What makes you lose track of time—and find yourself again?

With so many high-achievers in our community it was super interesting to learn about the moments when they lose track of time. We’ve highlighted some of those conversations below.

Taylor Mosby

Art. I have an L-shaped desk that spans two walls of my office. One end is devoted to photography, the other to crafts. I lose myself in handmade gifts – collage cards, carefully crafted birthday presents using pens, stickers, ribbon, vintage magazines and photographs. It’s how I show love. It’s how I let go of worry. It’s how I find myself again. Read more>>

Michelle Suzanne Snyder

There are actually three things that compel me to lose track of time and find myself again. They are listed here in no particular order: 1. Travel: Whether it’s local or international, traveling on planes, trains and in automobiles (and I cannot forget how much I love walking places) is my idea of heaven on earth. Read more>>

MEL Symphonic

When I’m working on music, especially a new idea, I get into a flow state. I have to record the moment, because when I listen back to it there are things I don’t remember. I can recall certain choices I made with the notes I played, but others that really surprise me as if something was guiding my hands. Read more>>

Maria A. Schneider

I lose track of time when I’m drawing in my studio. It’s as if everything around me fades away, there’s only the paper and me. Drawing connects me with my inner world; it’s where I find peace and a sense of flow. It feels like a meditation, an inner journey that brings me back to myself. Read more>>

Rick Feldman

Honestly, I completely lose track of time when I’m shooting or editing my fine art projects. Once I pick up the camera or start working on an image, I just get pulled in—it’s like everything else fades away. I’m focused on the light, the emotion, the little details that bring a shot to life. Read more>>

Francisco De La Cruz

When it comes to street photography I tend to lose track of time. I can be roaming all over downtown LA and continue to take snapshots of everything around me. Most things catch my eye since there’s so many different type of unique individuals during each day to day basis. Read more>>

William Wray

The rare times when I’m painting where I go into the zone and get a whole painting done without taking a break- – fully confident as I go — without really thinking. Read more>>

Gigi Kokpinar

I lose track of time when I’m creating. When I’m in nature, surrounded by animals, or sitting quietly after a sound bath or breathwork session, everything slows down. My thoughts clear, and I feel completely present. Those are the moments when I reconnect with myself and feel most inspired to create something meaningful that others can feel too. Read more>>

Megan Frances

One of the great highs of being an artist is the heady sensation of timelessness that happens when I’m immersed in the creative process. Sometimes, when I’m focused on painting, and entirely absorbed in the act, I get that sensation. Read more>>

Elayne Sawaya

Flower arranging and tablescaping which to me go hand in hand. I love foraging for all sorts of things that I find in the urban and rural landscapes. I collect them and have created a special space to store them so that when an event comes I have the raw material with which to work. Read more>>

Kasia G

Creating. Always creating. When I am in front of the canvas, hours disappear. Sometimes I forget to eat, check the time, or do anything else. After spending hours in the studio, I tell myself, “Just one last correction,” and suddenly it’s 10 pm before I know it. It’s almost an obsession but in the best way. Read more>>

Toni Haas

When I’m painting or sketching, I completely lose track of time. There’s something about bringing a story to life through watercolor, watching the colors move, fade, and blend that feels almost like meditation. I found that rhythm while creating Goodnight Surf City, and I’ve carried it into my newest project, Time Surfers, with Author Chris Epting. Read more>>

Flor Crosta

The ocean is the place I go to feel free, to renovate and find myself again. If its surfing then better, but just dipping my head in salty water, feeling tiny but also a part of everything. I can spend hours at the beach between water, sand and sun. Read more>>

Meredith Gough

Art and design have always been where I lose track of time and find myself again. My love for them goes back to childhood, when I first saw the design plans for the home my parents were building in Illinois. I remember studying those plans with curiosity, watching my mom sketch on them and my dad label them with his incredibly precise, engineer-like handwriting. Read more>>

Crazy Peppsta

Its easy to get lost in todays world. As to find yourself again there is only one answer: Oldschool Hip Hop! Or whichever genre touches your soul. Read more>>

Jac Alva

Creating art for oneself is such an intimate act. I find that whether it’s painting or collaging, the time spent experimenting, mixing, and applying to the canvas forces me to slow down and surrender to introspection. In this meditative state of being, I definitely lose track of time. But, when I see what I’ve produced onto the canvas, even if it’s mid-process, I feel validated. Read more>>

Francesca Escarraga

Writing and traveling have always been an integral part of my life. Growing up as an airline kid, I was fortunate to experience life across different countries and cultures, learning not only about the world but also about myself along the way. Read more>>

Tim Eldred

That’s an easy one; for my entire life, the thing I’ve most wanted to do was write and draw graphic novels. For me, it’s like channeling a radio signal from the universe that uses me as its medium. I’m in collaboration with it, sometimes making decisions based on my intuition, sometimes trusting it to take me somewhere I wouldn’t go on my own. Read more>>

Meredith Jackson

When I’m creating or editing my own projects, I definitely get so immersed in what I’m doing that I can lose track of time. I’m currently developing a project based on letters that my grandparents wrote to one another in the 1940s. Read more>>

Karola Raimond

Astrology. When life gets too noisy and overwhelming I retreat to the stars. Astrology is a sacred language and communing with it always rebalances me. Especially in these tumultuous times we are living in going into stillness and sitting with the current energies is very comforting. Often in those moments powerful realizations come through. I do believe that we are deeply intertwined with the cosmos. Read more>>

Golareh Safarian

The steps that lead up to my art studio in my Lake Arrowhead cabin are a portal into another dimension. The studio itself, often bathed in the golden California sunlight that conquers the A-frame structure most days of the year, is a place where time stretches out like a lazy cat on a summer afternoon. I don’t just paint in there. Read more>>

Aaron Hagele

Listening to music on headphones always makes me lose track of time. Whether it’s the beat, the lyrics or the feeling that it gives me, I get lost in my own world. To find myself again, I just take off my headphones! Read more>>