One of the most frequently asked questions I receive is this: how do you make time to make art? While I wish it was a simple as having some sort of time management system, but truly the answer is this: I have all my supplies easily accessible and ready for when the time presents itself.[…]
A place for over 250 of my blogs on living fully, creating from your heart, and being a good human.
On grieving the things you’ll never know
I recently finished the book The Last Story of Mina Lee, by Nancy Jooyoun Kim. This book got me with it’s story of immigrantion to the US (reminded me in so many ways of my own family), loss, the unknown, and most of all: finding yourself in the story that is never told. I often[…]
Claiming myself as an artist, part 2
Here’s the catch, as I tell my story. There is not a part 1 yet. Part 1 is a bit much for me to tell. I don’t have the reserves for it right now. It includes a traumatic experience at the age of 16, and then a few years later breakup with my cheating boyfriend[…]
You’re more than what you do
It’s confusing to be here sometimes, isn’t it? You’re told to identify by your career or your status. As in, in your bio you’ll write: teacher, mother, wife…etc. Yet. You’re much more than what you do. Who you are isn’t how you spend your time. Because if who we are, like the core essence of[…]
They want you (not future you or past you)
On dealing with imposter syndrome, like we do… I have a theory that many of my readers consider themselves a highly sensitive person. Do you? And that within that, you may also deal with imposter syndrome. I’m not sure that there’s any data that links the two personality traits, but I can say that from[…]
Theory vs. Experience
Oh goodness. Lately, on my minute musings, I’m really fired up about a few things. For instance, how I’m not really career motivated. It feels like a confession as a woman, who knows how much fight has been fought to get us to even a place at the table, I’m not motivated to move up[…]
Minute musings
Do you have a minute? Or two? I’ve begun a new series where I’m coming to you for about 120 seconds (sometimes shorter) to talk about what’s up. What’s up with life, art, being human during this time. I’ve started this in order to document things I’m thinking, or musing, on. This is a facet[…]
Conflict means it’s working
When there’s conflict, it means it’s working. About 5 months ago, my husband and I actively began to work on strengthening our marriage. Like many people during this pandemic, we were faced with aspects of how we were doing day to day that, simply put, weren’t serving us anymore. In one of the books recommended[…]
You’re more than this
A few days ago, I listened to Bryan Stevenson and Krista Tippet on the podcast On Being. If you’re not familiar with Bryan Stevenson, he’s the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama and Aronson Family Professor of Criminal Justice at New York University School of Law. His mission of making the[…]
How to make a series
Whether you’re making a series of art or a series of content for your business, having a system is crucial for it’s success. In this video – the last studio diary of 2020 – I walk you through 4 steps in making a series. Also, at the beginning I give you the most important aspect[…]
