Episode 105: The Art of Creative Living & Life Lessons
Welcome to Episode #105:
After three days in Sydney pondering a workshop with Elizabeth Gilbert I come away with this share. It was a gift to myself to just get away for a few days, number one there was that. Number two, I could have just gone there to see the tsunami of women of all ages ready, pens and journals in hand waiting. There were people of all ages, including some men, one beside me scrawling notes, trying to catch what poet she quoted, all listening, waiting, watching, talking and mostly just feeling her words ricocheting off the podium where she stood.
In such an experience there is before, there is then and then there is after. …. it’s the holy trinity… And so it has been many years of knowing her work from afar, reading her books, loving her books and Liz sharing the art of creative living. For most of us it did start with the iconic ‘Eat Pray Love’ - for some it was the love story, for some the epic travel journey, for some the long pasta lunches in Italy, for some it was the spiritual seeking and the searching for herself. For me, it was everything. Livy was in my belly when I first read ‘Eat Pray Love’, and she is now sixteen years old. I have had three kids, and managed to live a creative life and stay married, in my mind it is quite the endurance test.
It is lovely to see her and listen to her to talk, but it is bigger than that, Liz Gilbert does the work. She questions and she calls it out, and she is willing to ride the wave and get dumped a few times. And if you see her live, you are with her walking into the fire, you are warmed and you are transformed, rising from the flames, anew and alive to whatever you are calling in next!
This share I go all the way in the deep end of living my own personal journey and feeling the rumble of change and growth and my own potential hovering in the wings as I share this podcast. It is creative living and I wouldn’t change any of it - it’s a grand adventure and a joy to share along the way…..
Liz Gilbert in the Sydney Town Hall - A Weekend Workshop
A lovely aperitivo at the Marble Bar - this is what an Australian Spritz looks like made with stunning Tasmanian Sparkling wine in the mix!
Shownotes:
Eat Pray Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert Live Events Link
Magic Lessons Podcast with Elizabeth Gilbert
Finding Amelia Instagram - Italy connection in Sydney detail
Conversation with Alison Ranwell - Appetito Cookbook Conversation
Making the magic happen, the Italian interlude continues at coffee in the morning and all through the weekend - Photo from Allison Ranwell - a perfect capture of the Italiano breakfast moment while she is in Italy and I am in Sydney!
A lovely collection of books awaiting me back at the Grace Hotel - a perfect visual when I returned from my big day out with Liz Gilbert and Company
Books on Italy - I cannot resist the temptation!
After the weekend of living creatively with Liz Gilbert I wandered down to The Rocks area and the magnificence of the Sydney Harbour always catches me, even if I was there a few weeks earlier it still caught my eye on the way to dinner