inspired by the musical, RENT...

As a 12-year-old girl I wrote in bubble letters on my bedroom wall:

FORGET REGRETS, LIFE IS YOURS TO MESS. 

That’s how I interpreted the line in the song “No Day But Today,” much later realizing, it’s actually:

FORGET REGRET -- OR LIFE IS YOURS TO MISS.
(Call me Messy Jessie… I’ve always been a bit all over the place.)

The way I’d interpret the lyrics NOW is this:

forget regrets. forget guilt. forget feeling sorry for yourself. life can feel like a huge fucking mess sometimes, and it’s your job to make art out of it.

Not exactly fitting for the song, but you get the point.

On that note, I’d love to share an { audio recording } from a talk I gave last weekend at Soul Camp.

In it, we get down and dirty about creativity: how it's not just for kids, how we as adults need it in our lives - especially during these messy days, and how you can get started if you've spent a long time away from your creative self expression.

{ Tune in here } and let me know what you think!

dancing with you through the mess,