Have you ever heard of the four Ds? I talk about a time management system that sometimes helps me juggle the many hats I wear.
Where I talk about some time management jargon that I modded to work for me, an artist
When I was a kid
I reminisce about my earliest memories that have shaped my artistic journey. This is how my lifelong love of making came to be.
Learning to patiently learn
Some thoughts on the class I’m currently taking and images from the process. It’s me thinking about art as usual.
Blog writing
I’ve been writing on some-kind-a blog for 20 years but this one has been exclusively about my art practice. Here’s a peek behind the curtain.
Discouragement
Processing my discouragement with my art practice over the past year. What’s changed and how I’m moving forward.
My most profound art experience(s)
Thinking about my most profound art experiences and how they ripple through my life and work. Yes, my hair used to be blond-ish.
Creativity and Grief, Part 2
Looking for the good through the hard things. Sorting through my grief via creativity. I don’t have any good answers.
The 100 Day Project 2024
Contemplating this year’s 100 Day Project: what it looks like for me creatively and logistically. Also? I love little boxes.
Let’s talk about art journaling prompts
This week I’m contemplating an art journaling staple: art journaling prompts. Use them, lose them, redo them. So many options.
Why I don’t have a Patreon or other paid services, Part 2
In today’s culture there’s not much chance that we can just love the stupid little thing our heart loves and not try to make money off of it.
Sketchbook flip through
Some notes and a video flip through of my sketchbook. This is a great premade watercolor sketchbook that I really enjoyed.
Vulnerability
Some notes on what I’ve learned over the course of my art practice about vulnerability. Vulnerability is hard.
What’s the art thing you think about all the time?
What’s the art thing you think about all the time? The clock I hear in my head, why we make, and narcissism.
Setting goals for 2024
Looking toward the new year and contemplating where I might put my energy and time in on. Spoiler alert; it’s art and you.
To sleep perchance to dream
We have a new puppy, Feferi. And she’s caused me to go without sleep. A lot. My creativity has suffered for it.