Tag: thinking

I’ve been writing weekly on this blog now for more than a year. So here’s a little overview of my favorites from a year of posts.

“Are those all your journals? What do you do with them all? They just sit on the bookshelf?” What do I do with my finished journals?

It’s a balancing act in my practice of learning to manage spontaneity and planning or knowing when to move faster or slower.

What is the power of one piece of art? What is the power of Vincent’s Sunflowers? I talk about art and how it shows up in popular culture.

When I’m not making art I cook and read and crochet. All that and art making accounts for nearly 100% of my awake time.

What have I learned from my art practice? How to practice patience, make the stuff I love, and find my people along the way.

How do I decide what journal to work in? Often it comes down to how much time I have to spend. If I have enough time, I just make a new book.

Looking at my body of work I found a few themes that crop up over and over. How do all my pieces connect? Media, imagery, and techniques.

Learning to listen to the inner voice giving me directions while I work isn’t as weird as it sounds. Okay, yeah it probably is.

Measuring growth is less about hitting milestones and more about making sure I spend time on my art practice.

Thinking about my studio space and how I use it. What stays and what goes? A thoughtful look at curating my studio space.

I am an artist. I think I’m a Christian most days. But I don’t define my work specifically as Christian art.

The story of how I learned why Golden paint is the gold standard and why you should invest in yourself by buying the good stuff.

Let’s talk about the creative process and how the slump in the middle make us wanna quit. Be your own best hype person to get through it.

I don’t usually start work on a piece with a fixed destination in mind. I don’t know what a piece is going to look like when I start work.