Self-paced course · 6 lessons
Intuitive Art Making
Color, texture and rhythm without a plan. For anyone who was told they were not the creative one.
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We are allowed to create lives that actually feel like our own.
Art, music, writing, courses and experiences — one creative ecosystem about crossing thresholds, reclaiming creativity and choosing more freedom, joy and aliveness.
Art
Music
Writing
Courses
Programs
Photography
Money Drums
Thresholds
Art
Music
Writing
Courses
Programs
Photography
Money Drums
Thresholds
Art
Music
Writing
Courses
Programs
Photography
Money Drums
Thresholds
Art
Music
Writing
Courses
Programs
Photography
Money Drums
Thresholds
One world, many doors
A single work, expressed many ways.
They are different expressions of the same work. You might arrive through a song, a painting, a photograph, a book, an essay or a program — and find the rest waiting.
Art & Prints
Originals, prints and photography made at the edge of weather and water.
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Music
Original songs and albums, written after seventeen years of silence.
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The Book
Tell Me Something True: The Perry Parallax — a memoir of leaving and returning.
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Courses
Workshops, guided audio and resources for making things without permission.
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Programs
Group experiences on worth, creativity and choosing a life that feels alive.
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Money Drums
Hand-painted djembes, original and commissioned, built to be played.
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A multidisciplinary creative studio
My work lives at the intersection of art, music, storytelling, creativity, personal transformation and self-discovery. I create original visual art and photography, write and release original music, develop courses and creative resources, write books, and facilitate experiences designed to help people reconnect with their own worth, voice, joy and freedom.
A painting, a song, a book, a course or a conversation can all become a threshold — an invitation to see something differently, remember something true about yourself, and choose what comes next.
Creativity, truth, reclamation, freedom, joy and aliveness.
Meet Debby
Artist, musician, author, lifelong creative.
Music found me when I was seven years old in Kentucky, quite by accident, or perhaps by divine calling. Creativity has been the thread running through my life ever since — even during the years when I lost my connection to it.
I spent 33 years as a musician, singer and leader before burnout led me to walk away from music entirely. What followed was a much longer journey: leaving the high-control religious world in which I was raised, questioning beliefs and identities I had inherited, raising three daughters, returning to school as an adult, earning two degrees and becoming an arts educator.
I stayed away from music for 17 years. And then it found me again.
Today I create across mediums: visual art, photography, music, writing, teaching and transformational experiences. I am also a Reiki Master Teacher, and I bring an intuitive, deeply human approach to the spaces I facilitate.
My work isn't about becoming a better version of who someone else thinks you should be. It's about uncovering what is already yours: your voice, creativity, worth, joy, curiosity, your right to take up space, and your capacity to choose.
I don't believe we are here simply to endure our lives. I believe we are here to inhabit them.
33
Years in music
17
Years away
2
Degrees, as an adult
The shop
Things made by hand, and things made to be downloaded.
Original artwork, prints and photography, hand-painted Money Drums, original music, guided audio, journals and courses. Physical work ships; digital work arrives the moment you buy it.
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Music
Songs written on the way back.
Original music by Debby Meadows — singles, albums and future releases, plus guided audio experiences scored with original underscore.
Forthcoming memoir
Tell Me Something True
The Perry Parallax
A life shaped by music, belief, burnout, and the long journey back to self. Raised within a high-control religious world in Kentucky, Debby discovered an extraordinary connection to music at seven and eventually became a singer, musician and leader — only to walk away at the height of that life.
The book follows what came after: leaving the belief system that had shaped her, questioning inherited stories, and slowly disentangling identity, worth, creativity and calling from expectation and conditioning.
At its heart, it is the story of reclaiming a creative gift she once believed she had lost — and discovering that coming back to it meant coming back to herself.
Courses & resources
Permission, in practical form.
Online workshops and courses exploring creativity, intuitive art-making, music and rhythm, personal storytelling, creative reclamation, and practices for reconnecting with your own voice.
Downloadable PDF + audio
Reflection Journals & Guides
Prompts on worth, voice and inherited stories — printable, or written straight into.
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Live online workshop
Rhythm & Reclamation
Drumming, breath and sound as a way back into the body and out of your own head.
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True Threshold
Essays on crossing thresholds, reclaiming creativity, and choosing aliveness. A slower, deeper companion to studio notes.
Programs & sessions
Crossing the threshold with company.
Group programs and experiences centered on uncovering self-worth, reclaiming creativity, stepping out of lives built around expectation and obligation, and intentionally creating a life that feels alive.
Group program · 8 weeks
The Threshold Program
For the season of letting go of what no longer fits. A small group walking through worth, permission and what comes after the leaving.
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Group program · 6 weeks
Creative Reclamation Circle
For people who used to make things. We go back and get the gift you thought you left behind, and we make something with it.
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One-to-one · 60 minutes
Cord Cutting Sessions
Intuitive, Reiki-informed energy work for releasing what is no longer yours to carry. Offered by request, online or in person.
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Before you ask.
And if what you want to know isn't here, the contact form is open and answered personally.
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Originals and hand-painted djembes ship insured across the United States, and can be delivered in person in North County San Diego. Prints and photographs are produced and drop-shipped by the studio print partner, usually within 5–7 business days.
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Music, guided audio, journals, guides and course access are delivered by email immediately after checkout. Files are yours to keep, with unlimited downloads.
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Yes. Commissions are open for both paintings and drums in a range of sizes and colorways. Send a note through the contact form with what you have in mind, and Debby will reply personally.
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Tell Me Something True: The Perry Parallax is forthcoming. Join the studio list and you will hear about the release, early excerpts and reading dates before anyone else.
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None at all. Everything here is built for people who are out of practice, unsure, or coming back to creativity after a long time away. That is the whole point.
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A one-to-one intuitive energy session focused on releasing attachments, obligations and old agreements that keep pulling you backwards. Debby is a Reiki Master Teacher and brings a grounded, deeply human approach to the work.
Say hello
Start a conversation
Whether it's a painting, a commission, a course, a program or a question you haven't quite finished forming yet — write to the studio. A real person reads every note.
- debby@debbymeadows.com
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1106 2nd St, Ste 103 #708
Encinitas, CA 92024
Thank you
Your note is on its way. Debby will reply personally, usually within a few days.