I was fortunate enough to be invited to a wonderful local think tank that The Know You Group in Brentwood has put together. This space has been created "where leaders in our community gather to explore creative materials and analytical resources." They asked me if I would come and lead a group through making a book and send them away with materials to begin to think about how to create a visual artist journal. In an hour and a half, each participant constructed a book that would be the structure to support the artistic and visual exploration of their lives, thoughts, ideas and stories. We had a great time in the process. There is something so beautiful and even sacred about creating in a communal space, tossing around ideas and applications for others to speak into. Jenny Black, one of the founders of The Know You Group, and I were involved in a discussion in which we coined a new phrase together: "When beauty emerges, there will be a protest," this being born out of our creative experience together. It is in spaces like these that we know we're not alone in our desire to make and desire to find camaraderie in the process of making. It doesn't have to be a lonely, dismal experience.