What Makes My Heart Sing

The storyline is therapeutic to those having challenges with their own journey, not knowing how to move forward with their dreams and goals – this book is perfect for them to read. The author shares her struggles with - and eventual triumph over - self-doubt and limiting beliefs.

What Makes My Heart Sing is a story about the adventures, travels, insights, and reflections of the author. It will take readers along her journey as an artist, music lover, entrepreneur, writer, and face painter. The author was a shy and quiet child growing up who always wanted to become an artist but doubted herself because she thought artists should be held to a higher standard.

The author's story begins with her family background and where she grew up. It continues with what she had found to be a connection between music and art and then asks the pondering question of what an artist might look like and how one might feel. Readers will be taken along her journey as she shares her adventures, travels, insights and reflections.

The purpose of this book is for readers to become motivated in reaching their own goal of becoming an artist – and by learning how the author overcame her own self-doubt and limiting beliefs, they will realize that they too have a unique gift worthy of sharing with the world.

The author also shares her dreams and accomplishments in hopes that the reader will be inspired to reach their own dreams. She also relates her experiences of meeting interesting and influential people around the world who have had a tremendous impact on her. Their talents and accomplishments have contributed to her drive and determination to write this book. The reader will also learn step-by-step how she started a face painting business.

She talks about music and the arts in my book and take the reader through her amazing emotional connection with music and the arts. She shares the pitfalls, fear, intimidation, self-doubt, disappointments, and failures she encountered along her journey as well, pointing out that everyone goes through them. Failure is sometimes necessary in order to grow, and one just needs to find the courage and strength to pick themselves up and start again. Suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope.

An account of a young girl's journey into the world of the arts. With vivid and colorful descriptions of people she meets and places she travels, the author continues her quest to discover more about herself and how she relates to the art world as well as her relationships. Her book explores an artist's emotional and physical manifestations, as well as the bond between music and visual creation.