What Inspires Me: Women Who Live Their Truth (and Why I’ve Been Playing “Cornflake Girl” on Repeat)

Lately, I’ve had “Cornflake Girl” by Tori Amos on a serious loop.

If you’re unfamiliar, it’s a mesmerizing alternative rock piece from the early 90’s featuring a haunting melody that flows out a baby grand piano.

It sounds like Tori is belting this song out from the middle enchanted forest under a full moon.

It’s weirdly beautiful.

This song, like so much of Tori’s work, doesn’t follow the rules.

And that’s what inspires me the most: women who live their truth unapologetically.

Women who aren’t afraid to break the mold, shake the table, and *become* the art they were born to create.

Artists like Tori Amos, Doechii, and Lady Gaga — all wildly different, but united by their willingness to show up fully as themselves, quirks and all.

Doechii is a force. Her energy is electric, her presence is magnetic, and her artistry? Completely genre-defying. She mixes hard-hitting rap with sultry vocals, playful visuals with soul-deep messages. There’s something so liberating about the way she dances between identities and refuses to be pinned down. It reminds me that there’s power in complexity. In being more than one thing.

And then there’s Lady Gaga — the ultimate shapeshifter. She’s built a career on being unapologetically bold, strange, and completely unforgettable. Whether she’s wrapped in raw meat or singing her heart out behind a piano, her core message remains the same: be yourself, fully and loudly. Her courage to go against the grain, to be theatrical, emotional, and fiercely authentic is inspiring.

These women remind me that art isn’t about fitting in…

It’s about breaking out.

Every time I listen to “Cornflake Girl,” I hear echoes of that same spirit. The refusal to conform. The messy, mystical, magical beauty of a woman who knows who she is — even if the world doesn’t quite know what to do with her yet.

It’s Tori’s song, yes, but in a way, it carries the same fire I feel in Gaga’s performances and Doechii’s verses. A shared heartbeat of rebellion, raw emotion, and radiant truth.

And it reminds me that it’s not just ok to be different — it’s powerful.

Because let’s be honest…I’ve definitely gotten my fair share of blank stares after telling people that I read auras & past lives then turn what I see into empowering art for women.

But this is the magic of the creative path. It asks us to see things differently, to stay curious, and to trust our own vision — even when the whole world doesn’t immediately get it.

Art, for me, is a way of celebrating those parts of ourselves that don’t fit neatly into a box. 

The soft, wild, radiant truth of who we really are.

So even if some people scratch their heads when I talk about what I do, my hope is this: that my work helps you feel seen. 

That it reminds you to embrace your authenticity and let your true self shine — boldly, beautifully, and without apology.