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Painter's Paradise: An artist returns home to Maine for space to create

A photographer leaves Boston academia, building a successful art career from the wilds of Maine

Musician leaves Seattle after 2 decades on the road, farming and making art in rural New Mexico

A corporate lawyer leaves Singapore and moves to Bali for a creative, slower & happier life

A music industry executive leaves LA and builds a natural crayon & candle business in rural Spain

An artist's intuition leads to a more intentional life: Alyson Morgan of @alysonsimplygrows

Sara Buscaglia, Farmer and Artist behind Farm & Folk, making a life in the high desert of Colorado

Sarah K. Benning, a contemporary embroidery artist, builds a thriving creative business and life outside of the city

Photographer, Cig Harvey, leaves Boston to find inspiration in the country & builds a world-renowned fine-art career

Texile artist and educator Christi Johnson of Mixed Color & Stitch Wish: Forging a rural business in the Catskills

An artist and a novelist leave Savannah's rich art scene for a quiet New England town on the coast

Two artists build Sky Farm, a repurposed urban haven and bohemian hideaway located in the hills just above downtown Los Angeles

Musician Marco Benevento and a jewelry designer KT Benevento leave Brooklyn to build a homestead and music studio in Woodstock

Country singer leaves Austin and restores a diamond in the rough in California's Gold Country

A Berklee College of Music graduate leaves Boston to build a destination recording studio in seaside town in Maine

From Wall Street to farming in rural Georgia: Meet Meet artist and writer Margo Candelario of @youngfemalefarmers

A fresh start: Prolific photographer Joyce Tenneson leaves NYC for a small Maine town after the death of her partner

Meet Nichollete Shorts of @broadwaygardener: A NYC actress and backyard gardener who left the city for room to grow in rural New Jersey

Couple leaves the PNW and expands their flower farm and agrarian-focused creative studio in the hills of Vermont

From film to farming: An actor and filmmaker leave the 9-5 to revive a generational family farm in Texas

From high-tech to hand-made: Apple employee leaves Silicon Valley to build craft skills brand from the mountains of Idaho

Couple leaves Seattle and moves into a tiny home they built so they can afford to pursue their passions of illustration and tiny home design

An LGBT artist couple leaves Bay Area community to build Stark Hollow Farm in rural Vermont

A tour of Saveur editor-in-chief's ecclectic home in the small community of Athens, NY

Two artists/musicians leave the NYC service industry to grow food and raise animals for their bosses farm-to-table empire

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