Category: Miscellaneous
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Change, art, and hope
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“it’s been a very strange thing to stare down a huge life change. I know that I will be a different person on the other side, but have no way of truly preparing for it or knowing what it will look like until I live it. I think about that…
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Transitions
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I’ve had a lot of big transitions in the past few years, from moving to Germany to leaving my job to pregnancy to rehoming a beloved pet. What I’ve found is that that liminal space in the middle of change, where the past and the future butt up against each…
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Life and Death and Art
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“When I can get out of my own way, and get out of my own head, the muse is waiting. I just have to show up before I can talk myself out of it or convince myself it has to be perfect before I even begin. All this to say: the…
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Burn Out
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The second half of this year was packed. My Get Messy workshop was filmed in June and went live in August. I took on a challenging and fun design project for a Baltimore nonprofit in September, and subsequently realized that I wasn’t going to be able to give the necessary…
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Artist Dates
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A few months ago, I was delighted to be able to meet two art journalers in person: Karen Liz and Caylee Grey. There is something really intimate about meeting other people who pour their souls onto paper. It’s not often that I get to connect one-on-one with others who art journal,…