Why have I been dreaming of traveling to exotic lands lately? Is it because I have been sick with my daughter and cooped up inside too much this winter? Is it the thought of Spring Break around the corner? Is it celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in a pub with my kid like pubs were designed to be enjoyed? I’m not sure, but last weekend I recorded dozens of travel shows on TV and have been watching them since. The ideas of being back in Tuscany eating the best food in existence and looking at beautiful art pieces and architecture. Kicking myself for not visiting Glasgow, Scotland when I was less than an hours drive. How I would do anything to be over there now and see the Charles Rennie Mackintosh art and tearooms. I long for authentic and spontaneous Celtic music and the joy it brings even on a bad day.
If I am ever caught in a daydream, it is usually about traveling. Even if I could travel everywhere on my list, it would never satisfy me. Why not dream? Isn’t that where creativity stems from? Isn’t that where logic can go out the window and passion comes to life? In all of my design work, I allow myself to dream. I have to in order to feel what a well-designed space will be like when complete. I have to use all my senses so I can see the details and what the surroundings will be. How do I imagine a kitchen I am working on? It may be full of people and fresh foods in the middle of a summer barbecue in session. Where friends and family are helping in the kitchen and others are in the living room telling stories. It’s not just my dream; it is my clients’ dream that I have to feel. I have to ask enough questions so that I can understand what their goals are, but more importantly what their dreams are.
What is life without dreaming? What can give me more inspiration for a dream than a new environment and a foreign scene? I have found nothing so far.
~Tricia
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