Notes of Inspiration
How to Begin Making Art Again
Has it been a while since you made anything? You don’t need a new sketchbook, more supplies, or even an idea. Sometimes beginning again is as simple as choosing a...
How to Begin Making Art Again
Has it been a while since you made anything? You don’t need a new sketchbook, more supplies, or even an idea. Sometimes beginning again is as simple as choosing a...
Maybe You Don't Need to Find Your Creativity
Maybe you don't need to find your creativity. Maybe you just need permission to play again. A reminder for anyone who used to feel creative but isn't quite sure where...
Maybe You Don't Need to Find Your Creativity
Maybe you don't need to find your creativity. Maybe you just need permission to play again. A reminder for anyone who used to feel creative but isn't quite sure where...
52 Turns Around the Circle
Turning 52 has me thinking about Joni Mitchell’s The Circle Game, the versions of ourselves we carry with us, and what it means to stop rushing toward the next season...
52 Turns Around the Circle
Turning 52 has me thinking about Joni Mitchell’s The Circle Game, the versions of ourselves we carry with us, and what it means to stop rushing toward the next season...
Gathering is Making - the creative process befo...
Maybe making doesn’t always begin when we pick up the paintbrush. Sometimes it begins much earlier in the gathering, noticing, collecting, and paying attention to the little things that call...
Gathering is Making - the creative process befo...
Maybe making doesn’t always begin when we pick up the paintbrush. Sometimes it begins much earlier in the gathering, noticing, collecting, and paying attention to the little things that call...
I don't think I'm an artist, and maybe that's fine
I went to art school. I can draw a realistic face, shading, proportion, the whole technical toolkit. And I still catch myself saying the sentence in this title, quietly, most...
I don't think I'm an artist, and maybe that's fine
I went to art school. I can draw a realistic face, shading, proportion, the whole technical toolkit. And I still catch myself saying the sentence in this title, quietly, most...
Menopause, Brain Fog, & Your Creative Energy
Somewhere in the last few years, my brain changed slowly, like a tide going out. Nobody warns you that menopause can reach into your creative energy too, and make the...
Menopause, Brain Fog, & Your Creative Energy
Somewhere in the last few years, my brain changed slowly, like a tide going out. Nobody warns you that menopause can reach into your creative energy too, and make the...