Overcoming Roadblocks: My 2nd Mixed Media Vessel & Lesson Learned

[@michieleelliott1619]

Love your videos, stitching and learning about your process. Your daughter's joyful sounds were a bonus.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Aw.. thank you so much Michiele. I really appreciate that.

[@heksedansd.2919]

To me watching this and listening to you is like healing❤ You described your daughter like a ray of sunshine,- and that was so beautiful!❤

[@ArianeZurcher212]

❤❤❤Aw... thank you.

[@mariaruiz3848]

Always learning and expanding when I see your videos. I love slow stitching because has no rules. As a perfectionist I am learning to letting go and letting be. Everything is perfect in the way it is. There is a lesson in everything . Sending love ❤

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Thanks so much Maria. Yes, exactly. Your work is really coming along and evolving. I love seeing it!

[@bernadette607]

What an absolutely wonderful video. I can’t believe I just stumbled upon this video at the exact moment I needed it. I have been contributing to a national debate about abuse in schools in 50’s 60’s 70’s Ireland. I was a recipient of that spirit breaking physical and psychological abuse. I lived with a conservative pushing of my body - over working, perfectionist nonsense, lack of self love, self worth for most of my life…..

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Thank you so much Bernadette and welcome! Perfectionism is such an energy vampire! Really the worst. I'm so glad you're here! ❤️

[@pnwforesthermit4506]

Your talking of burnout is so important; after years of cycling through burnout I have finally learned to slow down and to work on more than one project at a time it seems to ground me and let’s me relax and enjoy the creative process a bit more

[@ArianeZurcher212]

@@pnwforesthermit4506 it’s wonderful that you’ve found what works for you. ❤️ I also like to have a couple projects going at once. And slowing down is key. ❤️💕❤️

[@lauremeaney7883]

oh oh! thank you! hearing you talk about the blueberries (and yes, that gorgeous blue and green is very reminiscent of it) brought back a long-forgotten memory of going blueberry picking in the Alps with my family as a kid. all the scents and sounds of the rain on my hood and on the foliage, and the feel of the wet bushes, and the woody mushroom smell of the forest... Oddly enough, what I don't remember is the taste of the blueberries haha! Knowing me, I was such an obedient kid, that if a parent had told me not to eat too many, I quite likely didn't dare eat any (how much is too much - right?). I do remember being fascinated, as I always am, by all the different mosses, and imagining being a tiny fairy or bug, living amongst them as though the mosses themselves were whole forests... Thank you for bringing that memory back to me in full technicolour smellovision!

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Aw… what a great memory. Thank you so much for sharing it with me. I love that. I always think there must be fairies growing in the nooks and undergrowth, I mean how could there NOT be?! Do you remember or did you see as a child Howard Pyle’s illustrations? I believed the fairies in his illustrations must be real. ❤️

[@alicemoline698]

So many videos..........thank you. Loved hearing your daughter. No need to shut the door. Pure Joy is always worth listening to. I LOVE your choice of color green on the right side. And with regards to the trip to Lapland and the hike...........a trip without a "story" to bring back is just a trip. Blessings to you.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Thank you so much Alice. Actually had recorded this before our conversation yesterday. But more on all of that later! I love what you wrote: "a trip without a "story" to bring back is just a trip." YES! One of the many reasons I so love traveling is the stories and memories they then become. Hugs to you.

[@alicemoline698]

@@ArianeZurcher212 Very interesting on the timing of your video being recorded prior to our conversation. Actually jawdropping.

[@ArianeZurcher212]

@@alicemoline698weird, right?! ❤

[@pgrace2555]

Looking great!

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Thanks! 😊❤️

[@anitajansen5610]

Great video 👍🧡💐 beautiful 🐘

[@ArianeZurcher212]

Thx so much Anita! ❤