If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
The artist trading card (ATC) I won from Luise Heinzl arrived last week and it's even more beautiful than I thought it would be. It's also tiny! While I'm familiar with the ATC format (2.5 x 3.5 inches; 6.4 x 8.9 cm), somehow I hadn't realized it would be so small. Probably because I had... Continue Reading →
You have to keep choosing art. That's the win. The CHOICE to keep going back to your creative self again strengthens your choice to be who you are without apology. Cathy Hay
Last week I was a lucky winner. Mine was one of the three names picked at random from a list of 1033 comments on Luise Heinzl's Dephemerember video for December 25th. I won the fourth artist's trading card (ATC) she made during that video! My astonishment and joy have been quickly replaced by so many... Continue Reading →
Accepting my limitations is a constant battle for me. I'm interested in more things than one person could ever hope to do. My chronic conditions just make it all harder, forcing me to sacrifice some activities in order to do others. I knew this going into the virtual Wild Wonder 2022 nature journaling conference and... Continue Reading →
There's a belief that all the great artists are inspired, that what makes their work wonderful is a brilliant idea or new insight. But this is just a myth. A single moment of brilliance can be blinding to the rest of us, but there's more to it than that. You can't make use of inspiration... Continue Reading →