So I have been gathering drawings I want to make prints for the local fair pop-up sale- which has been very hard to choose from. I have no idea what sort of thing will sell, if anything. Anyway, I had this idea that maybe I should make some generic greeting cards to add to the… Continue reading Pandemic ‘miss you’ card?
I have been focusing a great deal on my art right now. Mostly because I can't actually focus on much of anything. And I can just zone in on drawing. Long-COVID and my Work-In-Progress Novels I have two novels I am really into at the moment. I am completely inspired to write them. I have… Continue reading My focus is very specific right now
It was such a nice weekend and it ended on a Sunday with a backyard fire. It was actually a beautifully bright day but I wanted a picture of the trees just because. And I like black and white pictures when it comes to trees. So there is our backyard fire pit. First fire of… Continue reading Had such a chill weekend
365 Questions, One Page Per Day: A One Year Self-Discovery Journal Day 37: A drawing, short story, or poem to express joy for life Chilling on a Sunday reading a good book Watching Charlie bathing in the sun Poem Joys are not all riding a high, sometimes they are a contended sigh. Find a comfortable… Continue reading 365 days of questions: Joy
365 Questions, One Page Per Day: A One Year Self-Discovery Journal Day 35: How would you describe the journey of life you've had so far? Hmm. Hmmmmm. Hmmmmmmm. A tragic comedy? Okay, that is a little dramatic. Maybe like a quest for meaning that doesn't actually exist. But since my personality type is obsessed with… Continue reading 365 days of questions: Life the Quest
In Facebook group I am in a fellow INFJ posted an article about INFJ sub-types. Depending on how a person develops, focuses and leans on their cognitive stack. I know some people are deeply into Myers-Briggs but I see it as an interesting theory among other interesting personality theories, all of which succeed and fail… Continue reading INFJ sub-types
365 Questions, One Page Per Day: A One Year Self-Discovery Journal DAY 25: What is one big thing you could do this month to expand your comfort zone? I already did one thing out of my comfort zone and that submitting a piece of art to a local exhibit for Mental Health Awareness Month. Which… Continue reading 365 days of questions: out of comfort zone
365 Questions, One Page Per Day: A One Year Self-Discovery Journal DAY 15: In what areas of your life are you struggling most and why? So this question is a bit of a drag to think about because I am having some difficulties in a lot of areas. So... welcome to my pity party post!… Continue reading 365 days of questions: the struggle
365 Questions, One Page Per Day: A One Year Self-Discovery Journal DAY 12: In what area(s) of your life are you more or less following the crowd, instead of listening to your own intuition? In most things I am not a follower or a leader. I just do my own thing and it connects with… Continue reading 365 days of questions: follower
365 Questions, One Page Per Day: A One Year Self-Discovery Journal DAY 7: we are skipping to day 7 What has life been trying to tell you the past few years? Life has a way of telling me quite clearly that I have to just recover and get used to the idea of not working… Continue reading 365 days of questions:Â What is life saying
Update on the local mental health art exhibit we have locally here. I have a piece of art in it. The style isn't the style I am now working in but it is still a nice piece I think. I have a hard time saying since I am so new to all this and my… Continue reading Mental Health Art exhibit
365 Questions, One Page Per Day: A One Year Self-Discovery Journal DAY 3: What has been the main cause(s) of unhappiness throughout your life? Well, I am pretty sure I was born having an existential crisis so there is that. Because I am a weird one I think mostly it has been I am always… Continue reading 365 days of questions: Unhappiness
365 Questions, One Page Per Day: A One Year Self-Discovery Journal Day 2 What advice would your 80-year old self give you now? I imagine my 80-year old self would have some serious WORDS with me. But really she would tell me I have one life to live. To not waste it on things that… Continue reading 365 days of questions: advice
So I found a book on Amazon Prime called 365 days; one page per day, a one year self-discovery journal. I thought I might write some small blog posts on the topics. Perhaps not every day or every topic though. Day 1: In what area of your life are you most successful? What lessons can… Continue reading 365 questions: one page per day
I have a piece of art in a local exhibit at the art foundry here for mental health awareness month. It was really cool to be accepted for it and I have always supported mental health awareness month. I have a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder and while that is managed at the moment there… Continue reading The Art of Mental Health Exhibit
I have been playing around with some of my sketches to make some digital art to sell for wall art. Because these sorts of sketches are simple in design and you can play around with them pretty easily to make some cool art. All of which are on my Zazzle store. Woman in Dress style… Continue reading Some digital art
I was talking to someone who felt like they had no purpose and meaning in life which I am sure we have at all, at one time or another, related to. Certainly, with chronic pain and vertigo being disabled you sort of struggle with that sense of purpose when you lose a lot of functionality.… Continue reading Purpose and Meaning in life
I have not really had any practice with clothing so I thought I would practice some of that for a few days. Here is the first sketch And the second sketch I played around with Anyway, I want to get the shading and flow of clothing practice in for some other works I want to… Continue reading Artwork: Sketching clothing
I was reading about the Sunk Cost Fallacy recently. I've heard of it before but misplaced it in my mind. And now I am reminded how much it sucks... because of the times I have done it, it rather sucked a whole lot. Maybe many of us do this and also remember how much it… Continue reading The Sunk Cost Fallacy sucks
So in mid-February I had COVID. With Asthma it was a bit rough even with being fully vaccinated. Unfortunately, some symptoms have just lingered and lingered and lingered. I am chronically ill though. So it is really hard to say if something else has gone off because of that or for some other reason or… Continue reading Lingering COVID
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