Creativity is a cornerstone of Kate Nason’s life. It’s how she makes sense of things and how she makes meaning. Kate is a born storyteller who found tremendous healing in the process of writing her memoir Everything Is Perfect in which she explores the roles women inhabit throughout their lives, how they carry trauma, and the lengths they’ll go to protect their children and save themselves. It’s a fierce and often funny self-reckoning, a meditation on learning to trust one’s intuition. In this exciting conversation, Kate talks about the ups and downs of writing her memoir, including the healing power of words and how making collages served as a tool for her to process difficult scenes. We also discuss writing about trauma, creativity as a space to feel it all, trusting intuition, and how you can make the everyday sacred. Link to full episode in bio.
Kate Nason is a writer of narrative nonfiction. Her first memoir Everything is Perfect is the story of ten years that taught her to trust her intuition. It's available on Audible. Her book has been featured in Oregon Arts Watch, The Baltimore Fishbowl, and the NY Post. Kate earned her BA in Art History from the University of California at Los Angeles. After graduation, she moved to Florence, Italy. Two years later, she returned to Los Angeles to enjoy a rewarding career in LA’s contemporary art scene. In 1994, she moved to Portland, Oregon, where she created Chairwear, a design business specializing in soft furnishings. Kate's working on her second book, a memoir about her great-grandmother’s fictitious ancestry and the truth about her hidden Italian heritage. Kate still lives in Portland. She returns to Florence every chance she gets.
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