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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Sep 9

Loved this. Ampersand is a favorite of mine too.

Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Aug 12

I started working at 8 — Taught me everything about life. Would love to see his story 50 years from now. Thank you for supporting him. I remember how terrifying it was to knock on doors. And boy do I remember all the rejection. Thanks for your kindness. The world is better because you’re in it.

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Aug 12

Art Inspired Travel, Sarajevo

In Sarajevo, history and art breathe together. Every street holds a story, every gallery a reminder that creativity can survive — and even bloom — through unimaginable hardship.

#ArtInspiredTravel
#ArtistsOnTheRoad
#CreativeTravel
#ArtAndHistory
#UrbanArtWalk
#art

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Aug 12

Artists are vital witnesses and truth-tellers, able to cut through politics & denial to reveal the human cost of injustice. Through their work, they preserve memory, provoke reflection, & challenge the narratives that allow prejudice to grow—reminding us of our shared humanity before it’s too late.

Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Aug 11

On the road to Sarajevo today… already imagining how the shapes, colors, and textures of this city will breathe into my abstract art. Yoga has been my way of seeing the world differently in 70+ countries—and each place leaves its own brushstroke on my canvas.

#artist #abstractart #yoga #travel

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Aug 10

Dubrovnik’s coast is a painter’s palette — Lake Como blues, Greek whites, and Riviera golds. Inside the walls, Old Town is a living collage of centuries: marble textures, spice-scented air, and the sea framing it all in shifting light.

#AbstractArtist #AtrInspo
#ArtAndAwareness
#ArtAsMeditation

Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Aug 8

Last day at sea. I think about how an abstract painting is like sailing — u never know where the edges are until you move through them. Today the Adriatic gave me a new color for my memory.

#AbstractArtist #IntuitiveArt #ArtAndAwareness
#ArtAsMeditation
#yogascholar #PhDStudent #psychology #author

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Aug 7

Sailing isn’t a steep learning curve—it’s a deepening.
Rope by rope, we’re learning rhythm, not control.
Storms taught us calm.
Today, the sea is still, the sky is clear.
Presence, not perfection, carries us forward.
Brač ahead. Gratitude in the wake.

#artinspo #abstractartist #artist

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Aug 7

As an abstract artist, yogi, and psychology scholar, I live at the edges—where form dissolves and meaning emerges.
Like the breath, like the mind, art reveals the unseen.
Each brushstroke is inquiry, each pause a meditation, each piece a mirror of the self becoming whole.

#artinspo #abstractartist

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Aug 5

Day 3: Pakleni Islands
Mooring + magic at The Fisherman’s House on Sveti Klement.
Exceptional food, warm family, and a sunset bell I got to ring after a hike through the island paths.
A sacred, simple joy.

#artist #artinspo #creativityinnature #seafoamgreen #blue
#TalesOfTheTravelingYogini

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Aug 4

Our boat went adrift while we were at dinner.
Bora winds. 45 knots. No visibility.
Boat gone.
Spotted it drifting-mooring ball in tow
—toward rocks.
We chased it. Got aboard.
Re-secured w/ help.
Soaked, stunned, safe.
This was only Day 2.
#artist #travel #sailing #Croatia #artinspo #creativity

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Aug 3

Travel inspires my art! Does it for you?

#artist #creativity #sailing #Croatia pl

Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thanks for sharing that with me, but I just shared it from my page. I didn’t share it in an art group so I’ll check into that.

Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Jul 31

exactly- it’s awful being in it when u didn’t vote for it

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Jul 31

truth

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Jul 31

Wow, that feels like an attack. You ok? But, because I’m a happy person I’ll answer your question. It informs my art - the color & the thoughts that come to my mind about adventure.

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Jul 31

Most people hire a captain — we just rented a catamaran and we’re #sailing ourselves to five islands from Split, Croatia.
Exhilarating & A Little Anxious — I couldn’t wish for more. Travel & adventure excites me like nothing else.

#PhDStudent #psychology #yoga #artist #TalesOfTheTravelingYogini

Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Jul 29

I want !!

#art #abstractart#artist
#ArtistLife
#CreativeJourney

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Jul 29

Terrified

Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Jul 28

There’s something about a Paris balcony—part stage, part sanctuary—that turns even the simplest moment into a cinematic scene.

#artist #paris

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Jul 28

Sorry croissant, but the chouquette from Dunes Blanches owns me.
Proof the French still believe in craft, care, and actual ingredients — unlike our sad “Greek” yogurt back home.
Name one American food people fly across the world to eat. I’ll wait.

#artist #ATW2025 #Paris #yogascholar #PhDStiludent

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Jul 28

Today I was a true flâneur—led by detours, rewarded by wonder

#artist #paris

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Jul 27

Notre-Dame is shining once again! A radiant symbol of resilience and renewal.

🌍 12 countries. 100 days. Two souls, one unfolding story. ✨

The Art of Being Elsewhere

theartofbeingelsewhere.com

#ATW2025

#travel #wanderlust #explore #adventure

Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Jul 26

Feels like we're home - back in our favorite neighborhood, Merais pinch me!! I
had to take a zillion pics before we unpacked!! #paris #artist

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · Jul 25

Reading Doppelganger by Naomi Klein. The idea of the “digital double” has me asking: Is Brand You more real than you? Are we performing identity for success — even authenticity? Do we have a choice not to? Where are you at w/ this?

#DigitalIdentity #author #artist #PhDStudent #psychology

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