes!” the man smiled widely. As it turns out, he was a statistician who had been research...

