What’s your dream setting, the sanctuary from which you summon worlds?
Every creator has a hidden place, real or imagined, where stories are born and ideas refuse to sleep. Where is yours?
If you could build your creative stronghold anywhere, what would it look like? Is it a wind-battered coastal village, a sun-drenched balcony, a corner table in a midnight café, or simply a room that smells like books and rain?
Describe it. Taste the air, listen to the silence, feel what grows beneath your window. How would it shape the worlds you bring forth?
Here’s mine, for inspiration:
My Creative Sanctuary:
My dream is to live in a small coastal village in Italy, with a population of a few hundred. I want to see the sea from my window and from my garden, where olive trees, willow (salix), magnolia (the big ones), and jacaranda stand guard.
A small vegetable garden in the back, and a little pond for ducks and fish. The salty air with every sunrise, coffee in hand, peace all around.
There, in the quiet, I’d conjure new worlds, each morning a blank page, each wave a call to write something honest, something felt. Each night, with a cool breeze and muffled music coming from the village centre, where small cafes and bistros come alive.
That’s my sanctuary, the place where stories would come alive.
What about you? Paint us a picture of your creative haven, real or wild as you dare. Let’s share a little beauty, and see what worlds we could make, together.
