About Rachel Cloud  

I was always a daydreamer. But I was not just daydreaming--I was collecting a world of ideas, images, music, colors, smells, sensations, and feelings (a bit like "Frederick" by Leo Lionni).  All of these things I've been collecting are manifesting in what I create. 

And making art, working with my hands and mind, has gotten me through some shit. Making art constantly stokes this fire in me. And I’m processing things I can’t quite articulate until I see them realized visually. 

And as a friend reminded me what the late, infinitely great Kurt Vonnegut once said:  "...go into the arts. I'm not kidding.  The arts are not a way to make a living.  They are a way of making life more bearable.  Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.  Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio.  Tell stories.  Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem.  Do it as well as you possibly can.  You will get an enormous reward.  You will have created something."

You can reach me at iamgatheringwords@gmail.com

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