“My house is full of moments to honor the best, quirkiest, most magical things that I felt in my house growing up,” says Diva Zappa, a healer and artist. Growing up, Diva’s mother was always building up and adding to their home, a truly whimsical albeit cluttered space. Now, Diva has built her own house, which captures the magic of her childhood while creating a fairy world of her very own.
To Diva, the intention behind what you do creates healing properties. So when building her home, she made sure to put intuitive touch...
“My house is full of moments to honor the best, quirkiest, most magical things that I felt in my house growing up,” says Diva Zappa, a healer and artist. Growing up, Diva’s mother was always building up and adding to their home, a truly whimsical albeit cluttered space. Now, Diva has built her own house, which captures the magic of her childhood while creating a fairy world of her very own.
To Diva, the intention behind what you do creates healing properties. So when building her home, she made sure to put intuitive touches in each room. By adding crystals, knobs that look like ice cubes and making everything a little too big, Diva has curated little moments throughout her house that make her smile and bring cheer to everyone who enters.
Tune into this week’s episode of Pushing Dirt for a conversation with Camilla and Diva on creating joyful spaces. Learn more about Diva’s childhood home, her home-building journey, and the magical touches she added to curate her life.
Quotes
• “My house is full of moments to honor the best, quirkiest, most magical things that I felt in my house growing up.” (06:19-06:31)
• “Whether you are making art or building a house or eating food, the intention behind what you're doing is what infuses it with the healing properties.” (11:08-11:18)
• “I like to make these little moments in my house to appreciate that I will always look at and no matter what's going on, smile and feel fullness in my heart. And that's needed, especially nowadays because things are hard and you can find that joy and that little moment of relief. And if you can see it from something that you actually made then you feel really empowered and connected. (18:15-18:32)
• “I feel everybody who has been to the house feels they have a connection to it, and like ownership of a story in there. And it's the same as yours now. And you know, it's the magic of California, but it's also the magic of certain people that you get houses built like this.” (38:28-38:49)
• “There's this freedom of not being a master of the situation because you get to learn new things. It's basically this expansive space of every possibility. And it starts with you wanting to take out stuff.” (1:07:30-1:07:46)
Connect with Diva Zappa
Website: https://www.divazappa.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/divazappa/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/divazappa
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diva-zappa-0979511b5/
Connect with Host Camilla Rantsen
IG: @camillarantsen
LinkedIn: Camilla Outzen Rantsen
Facebook: Camilla Outzen Rantsen
TikTok: @camillarantsen
Twitter @camillarantsen
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