Hello Friends! I’d never thought I would be quoting Wayne Gretzky here, but hey! I was watching Marcel the Shell with shoes and he quoted him (or as he put it Wade Jetsky): “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” We are always free to chat email us: [email protected] Believe or not I manifested this NYC adventure. I always saw myself standing next to these women. I never focused on it too much, but I kind of just always knew… and here was my shot! Well friend, as I sit here on a bustling cab ride on the way to the airport. I watch the sunrise peek over the horizon on the New York city skyline. Tears well in the bottom of my eyes. Goodbye New York, this won’t be the last time. I met so many new faces who I connected with and they all messaged later saying they would catch me next time I was in the city. And every time I thought: it took all my might to get here, to this point in my life, “a jet setting artist I am not, is that a thing I could be?”. Next time felt like such an absurd concept. Like I just pop over to NYC at the drop of a hat or something… But was it really? Maybe not. I met women who I have been working with and connecting online with for years, most of which are a part of a group called The Art Queens founded by Ekaterina Popova, a fellow artist and entrepreneur. Julianna Nauffel and her beautiful soul patiently walked me through the bustling streets of the city, vastly different comparatively from the quiet Canadian prairies. Julianna was caring, careful and sensitive as she did. I am not sure what I did to deserve her time, but she made my time in NYC the most memorable experience. She expressed to me the importance of why I was here. I was here not just for myself or my art. I was for all of the women and mother artists. I was here to show them that they too can accomplish anything they desire deep in their hearts, and that they too can pursue their passions in all of their forms. I took a brave leap. But as Glennon Doyle says “there is no map, we are all pioneers”. I am, you are, all our paths overlapping, and paving new. Alicia Co-Founder of PXP had invited me to be a part of an all-female exhibition for the Affordable Art Fair in NYC. What an honour and privilege to have this opportunity. It did not go unnoticed, PXP was received the honourable mention for curatorial excellence! Meeting these women was an out of body experience, I was in a constant state of shock, while at the same time felt like I had known them for most of my life and everything just fit. How did I find myself here? I had seen myself prior to this event, me standing with these women, celebrating creativity and abundance. And finally this was it. The precipice of my thoughts, motivation and goals. It was an extraordinarily ordinary moment in time. But all the while this nagging occurred, this cannot be all… Ekaterina or as most of us call her Kat messaged me later that evening “I am so proud of you. I hope you know how magical you are. And how people admire you and how you light up in the room. Grateful for you and it’s just the beginning.” A path that I have lit for myself and so many others. It took so much more and all of me to get here. But it is not the end. No. It really is just the beginning. You can catch this episode on the podcast where we chat about manifesting dreams and our adventures in NYC. Sign up for our new Creative one-on-one Mentorship Program: https://www.brandihofer.ca/mentorship Watch on You Tube: https://youtu.be/_cwickuEdrE Join our Free Community: https://m.facebook.com/groups/774313479902890/

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