Artist Kate Shu | Abigail Forever, Teal Me Anything Hardcover Journal

$19.95

We all have that one person who has become a vault of our most heartfelt sentiments, our toughest moments, and our deepest secrets. For Kate, that person is her youngest sister, Abigail. For as long as Kate can remember, when times were hard, Abigail would say — "tell me anything, it's okay." Who is that person for you? It's so good to remember the beautiful people who have walked in front of us, behind us, and right alongside us through the peaks and valleys. One of the best ways to honor them is to write it all down. Kate's Teal Me Anything Hardcover Journal is waiting for your story.

Kate Shu is a Korean-born, Iowa-raised artist, entrepreneur, and creative force whose life has been shaped by music, nature, resilience, and an unshakeable belief in the power of art to transform lives. Abandoned at birth and adopted at seven months old, Kate arrived in Minneapolis into the arms of a family who became her greatest champions — and set her on a path of extraordinary creative discovery.

By thirteen, Kate was performing with professional big bands across the Midwest. By sixteen, she had explored nearly every national park in the United States, often assisting her father — a landscape architecture professor and published author — in cataloging the trees, vines, and shrubs of North America. Over the next three decades, her creative life expanded to encompass theatre, painting, design, calligraphy, pottery, culinary art, textiles, and clothing design, alongside a lifelong love of music.

The heart behind the Kate Shu Collective lives in her grandmother, Alda Mae Zahner Hightshoe, who began every single day by reciting a list of things that were "sooo beautiful" — and who, despite being awarded an art scholarship, gave up her dream during WWII to become Rosie the Riveter. It is in Alda's honor, and in the spirit of every artist who was ever told their dream wasn't practical, that Kate built the Collective — to give talented creative people another way, another chance, and another reason to keep going.

"The hardest work is the HeART work — and it's always worth it."

About this Journal:
• Size: 5.5" × 8.5" — the perfect companion, at home or on the go
• 80 lined pages of cream-colored paper
• UltraHyde hardcover with a rich, luxurious feel
• Cream ribbon page marker and matching elastic closure
• Expandable inner pocket for notes, cards, and keepsakes
• Print quality is exceptional — vivid, true-to-life, and exactly as pictured

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