Natalija Brunovs. Residing in Perth, Western Australia.
30 years old. A Latvian American Australian Pisces of nomadic dreams and questionable questioning. I've been a graphic designer, a company director, a photographer, a film director, a public speaker, a community arts facilitator, an activist, an artist and a saxophonist.
My plan has been to have no plan, I've simply done what I'm drawn to and been prepared to confront my fears.

My blog is my way to keep creative despite inspiration's ebbs and flows. The blog is my space to fill and it gives me a reason to develop an idea. With my invisible audience, I can 'launch' my ideas rather than store them in a little book.
Sometimes I imagine hundreds of people watching and other times I think I am alone...

I like getting mail:
grow@seedpod.com.au

or via post:
PO Box 878 Mount Lawley WA 6929
Promise I shall write back with love.

My favourite times

Working in Meekatharra for a month with the community as a photographer. I saw eyes open and hearts melt. I was challenged every day and I was embraced by so many.
The residency took place in September of 2006. The finale was a slideshow at the Outback Festival where the community gathered and watched 20 minutes of their photographs and mine on a large screen with hip hop. The laughs and pokes were worth their time in gold.

Working in Papua New Guinea in July 2007. I volunteered with Australian Business Volunteers to teach design to staff at a University in Madang. The people were very special and gave me such appreciation. I also got to do a couple classes of photography with journalism students. That was my first real experience of how teaching is a wonderful learning curve!

I just love escaping this life for bite sized amounts of time so that I can fully immerse myself in other lives. These time-outs often feel more real and more rewarding because I become a simpler version of myself. I like to rid myself of the daily complexities of city-life, work, and social politics... and to focus on a community project somewhere away from it all.

Being with my best friends in a lounge room in a suburb - giggling at each other so kindly over vegetarian food and wine on a floor with Built To Spill.