Meet Sarah Slurpie

We were lucky to catch up with Sarah Slurpie recently and have shared our conversation below.

Sarah , appreciate you making time for us and sharing your wisdom with the community. So many of us go through similar pain points throughout our journeys and so hearing about how others overcame obstacles can be helpful. One of those struggles is keeping creativity alive despite all the stresses, challenges and problems we might be dealing with. How do you keep your creativity alive?
My creative space is alive solely because I’m still learning how to live . While I’m an open book when asked specifically I’m very hidden even though I appear on the outside transparent I’m very opaque and hard to understand if I were to describe myself. Rather than being blunt and direct I use creativity to show what I’m feeling , living , experiencing and its meaning when trying to communicate . I see creativity not just in an art aspect but in living overall . I say this literally , my creativity is just based off of love , life and experience . I love seeing what people have or are currently living though . From the way I was raised with love , respect and freely being able to push my boundaries of whatever I wondered , is what keeps me going . I struggle with showing empathy on the forefront. Through creativity I can be more open , curious , vulnerable and direct. My creative process is far from being an organized process . I think I keep it alive best during whatever I happen to be experiencing in my life at the moment, though you will notice I tend to show this through humor as being my way to connect and interact with others. Seeing everything around me , my children , my parents , everyone I’ve come to meet or just cm e across is what keeps my creativity alive . It’s knowing that everyone I see is so exceptionally talented and creative and my main hope is to remind people and show people that they are truly so important because of of their own creativity , despite their ability to explore it. Everyone that has played a role in my life is ultimately my creative inspiration.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
In my life right now I’m on a new life journey . My life has revolved around social media as my escape from reality and really became the cover to my sway from my real life story. I think most people my age grew up nearly the same as my generation grew as social media did too .

At this point in my life I’m learning that everything I’ve done to be who I am today , that same person I was , is the same person I need to be to continue to get through what I’m going through currently and for each future chapter in my life. I want to push everything I can through my own boundaries that I’ve built around myself over the years .

My hope is to connect with people and reignite their own ideas they once imagined they could or hoped they would do or become . I love seeing what people do creatively on every level . As a mother I love seeing my children explore every idea that comes to their mind. Knowing that things may not work out , or in the end finding that it wasn’t our niche is overwhelmingly beautiful with the knowing that it’s that much closer to finding the thing that works and eventually getting to our of this is it moments whether is temporary or permanent .
I think what we stop ourselves from chances and opportunities because we are so focused on who we think we have to be .
The best way I sum up is what I use as “Stay Derpy” as I guess you could call my go to tagline or life motto . This quote by, Sholem Aleichem , “Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.” Is one that ultimately describes what I mean best when saying to “Stay Derpy”.
I think we all have a little bit of fool in us especially when we lack the experience that we dream of . We start the game of life with no experience and tend to pretend to be naive later in our lives. so the reality is we are fools to not play the game. I honestly believe that we have to be the fool to experience our fears and battles if we want to gain any wisdom in the end .

I have started to push through my own confidence which I have always had a hard time with. Something new I’ve just started as a fun side adventure is my podcast which will be a huge step in showing more of what goes through my mind , in full clutter mode. I also hope to get back to creating in other ways that I stopped focusing on . In my spare time I secretly love sewing , crocheting, reading singing and acting and hope to really bring back everything that I let go from myself over time . I will admit I’m scared, worried , vu vulnerable , naive and completely uncertain with everything changing right now . However new chapter is really to focus on reliving and finding who I am again and allowing my life to be viewed from a new perspective creatively.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
Three things most impactful in my journey would have to be , alignment, self truth and passion. If you are reading this I truly hope you realize that you have everything you need to be aligned perfectly in this life with your dreams because of the talents you naturally possess even if you haven’t explored it all yet . And I say this as someone who has not gotten to where I hope to be and dream of being . I know that each of our journeys are not supposed to be identical to any other persons path .
What you give to this world is the truth you speak and the passion of what is one hundred percent just you . We are all already aligned perfectly on our own paths. I can’t promise things will be okay as I’m learning things are not easy myself . If you’ve ever played the board game “Life” you know that it is definitely not a fast game or easy. So allow yourself to experience the foolishness of life , so you can gain the wisdom needed to stay aligned . I believe in you and hope you remind yourself always to Smile and forever Stay Derpy!

Okay, so before we go we always love to ask if you are looking for folks to partner or collaborate with?
I’d love to continue to connect with every level of creatives . Let’s continue to build , create new ways of bringing together audiences and creativity through conversation, online virtual creation and blending of communities through diverse interactions online and offline . You can find me on Instagram and Facebook under “ Sarah Slurpie “ as being the easiest ways to message me or directly at my email link through my site SarahSlurpie.com or sarahslurpie@yahoo.com. 🙂

I might even add ya to my top 8 on MySpace 😉

To my biggest supporters and inspirations in my life , Savannah and Brett Elvis by every reason to inspire and I’m so inspired by I love you forever and always , Thank you mom and dad for choosing to be mine , thank u to my friends that have been an impact in my life on so many different chapters . Thank you mom for continuously inspiring me on how to remind myself of realizing my strengths , and remembering how to live not just others but myself. You are everything I hope to be with the strength and respect and resilience you’ve taught me and continue to do so.and Tha k u to the h inverse for this amazing bold journey I’m on . So mote it be.🦋

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