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Thursday
Jan142010

nine {with Stefanie Reneé}

The Nine is an interview series with creative folks that began on my blog, Be Present, Be Here, in the Spring of 2009; the interviewees are asked to respond to nine questions in photographs (or video). All the interviews can be found here.

Today's Nine interview is with the creative, beautiful spirit who is Stefanie Reneé. Stef's blog was one of the first I read in the summer of 2005. Her honest outlook and brave truth sharing pushed me to think about starting to share my own words later that year (and I am pretty sure she introduced me to the poetry of Mary Oliver). It was a joy to be able to finally meet her in person at Squam last fall and to shyly share the truth of how she has inspired me. Now, I turn to her book when I need a dose of that brave truth that she shares through her photos and words.

Enjoy this insight into the world of Stefanie Reneé...

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Question 1: Who are you?

Question 2: What do you love about where you live?

Question 3: What might your perfect afternoon look like?

Question 4: If you had an hour alone in your studio/creative space, what would you do?

Question 5: Right now, what are some of your favorite things?

Question 6: What foods nourish your soul?

Question 7: When you need to simply take a breath and reground yourself, what do you do?

Question 8: How do you nurture your creative dreams?


 

Question 9: Does your heart have a secret wish you want to share?

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Stefanie Reneé is a photographer, writer, dreamer and an artist in training. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two beautiful, hilarious daughters.

You might find her commuting over the Bay Bridge to her day job, roaming the hills of San Francisco with camera in hand or having dance parties with her kids.  She loves the sound of waves crashing on the beach, sand between her toes, juicy peaches, purple converse all stars, cozy cafes, the sun on her face, gumball machines and creating magic in a tiny corner of her apartment.

Visit her at www.stefanierenee.net

Reader Comments (14)

truly beautiful!

January 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commentervivienne

...mmmmm....
nothing like a sweet dose in the am.
love miss stef.

January 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterkelly

really enjoyed that. what beautiful images.

January 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterkamana

This was beautiful ~ loved this peek into Sefanie's life.

January 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterbella

woohoo! stef's a joy and her kids -- ditto!

January 15, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle Shopped

loved this...love the photos.
i am having SERIOUS love for the green suitcases!!!

January 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterkolleen

beautiful. so lovely to peek into another's life. thank you

January 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterjen

so love this and her. xoxo

January 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterjenica

i so adore her and was thrilled to re-discover again at squam because she was one of my first blogs too way way back in the time machine :-)

a fabulously beautiful and inspiring interview!!

January 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterdarlene

beautiful images!!

January 16, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterbekkah

thank you Liz and everyone ~ what a treat this was for me to do!!! inspiring..

xoxo

January 16, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterstef

Very beautifully captured!

January 18, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterjakki

this is wonderful! and her book looks glorious!
xo

January 20, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterchristina

love this way of interviewing and love stef!!!!beautiful!

January 20, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterjen gray

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