Trees Have Feelings with Tracy Mazuer

I Love It When

I wandered into a booth at the local farmers market one beautiful, sunny afternoon in Everett, WA. I was immediately struck by the feelings that were described and the trees that were pictured alongside them. I'm so excited to introduce you all to Tracy Mazuer!!
Tracy grew up in Kansas City, MO and graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in journalism. She began her career in Kansas City as the regional public relations manager for major motion picture companies including Disney/Touchstone, 20th Century Fox and Orion Films helping to bring now classic films like Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure to Mystic Pizza, The Abyss, Say Anything, and Turner & Hooch to the masses. Tracy spent her next three decades in Hollywood as a television producer, writer, director, and consultant for some of the biggest series on network television and top-tier cable. From Bachelors and Bachelorettes to Deals and No Deals, from the Littlest of People to Biggest of Losers, from Millionaire Matchmakers to Long Lost Families, from A-list celebs to D-list and beyond, Tracy’s experience has covered all areas of daytime and primetime programming. The rigors, insanity, and cutthroat nature of the entertainment industry led Tracy to write a snarky blog called "The Reluctant Genius" offering advice on how to survive in Hollywood. The blog became a cult favorite in those circles and inadvertently launched a consulting side-hustle where Tracy worked one-on-one with (mostly) women in the field who were experiencing mean bosses, the patriarchy, repeated unemployment, burnout, and stress beyond belief.
🎥 FROM TV PRODUCER TO ARTIST 🌳
One fateful day in 2019, while running a show with a host of particular issues, Tracy decided that instead of tearing out her hair, she would take breaks, breathe, and doodle on her desk calendar. Trees emerged that expressed exactly what she was feeling — chaos, anger, frustration, with hints of light and joy. There were so many feelings packed into these doodled trees. She took her trees home, magnetized them to the fridge, and her husband immediately declared her a “Toddler Savant." Tracy's foray into her forest was unknowingly taking root.
She was unceremoniously (but happily) fired a month after the aforementioned doodle. Her friends and colleagues encouraged her to run with the trees she had continued to draw and the stories she had begun to draw. Hesitant to believe this lark could become anything, Tracy fought the idea until a dear friend gave her the Google Domains gift of www.treeshavefeelings.com. Still shaky in her belief and reticent to move forward, another lovely friend began building the website on her own, despite Tracy's fear of moving forward. Surrounded by this level of love and support, Tracy relented and took the grand leap of faith into the world of her trees and all of their feelings.
She and her husband, John, now run TREES HAVE FEELINGS--an online and art festival tree boutique--from Bellingham, WA.
FOLLOW TRACY: @treeshavefeelings (on all platforms)
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