Why is Catalina Gypsy?

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When I had my dream I didn't see her as gypsy, she was a regular girl but her features were different. I remember she felt nervous, uneasy and couldn't shake the feeling that she was being stared at.  With that feeling still stirring in my head when I started writing I knew there had to be something different about her. I just didn't know what? I remember driving one day, doing my usual daily routines, & it came to me, Cat's uneasy emotions were because she has a Gift she can't control.  I researched a lot of stuff & came up w/ one (a Gift) that I felt comfortable with.  Then I had to give Cat a background. I was born in Chile & came to the US when I was like 8 or 9. In Chile there's a Gypsy population which I often saw & still have seen till this day when I've visited, that somehow has stayed with me (I'm not sure why).  So after thinking about it I decided to make Cat a Gitana Chilena (Spanish for Chilean Gypsy) called Jorajane.  I was siked once that was settled because I could get on with the story. From that point on I embraced my Gitanita (Little Gypsy) & my story flowed.  As I mentioned she's modern which is why in my Tumblr blog I post pictures about Gypsies, Flamenco dancers/fashion, boho/bohemian fashion, hippie fashion, tarot cards, belly dancers, crystal balls, jewelry, etc.  I find a little bit of Catalina in everything because she might either wear something boho/gypsy, have a picture frame in her home of a flamenco dancer or one of the images reminds her of a story she heard from her Gypsy clan.

Anyway that's a little bit about this Gypsy Girl named Catalina.  Thanks for reading & come again.

Gigi ∞