feeling the pull of the sea: squam 2012

(squam 2011 - sommers cottage)

a new website for squam. my head is spinning with excitement. so many choices. too many decisions. how am i to pick and choose. thinking of my life changing experience last year, at squam 2011 fall, blogged at here:, here, here, and here. 

(squam 2011 - the entire gang)

squam fall session; squam spring session; squam by the sea; and yes, even squam in italy.

i have such happy, inspiring memories of squam 2011, and i've been looking forward all year to see these new offerings. but now i feel overwhelmed. i don't want to miss anything. i want to see and do it all. i want to see friends made again. new possibilities. new adventures. new inspiration. new and old friends to meet.

(squam 2011 collage)

i'm being instinctively pulled by the sea. nags head, on the east coast of north carolina's outer banks. the idea of painting for three days in this class, in a beach front cottage, saltwater splashes, and sounds of waves soothing the soul, late night bonfires, hanging with like minded soul sisters.

yes.  i'm feeling the pull of the sea.