About Born to Bloom Bright by Julia Ostara
Born to Bloom Bright is an invitation to tend, enjoy, embody and fully appreciate the natural beauty within and around us. Jules Ostara takes readers on a symbolic walk through seeds of possibility while making a declaration of vitality and choice to grow, blossom and thrive.
Filled with colorful mixed media art, the book features a bouquet of artists from all over this wonderful world sharing common ground. Playful poetic verses were crafted using words foraged from garden magazines and paired with diverse paintings to create a space for exploration, reflection and reclamation.
This feel-good book can be used as an affirmation, meditation, or journaling tool and healthy reminder that every single one of us was born to bloom! Readers are invited to add notes, doodle or collage in areas around the text, and make this a rich, interactive experience tapping in to your divine creativity. What if the stories we speak are like prayers or magic spells? I am a flowering garden, a bird of paradise…
Celebrate your sensuality, presence, and flower essence.
Contributing Artists: Carol Iyer, Faith Evans-Sills, Flora Aube, Flora Bowley, Jessica Ruth Freedman, Joy Liu, Judith Schaller, Katharina Lucia, Kelly Siegel, Lily Sol, Michelle Lee, Nathalie Cappelletti, Nippinonni, Rosalina Bojadschijew, Shruti Gautam Dev, Susan Nethercote, Tracy Verdugo & Wyanne Thompson
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Author Bio:
Julia Ostara, aka Jules, is a homeschool mother, painter, poet, and survivalist turned thrivivalist. She is also the author of The Girl Who Dances With Delight, creator of two inspiring oracle card decks, and hostess of fun creative courses. Her work inspires people to rise and shine while finding treasures of wisdom and wonder in the process. Making art helped mend her heart after her mom died from ovarian cancer. She’s carrying on a legacy of love and zest for life.
Jules lives in the ancient Appalachian mountains near Blue Ridge, GA, with twin boys, a guitar man, a few feisty cats, and many woodland creatures. Jules was raised in the wilds of West Virginia and islands of the Florida Keys. She is an alumnus of the University of Florida who loves to explore the world.