THE WAY CREATIVITY FLOWS

I embrace the fact that I wear many hats. Creativity flows and it leads me into different avenues...

Someone once told me that I suffer from Shiny Object Syndrome and so I tried to suppress the urge to be authentically creative. The truth is, I had not met myself yet and didn't give myself a chance nor the permission to coexist and live peacefully with what was mine. With every fiber of my being I resisted every temptation to derail from the road trip that was mapped out for me. Many times I bargained with my heart and spoke to my soul words of unkind discipline. I climbed into a box and lived there for a while...

The choice was mine, but not the credit. I stepped back from a world that needed me to bring something into existence. I turned my back on self in order to please someone else's judgment of me. The box became smaller and smaller as mountains of creativity began to heap together. I pulled so hard and held tightly onto my own strings that was being tugged from the outside. Eventually the element of deprivation suffocated me. There was about to be a colorful explosion of "what if's" and "should have's" or a beautiful tantrum of melt downs and finger pointing. "I do not suffer from Shiny Object Syndrome", I told myself. "The suffering is found in the blueprint"! I suddenly became conscious of something that was very important to me. ME! I am not a reconstruction because I was never broken. I am not man-made. I am a product of Creation by the Creator Who made me a creative before I ever created!

Motivation had nothing to do with it. I now realize that I do not need motivation if I was particularly designed to design. My creativity comes from within and it flows like multiple rivers, in their own pace and while they may change direction, nothing ever stops the flow. Different seasons and storms of life may affect the currents, but the rivers move on. The cycle of creativity is essential for my being. My existence tells me that my rivers will run its course until I take my last breath.

It is believed that self-awareness is not something that we tend to focus on every moment of every day. But when I finally met myself and was able to perceive the very thing that makes me who I am, I fell head over heels in love with my authentic identity. I became my own promise! I have become the prime focus of attention in the most healthiest way. Who knew that I could experience such a deep connection with myself without disconnecting from the rest of the world? I knocked on my own door and walked into a palace of wonder and endless possibilities. 

I value my art styles. They are all priceless! I will not bury my own treasure or follow popular cultures and accept made-up policies because nothing will ever be a substitute for raw talent. Self-awareness in itself is the power that stops me from playing the role of an imposter. Self-awareness may mean many things for different people, but being  able to see yourself for who you are, is everything! 

I AM NATASHA MEGAN LOMBARD, fondly known to my beautiful World Pulse family as Megs and in the line of business I am Tessa. Tessa,  is a childhood pet name that was given to me by my family and it is the name that mostly resonates with my artistic lifestyle from when I was a child. When I reclaimed my childhood passion for art, I also took back my childhood name. It made all the sense in the world. I am a self-taught Fine Artist, an almost self-taught Surface Pattern Designer, an Award winning Digital Changemaker, a Storyteller and Writer and I hold an Accredited Certificate as a Therapeutic Art Life Coach. I am the Creative behind my art and design business, T.A.M Creations. T.A.M is the acronym for the three agreements of my lifestyle as an artist - Technology, Art & Mind.

My creativity flows and I unapologetically follow it in every direction, wherever it may lead, with love and compassion.

Much love and light to you all.