Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Cindy Lantier

I’ve always kind of envied the people who knew from childhood what they wanted to be.
That was never me! I was too interested in all the possibilities offered by the world around me.  In college, I wanted to be everything from a grief counselor to a quantum physicist! But never, did I want to be an artist!
I was blessed to have parents that fostered my creativity in different ways, even if they couldn’t support the notion of me making a living with my creativity. They both had a hard time seeing that a “regular person” could make a living writing or taking pictures. I grew up accepting their pragmatism. No big creative dreams for me! But lest you think that I wished, in the depths of my heart to draw or paint – I gladly shared the kitchen with my mother and played with power tools, with my dad.

I happily followed a variety of paths through college and beyond. I let life take me where it would, and had some grand adventures! Several years ago, however, I began to feel the need to express myself in a new way. It took me awhile, but I finally settled on mixed media. The way I can combine so many of the mediums and techniques that I love still takes my breath away! In addition to being so passionate about mixed-media art, I also love photography and writing.

One of my current passions involves the whole notion of creativity. Who gets to be creative? What does creativity look like? How can a person get to be more creative? What good is creativity to the everyday person? Because of this interest, I’ve decided to pursue coach training, so that I will be a certified Creativity Coach and a certified Life Coach (another example of my late blooming! I’m in my late 40s and I’ve just started training for my dream career!).




12 comments:

  1. Wow. Nicely written. I, too am following the EXACT same path as you with creating mixed media, photography, writing AND becoming a creativity coach. I am in my mid-50's and just getting back to it!

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  2. Well ladies, I admire your ambitions... I am just excited to get to play with paints again.. it's been nearly 30 years. As I do love to take photographs & blog, finding a way to blend them as been a learning lesson as well. There is so much to learn for all of you... looking forward to it.

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  3. That's great!! I've had the pleasure of meeting Cindy and hanging out with her in recent months and she IS "all that" and more! Isn't it fun being a late bloomer, after all?

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  4. Awesome, girl!
    I'm a late bloomer, too, so I understand completely. Having so many interests is wonderful but distracting.

    Thanks for the post :D

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  5. Very nicely written, Cindy! Thanks for sharing! I'm a photographer, but seeing your work has intrigued me to consider exploring the whole mixed media idea as an artist. "See" you in class tomorrow!

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  6. Lovely story, Cindy, and I really like the photo of You.

    Amazing isn't it? This journey that takes us who knows where it will end up...but the things we learn along the way and what we are called to do!

    Welcome to the Late Bloomer collective! :-)

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  7. So happy for you in reading how you got to exploring the creative you. Have fun. Nice meeting you here.

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  8. CIndy.. so great to read this.. hooooray for becoming a creativity coach... it's the latest trend... I wish u much success! xo hugs

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  9. Thanks so much for all the kind words -- it's so nice to see friends commenting, and to meet new ones. And thanks so much to Teresa for including me in her bouquet!

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  10. Cindy, it was lovely reading your story and hearing how you got to where you are now. Good luck with the coaching!

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  11. I also marvel at people who know what they want to do and get there early in life! Congrats to you for following your dreams and training for your dream career! Good luck!!

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  12. Congrats and good luck with the creativity coaching! That sounds enjoyable for all involved :)

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