Just as an artist paints on canvas, we paint the canvas of our lives everyday with our choices and actions. What is life, really, other than a series of decisions and consequences, made one after the other? What if we were all tapped into the practice of deliberate discernment, choosing from a space of knowing and alignment to what matters to us? To our truth?

When I reclaimed my Truth, that I am an Artist, that I am one-of-a-kind, that I am the only Margaret Heather Hanson who will ever exist, I was able to go full bore on embracing my quirks, my penchant for saying hello to the butterflies, my love of bright color and Star Trek.

In essence: I learned to wholeheartedly accept my contrast with the world, allowing the miracle of my individuality to unfold, creating a joyful life and wondrous art.

Let’s break it down, and you will see how what attracts you to a piece of art - the use of divergence in design, value and color - is what pulls you in, makes you gasp with wonder, shed tears of joy, and breathe a sigh of relief that you are truly, fully seen.