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Subscribeu003c!u002du002d wp:image {u0022idu0022:8946,u0022alignu0022:u0022fullu0022} u002du002du003ernu003cfigure class=u0022wp-block-image alignfullu0022u003eu003cimg src=u0022http://stephanie.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/summitpeak.pngu0022 alt=u0022summitpeaku0022 class=u0022wp-image-8946u0022/u003eu003c/figureu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:image u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:heading u002du002du003ernu003ch2u003ePlease enter your email address to subscribe to my list!u003cstrongu003eu003c/strongu003eu003cbru003eu003c/h2u003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:heading u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:block {u0022refu0022:11415} /u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:heading u002du002du003ernu003ch2u003eWhat readers are saying:u003cbru003eu003c/h2u003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:heading u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernu003cpu003eu003cemu003e I opened up your email this morning, just now, and am filled and uplifted with your song of love, light and life. I am so grateful to you for sharing your beautiful soul vision with us. —K.T.u003c/emu003eu003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernu003cpu003eu003cemu003eBeautiful and very timely. —J.Z.u003c/emu003eu003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernu003cpu003eu003cemu003eI am loving these missives that share your work and some of the thoughts behind the work… thank you for sharing with all of us! —I.L.u003c/emu003eu003cbru003eu003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:heading u002du002du003ernu003ch2u003eStill not sure you want more emails in your inbox?u003c/h2u003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:heading u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernu003cpu003eI endeavor to make mine simple, beautiful, and evocative.u003cbru003eI average about two emails a month.u003cbru003e And here’s a little archive for you to sample:u003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022https://mailchi.mp/60b50126cc68/a-purple-mandala-and-a-prayeru0022u003eMay 13, 2018 : Purple Mandala and a Prayeru003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022https://mailchi.mp/183bbfdb9a98/the-realm-of-the-snow-queenu0022u003eDecember 17, 2017 : The Realm of the Snow Queenu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022https://mailchi.mp/89813477c083/did-the-magic-touch-youu0022u003eDecember 10, 2017 : Did the Magic Touch You?u003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernu003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022https://mailchi.mp/1783d6899c92/news-from-my-studiou0022u003eJune 4, 2017 : Lady Labyrinthu003c/au003eu003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernu003cpu003eu003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:paragraph u002du002du003e
Aboutu003c!u002du002d wp:image {u0022alignu0022:u0022centeru0022,u0022idu0022:10280,u0022widthu0022:800,u0022heightu0022:654} u002du002du003ernu003cdiv class=u0022wp-block-imageu0022u003eu003cfigure class=u0022aligncenter is-resizedu0022u003eu003cimg src=u0022http://stephanie.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/epona.jpgu0022 alt=u0022u0022 class=u0022wp-image-10280u0022 width=u0022800u0022 height=u0022654u0022/u003eu003c/figureu003eu003c/divu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:image u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:html u002du002du003ernu003cp style=u0022padding-left: 15%; padding-right: 15%u0022u003eu003cstrongu003eThe horse guided me into the realm of art.u003c/strongu003e My earliest memories are my pretending to be a horse, romping around on all fours on our brown shag carpet. I did that u003cemu003eall the timeu003c/emu003e—my knees had permanent carpet burnsu003cemu003e. u003c/emu003eLater I drew horses obsessively, horse after horse, copied from books by C.W. Anderson and Marguerite Henry. Even my first pangs of creative jealousy were centered on a horse, or rather, on a six-year-old girl at bible school who drew them better than me.u003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:html u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:html u002du002du003ernu003cp style=u0022padding-left: 15%; padding-right: 15%u0022u003eu003cstrongu003eI drew horses because I wanted to experience them fully.u003c/strongu003e And so I learned at a young age that art was a doorway to an inner landscape, a near-mystical practice where I could experience more deeply the object of my attention. u003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:html u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:image {u0022alignu0022:u0022centeru0022,u0022idu0022:9800,u0022widthu0022:800,u0022heightu0022:756,u0022sizeSlugu0022:u0022largeu0022} u002du002du003ernu003cdiv class=u0022wp-block-imageu0022u003eu003cfigure class=u0022aligncenter size-large is-resizedu0022u003eu003cimg src=u0022http://stephanie.