Iona Drozda
- Gender: Female
- Astrological Sign: Aquarius
- Industry: Arts
- Occupation: artist/author/educator
- Location: Virginia Beach : Virginia : United States
About Me
I’m a happy Luna-tic. I love to paint in the middle of the night. I adore nature. Yoga and gardening are long time friends. Kayaking is a new buddy. My community goal is to assist you in diving deeply into physical, emotional and spiritual zones where true creative joy resides. Lunar phases inspire me. I apply this inspiration to my mentoring program, Lifecycle. My monthly ‘Luna See’ newsletter helps keep us attuned to creating with the moon cycles. I design studios for The Contemporary Art Center of VA and as a Statewide Artist Educator for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. 140 illustrated journals testify my gratitude for being here now. A few ‘Drozda Art Life’ adventures: ~ first gallery sale: 108 paintings to private collector ~ owned a gallery in a bustling arts district ~Chanted with monks in Tibet ~Witnessed the Ketchek trance dance, at midnight, in a forest in Bali ~hospice volunteer and author of book for care givers. Volunteer and on Board of Advisors for Tidewater Arts Outreach ~With its many phases life is simply wonder-full.
What would love do now?
Interests
- art
- being
- birding
- Buddhism
- composting
- drawing
- joy
- painting
- journaling
- teaching
- gardening
- Tibetan Buddhism
- playing with the pups
- walking at the beach
- visiting with friends
- reading
- nature
- napping
- learning
- hiking
- simplicity
Favorite Movies
Favorite Music
- Sheila Chandra
- Ravi Shankar
- Jai Uttal
- Buddhist chants
- Beatles
- CSNY
- Afrocelt
- Sting Labyrinth
- Joni Mitchell
Favorite Books
- The Tao te Ching
- Luscious
- magnificent
- ART BOOKS
- Fun Home
- Women Who Run with the Wolves
- A Year of Magical Thinking
- The Road
- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- anything by Pema Chodron or Lama Surya Das
- No More Second Hand Art
- Signs of Life
- How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci
- Almost Moon
- The Memory Keepers Daughter
- My Sister’s Keeper
- 100 Demons
- How To Be An Explorer Of The World
- Alex and Me
- The Star in My Heart
- Writing Down the Bones
- Bird by Bird
- Awakening in Time
- Angels Within Us
- Wabi Sabi for artists designers poets and philosophers
- The Outlanders
- Stitches
- The Alchemist’s Handbook
- I’d Rather be in the Studio
- The Creative Entrepreneur


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