"I am an artist in the Cowichan Valley, having lived here for the last 19 years. I have painted for my entire adult life but am only recently begun in earnest my journey as a professional artist.
I believe that beauty is essential. I believe that we are all connected to everything else, that there is rhythm, music, love and purpose at the heart of existence. And that the natural world is constantly communicating the answers to all possible questions.
I believe we are here to discover our gifts and give them back to the world.
I believe in the simple life, in small pleasures and great passions. And I am convinced that besides art, dancing in the rain shouting joyful demands at thunderstorms is the best therapy to the madness of modern day life.
I believe that the biggest mistake we ever made was writing ourselves out of the definition of nature. That the sooner we remember that we are nature and nature is us, the better things will be for all.
I have felt a breathtaking intimacy between my heart and all the stars in the sky. Sleeping out under that canopy has taught me that there is no such thing as too much beauty, or too much gratitude. www.rachelcruse.com"
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