Creative Start Ups

"Art Is Life...I Come To Terms With Life Through Art." - Elimo P. Njau

I love this quote for its content and for its author, a man I am blessed to know well - my father. And it is leading me to shape my reality, as I come of age. Yes there are several coming of age stories that together contribute to how I have been called to live my life - including those that have occurred while I have been on sabbatical. 

I see it as a script that is multi-layered in meaning and purpose for my life.  And any rebellious acts of my soul that I have inherited or pegged onto, I honor and trust those acts. With a robust engagement that will lead me to my deeper creative instincts and start ups.


Mama Shujaa.

Comments

  1. TipsyJoeJanuary 23, 2015 at 5:15 PM

    Well put...I needed to read this. Thank you.

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  2. Hana Njau-OkoloJanuary 24, 2015 at 7:17 AM

    You are welcome. So glad and thanks for the comment.

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  3. Sarah LaurenceFebruary 11, 2015 at 12:14 PM

    I love that quote - it speaks to me too. Weren't you lucky to have been raised by such a man? He clearly passed on his creative genes.

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  4. Hana Njau-OkoloFebruary 24, 2015 at 5:16 AM

    Yes, very lucky. Thanks Sarah!

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  5. Amber NicoleJanuary 21, 2016 at 10:48 AM

    You certainly have a way with words. This speaks directly to my core.

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