SUSANNA NOVA
For as long as I can remember, I have been a rebel in the midst of the so called system. My path through life has been least to say unconventional, as I have always searched to explore new (often radical) ways of being and doing. Today I like to look at and describe my life and my work as an ever growing rebellion of beauty and celebration.
My name is Susanna Nova.
I wake up mystically inspired every day, curious to make art out of every detail of everything.
I love to explore ways to reinvent the human narrative fresh through collaborations based on reconnection to the rhythm of nature, deep listening, naked story telling and by designing daily life with a real sense of ritual.
I started my first business when I was 14 and have been an entrepreneur since. This let me figure out how to live with a tangible freedom and creativity in the midst of a system that many times feels like a prison.
I’m an introverted mystic, a creative muse, a lover of wild elegance and a proud mother.
I am a multi-creative entrepreneur and a leader who listens deeply.
My work is about opening rooms for what is excruciatingly real. Helping/guiding people explore how they create and live a life where they can be as free and creative as possible
I am a vivid contemplator, I love to drink tea and to sit quietly by an open fire with friends.
I walk barefoot as often as I can, eat wild leaves as soon as they bud in spring and swim in the lake year around.
I love simplicity and rotting leaves more than most things.
As a child I got to roam free in nature all year around. So, I stayed in touch with the original magic of life and my playful creativity. I was naturally happy and full of freedom. But only until I started school, when shockingly the walls of institution closed in on me and some painful years of schooling followed; feeling and struggling like a caged animal. I became a complete rebel and in my late teens I radically woke up from the sense of being hijacked by the unsustainable system of disconnection and was set on fire - only interested in transparent truth, real love and authentic creativity. .
An ignited journey of wild explorations started; traveling and creating all around the world with innovative communities, cutting edge projects and with inspirational creatives. As I matured (learning by trial and error, the hard way) I learned to hold space for it all, the darkest and the most bright, while facilitating and manifesting projects based in sustainability from the inside out.
All my work now expresses endless nuances of life, and death, as I weave this wild artwork which is my life as a solid foundation for all I do. I can't but create beauty with what is in front of me. I can't but make magic with what life throws my way.
I am ruthlessly committed to what is captured in these my favourite words; mystical resilience - daily life rhythm - wonder of rituals - mature innocence - sacred sexuality - graceful ageing & dying.
In the spring of 2019 we came back to the Nordics after having lived in Bali for 7 years as political refugees from Sweden (yes, there is such a thing when you want to give your child a free-style education) where we founded, designed and built the exquisite Trinity Gardens - Ubud which we are still running as a resort for creatives and a retreat space for international facilitators.
