Community makes me feel hopeful, even as it’s so hard to build. Thinking about what it takes to make a good one and where we all can plug in.
Building community post pandemic
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.
100 Day Project update
An update on my 100 Days of Pantone Postcards project. See how it’s going and read a few thoughts about how I approach big projects.
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.
Vulnerability
Some notes on what I’ve learned over the course of my art practice about vulnerability. Vulnerability is hard.
It’s ok to change directions
Thinking about the changes that happen in the course of our lives and how we deal with them. It’s ok to change directions.
Welcome 2024!
It’s my yearly recap of my artistic practice for 2023. Plus a concrete list of what my art goals are for 2024.
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.