Welcome

I'm here to tell you that Washington, DC is a city full of creative people.

It's a city that's home to artists, entrepreneurs, and people seeking - and embracing - unique life paths. It's a place where the famous Cake Love founder Warren Brown traded in a law career to open a bakery. Where Kimberly Wilson, founder of Tranquil Space Yoga in Dupont Circle, started a yoga studio in her living room. Where firemen and government workers alike moonlight as improvisers, where publicists and moms form writing workshops, where hair stylists are percussionists and computer programmers make short films.

I have 3 goals with this blog:

1. Help inspire DC residents who haven't yet tapped into a creative community here,
   
   
2. Help people learn about creative groups, projects and businesses, and
   
   
3. Help reshape the mainstream image of DC.
   

Far too often, I see DC painted as a town full of humorless transients, slaves to dull government jobs; a city devoid of pulse, known so much for its monuments and memorials that it too comes to seem perhaps important, perhaps beautiful, but also untouchable, and lifeless.

For a long time, I bought into these images, and others that were similarly uninspiring. I believed that if I wanted a creative life, I needed to move somewhere more stimulating, like San Francisco or New York. This was partly a product of my 20-something soul searching, and yet, it was a breed of angst that I never heard friends in other cities express. Once I finally discovered creative organizations like Washington Improv Theater, I got so excited - I felt a creative spark, inspired by the work I saw people doing, fulfilled by a sense of connection and belonging. I don't see a lot of resources in this city geared towards helping foster creative community, so I hope that in some small way, this blog can help play that role.

Are there people, groups, projects or businesses you think I should feature? Let me know.