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_3410-2-1500x1125.jpgu0022 alt=u0022Stephanie sketches the Savage River in Denali National Parku0022 class=u0022wp-image-9800u0022 width=u0022800u0022 height=u0022756u0022/u003eu003c/figureu003eu003c/divu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:image u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:html u002du002du003ernu003cp style=u0022padding-left: 15%; padding-right: 15%u0022u003eu003cstrongu003eWriting, too, became a pathway into the inner landscape.u003c/strongu003e I have journaled, to the point of obsession, all my life. That compulsion to write became the primary lens through which I understood the world. (A shout-out here to my older sister, Sabrina, who helped me write my first poem). u003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:html u002du002du003ernrnu003cp style=u0022padding-left: 15%; padding-right: 15%;u0022u003eI did not go to school for either of these practices. I am self-taught, perhaps mostly because I am inherently stubborn and refuse to allow someone else to tell me how to do something. (Ask Sabrina!)u003c/pu003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:image {u0022idu0022:9319,u0022sizeSlugu0022:u0022largeu0022} u002du002du003ernu003cfigure class=u0022wp-block-image size-largeu0022u003eu003cimg src=u0022http://stephanie.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Roan-Sunrise-1024x262.pngu0022 alt=u0022Roan Sunrise, pastel of sunrise on Roan Mountain by Stephanie Thomas Berryu0022 class=u0022wp-image-9319u0022/u003eu003c/figureu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:image u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:html u002du002du003ernu003cp style=u0022padding-left: 15%; padding-right: 15%;u0022u003eAnd now, having walked long on my own peculiar path, as it winds and twists into even more sublime territory, I find that u003cstrongu003eall I want is to love the worldu003c/strongu003e, to be in conversation with the little stones and the ferns, to hear the song of the landscape and honor it, with each drawing, with each poem, with each little essay. u003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:html u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:html u002du002du003ernu003cp style=u0022padding-left: 15%; padding-right: 15%;u0022u003eIt is my greatest hope that my work kindles in you that bright knowing that the world is alive, and adorned with mystery. That we might find resonance in the unmitigated delight that is life on Earth. u003cstrongu003eIt’s a new paradigm we are building, with our joy, and yet it is the oldest paradigm of all.u003c/strongu003eu003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:html u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:image {u0022idu0022:9392,u0022sizeSlugu0022:u0022largeu0022} u002du002du003ernu003cfigure class=u0022wp-block-image size-largeu0022u003eu003cimg src=u0022http://stephanie.studio/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1200x602-1024x514.jpgu0022 alt=u0022Hepatica, a pastel by Stephanie Thomas Berryu0022 class=u0022wp-image-9392u0022/u003eu003c/figureu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:image u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:paragraph {u0022alignu0022:u0022centeru0022} u002du002du003ernu003cp class=u0022has-text-align-centeru0022u003eSign up for my occasional Sunday morning emails below:u003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:block {u0022refu0022:11415} /u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:columns {u0022classNameu0022:u0022has-2-columnsu0022} u002du002du003ernu003cdiv class=u0022wp-block-columns has-2-columnsu0022u003eu003c!u002du002d wp:column u002du002du003ernu003cdiv class=u0022wp-block-columnu0022u003eu003c/divu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:column u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:column u002du002du003ernu003cdiv class=u0022wp-block-columnu0022u003eu003c/divu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:column u002du002du003eu003c/divu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:columns u002du002du003ernrnu003c!u002du002d wp:paragraph u002du002du003ernu003cpu003eu003c/pu003ernu003c!u002du002d /wp:paragraph u002du002du003e
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