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A series of blogs by  Shanna Forrestall of Forrestall Consulting. 

Posts in Musings
Studio Vibes

What a year this has been already. After a very painful and challenging 2020, I am happy to say that 2021 has started off with the “better kind of bang”.

After losing my husband last May I started on a song-writing spree that hasn’t quit, and thanks to my creative music partner Jeff Gold of My Calm World (and our newly formed Fire & Water Music Project), we’ve been churning out the songs.

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And the phoenix will rise...

I am so very grateful for the creatives I get to collaborate with as I work my way through this challenge called life. Art gives me a place to feel authentically, to express, to define, to develop to evolve.

A HUGE Thank you to Michael Whitehurst Photography (IG @michaelwhitehurstphotography) and HMU Artist Maria Zavala (IG @_mariazav_) for helping me to develop this idea. Sometimes I have to establish my intention in art so that I can live it in life. This phoenix will rise, but first I must burn it all down…

Sincerely, Shanna

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We Can Hear U

The idea for We Can Hear You was to provide a group of "friends" with a sacred space and some bright colored body paints to "express" something they have had trouble putting into words. Being a filmmaker, I knew this could create an opportunity for stunning visuals that might inspire others as well.

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The Camp Fire Story

We can't help but think of all of our friends still recovering from the #CampFire that happened almost a year ago in Paradise, CA. Last year Easton (our videographer) and I did relief work and also captured some real-life stories of survivors and volunteers. Although it was a disaster of immense proportions we found amazing humans there, with stories of hope and love.

Check out some of the stories at www.campfirestory.info - our team worked hard to capture their stories so we can learn from their experiences.

 #wildfires #citizenledrelief #recovery

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Tea Time with the Future

Yesterday I had tea with a lovely young man and his mother.  Patrick, who now works with me weekly on editing projects for the digital content work we do for clients, is a wonderful fella I've known for a few years now.  

He's a shining example of the kind of unique workers we can hire when we look outside the "norm."  I met Patrick through the AMVA (www.actorsforautism.org) program that takes young people just out of high school and teaches them practical film/production skills.  He's been a terrific asset and his intelligence, wit and work ethic continue to amaze me.

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What Have You Done With Your Life - Musings by a Birthday Girl

"We are force-fed this mentality that we should have a massive audience, a large platform, a voice that ricochets across the nation with power and conviction, and yet we have not learned to stop, breathe, be grateful and simply LOVE moment by moment." - Shanna Forrestall, Forrestall Consulting

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Angels & A**holes

The older I get, the more I realize that life is not easily defined.  As a child in a religious home, we read stories of good and bad in the Bible and other fairy tales, but as an adult in a gray world, that’s hardly the case.

People are not just one or the other. Good or Bad.  Hero or Antagonist.  Many times, they’re both, it just depends on the day....

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