Ever since I was small I loved to make things with my own two hands, partnered by my endless imagination. I always felt deeply connected to something greater and filled with a great sense of peace whenever I was creating.
Dolls have forever played an important role in my creative life and I can remember wanting to become a ‘collector’ when I was still in single digits; saving my pocket money to buy those weighty, expensive doll magazines. Growing up, I often visited the old lady across the road who stole the neighbourhood mail and fed my brother and I dog biscuits (yes they were delicious), just to get her to bring out her antique doll collection from on top of the dusty cupboard. I can recall making my first marionette at age 10 with no instructions and some random household odds and sods. There was always something particularly powerful about dolls and I am still just as enchanted.
I did go on to study both visual arts and transpersonal art therapy and I dabbled in many and varied working modalities. After many years of making and doing, doing and making I eventually came to the realisation that my creations had always held a special quality, they were composed of signs and symbols and I had the ability to interpret their particular stories…. and so I began to listen!
I came to learn that there exists a great pool of creative wealth out there in the ether and those of us lucky enough to be able to draw from that pool are interpreters, or channels, of special messages. We each express these ‘creative codes’ in our own unique way and the resolutions are able to be utilised as guidance for ourselves and others.
So began my journey with Gifted Heart!
It is my absolute pleasure to bring forth these little guides! With these, it is my hope and my intention to generate more joy, grace and authenticity in the world.
With much kindness and incredible gratitude, Annika
p.s. Special thanks goes out to my mum Sarah, my brother David, my sis-in-law Kim, Melichookita, Amanda, my Guides and of course my best friend up there, Paris. I am eternally grateful for all of your amazing support, inspiration, feedback, endurance and love along the way.
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