Just stumbled upon an old blog post i wrote in 2021 about Taranaki , when we were living on the East coast in the golden sands of Papamoa. I knew there was something magic about this place even back then. The presence of real matured lovely creative people, exactly like the ones i’ve left beind in Glastonbury, was clearly a huge pull for us to make a base here.
https://www.fayesuzannah.co.uk/blog/2021/7/26/taranaki-my-creative-community
And how was i to know that my most recent personal studies on community, what it feels like and how it grows, during my time back in the heart of my own in the UK, was to be so very valuable when it came to starting a new life.
I entered straight into a running community as well as touching base with the lovely artists i already knew locally. the growth of the connection with people through the FeelGood Run Crew and the activities we support eachother in has enabled my creative confidence to grow enormously. If there’s any way now that i’m sure that sport and art link up in my life it’s that i’m at my best while i’m doing them both. I can be myself, i’m free to express who i am. I’m over the moon ( or the mountain!?) to be in a place where i’m doing both most days, with people or for people.
I am priviledged to have forged this life for myself
I could write about community for hours……