Sometimes Creativity Needs a Pause - A Personal Reflection
Four weeks of silence – which, in internet years, is practically forever.
And yet… it was exactly what I needed.
Even if I didn’t quite see it coming.
Rome – Soul Food, Slow Living, and Vespa Dreams
Let’s start with the beautiful part.
Rome.
I had planned this trip for months – a conscious decision to unplug, break free from routines, and let myself drift in a city that practically oozes soul from every cobblestone.
Cappuccino mornings with ancient brick walls, narrow alley strolls at noon, golden light and voices at dusk. No designing. No deadlines. Just pasta and poetry.
And oh – the food!
In Rome, life doesn’t happen in the living room. It happens in the kitchen.
Food is loud, generous, emotional. The kind of dinner where someone casually announces, “By the way, I’m moving out,” in between two ladlefuls of sauce.
And somewhere between Vespa rides (Volare, oh ohhhh) and mamma-style meals, the business brain just… softened. Rome showed me – in its very Roman way – that life is not all profit margins and hustle.
Even for someone who runs a one-woman empire.
Illness – From Power Mode to Pause
And then… part two.
Right after my return, a brutal flu hit. And I mean: can’t-even-make-a-damn-sandwich kind of hit.
My body pulled the emergency brake and basically said: “Without me, babe.”
As someone running a business solo, getting sick is not just inconvenient. It’s existential. No emails, no product launches, not even a simple check, check, check on the to-do list. Just… nothing. And underneath that nothing, a quiet kind of space started to open.
Rome had been rest in flight mode – all beauty, all air.
But this was the deep-sea version. Slower. Darker.
The kind of stillness that makes you think.
And feel.
And realize just how much has been shifting – professionally and personally.
Creativity needs energy.
And energy needs rest.
Sometimes, rest comes wrapped in sunshine.
Sometimes, in a thermometer and a hot water bottle.
Inner Shift – From Doing to Feeling
In that silence, one thing became very clear:
Creating from the heart matters more than ticking boxes with the brain.
I’ve been rethinking things.
Not just how I work – but why I work the way I do.
I’ve been listening more. Watching differently. Letting intuition back into the room. And honestly? She’s got great taste.
Something inside me shifted. Not loudly. Not dramatically. But deeply.
And that shift is already echoing in what I’ve created – and what I’m excited to share next.
Simply Cozy – A Collection Like a Hug
Next month, my new fabric collection Simply Cozy is expected to hit the shops.
It was designed some time ago – but it feels like it belongs exactly to this moment.
It holds the essence of what I’ve been craving: warmth, simplicity, softness.
A sense of home. A pause. A place to exhale.
Simply Cozy is all of that. And soon, I’ll start sharing more with you – design by design, story by story.
But today, let’s just stay with the feeling.
Thank You, From My Heart
Thank you for being here.
I’ve missed you.
And I’m so looking forward to re-entering this space – slowly, gently, with open eyes and a heart full of ideas.
