{"id":511,"date":"2016-08-04T17:30:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/?p=511"},"modified":"2017-01-03T03:30:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T03:30:33","slug":"letter-to-a-wild-sensitive-creative-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/?p=511","title":{"rendered":"Letter to a Wild, Sensitive, Creative Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"515\" class=\"size-full wp-image-507\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_01.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Blue cornflowers on white paper\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_01.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_01-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_01-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To you who sees beauty, both within\u2014and hidden behind\u2014this world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-508\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_02.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Tree under cloudy sky\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_02.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_02-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; who is moved by leaves quivering in the wind before a storm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; who feels what is real versus pretense in another, when they walk into a room\u2014and who loves their realness, even when it is masked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; who stops to help a lost dog find her way home, and who loves more deeply than she can express.<\/p>\n<p>To you, whose alignment with her inner compass is strong and true.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-509\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_03.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Monarch butterfly in flight\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_03.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_03-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; whose creativity flutters like the wings of butterflies, with too many ideas to catch in the net of her mind.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; whose focus on an object, or an idea, makes her lose all sense of time, as she captures her vision\u2014in words, in paint, in clay\u2014in her chosen art form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I know that a fierce love fuels your particular genius.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I know that when you are fully present and engaged, your calling to create is a kind of prayer.<\/p>\n<p>I know that you create from a deep place, tapped into the mysteries and potentials of the unseen world.<\/p>\n<p>I know that your need\u2014to express how you experience the world\u2014allows us to see through the lens of your unique spirit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To the wild, sensitive, creative soul reading these words: &nbsp; <em>Thank you!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-510\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_04.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Violin sitting on table\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_04.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_04-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-04_04-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Your sensitivity is like a finely-tuned violin; what touches those strings brings forth a song that only you can sing for us.<\/p>\n<p>You were born to do this\u2014to share your voice, your mind, and your passion!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The world needs your gifts.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To you who sees beauty, both within\u2014and hidden behind\u2014this world. &#8230; who is moved by leaves quivering in the wind before a storm. &#8230; who feels what is real versus pretense in another, when they walk into a room\u2014and who loves their realness, even when it is masked. &#8230; who stops to help a lost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","category-values"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":515,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliebaldwin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}