After years of education and hard work in English Literature, having jobs from teaching, translation, creative writing, and voicelessly living through sad lyrics that I may yet one day put to use, I realized that my inner world is one of light, color and joy, even if my real life world is rather lackluster and cloudy.
With the realization, I took my meager savings and went back to school. This time in pursuit of a more creative and joyous career in fashion and costume design.
While I ended up being a teacher in my new career in order to make a living, I still cherish my now constantly burnt, cut, and tired hands as I work on the side, on a very small scale, designing and creating garments.
I have quite recently started renewing my wardrobe, this time with inspiration and in order to match the new pieces of art in form of gemstones and metal that I have acquired from Etsy.
Finally, my inner and real world are clashing in the sun, with all the colors of the rainbow, and I feel warm....
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