These words don't exactly roll off the tongue for me. As a child I thought the coveted title was reserved exclusively for the type that could sketch something you could actually recognize.
But I've come to discover something liberating over the past couple of years. That my history with creativity has always been to imagine something in my head, then construct it with my hands. Please don't ask me to draw it. When most of my 16 year old girlfriends got cars for their birthday, I got my very own Singer sewing machine. No matter how 'uncool' I felt in that moment, I had no idea I would still be using it 19 years later. I wonder if they are still driving their 1990 car models? Maybe.
So in this discovery, my business partner, Shannon Mescher, and I founded Vivi Reborn. Vivi is the root meaning "to breathe life", "to enliven". For us, this takes something old and beautiful, dust if off, and pair it with something new. To recreate. To draw from the beauty of our past, instead of discard it. To look deep into the history of something cherished, recognize there is a story, and celebrate and honor it.
Our desire is for this blog to serve as an account of our journey. The a-ha moments, the dead-ends, and what we learn along the way. And maybe you'll find something that will spark in you. Reminding you that you are also an artist. And you'll start to imagine again, and create.
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