Misty Granade

mixed media art

Tag: thinking

Building community post pandemic

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.

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.

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.

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.