Artist, illustrator, designer, mother, cat lover, colour enthusiast and everyone’s favourite creative heroine, Beci Orpin, spoke to a sold-out CreativeMornings/Melbourne crowd this January. “Happiness is…community, running your own race and ignoring the rules,” she said. Really, really, excellent photos by Mark Lobo.

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A big thank you to our Melbourne chapter of CreativeMornings organizer by Jeremy Wortsman, Saxall for video and his team of volunteers. Follow along with them at @Melbourne_CM!