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Faith and focus (plus, the complete animal art series!)
“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust” J. M. Barrie I’ve been thinking over the past two weeks about the intersection between faith and focus and how each plays a pivotal role...
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Working on a new project (I’ve started painting again)!
Today, let’s consider this: I’ve always loved that we move through so many different phases in life, exploration quietly meeting discovery as the glimmer of ideas take shape and we shift focus to...
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Monthly stickers progress and life around here lately
“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us” Ashley Montagu Surprise happiness. Have you ever realized, while in the midst of an...
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Simple joys and painting progress
“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon” A. A. Milne As happens every once in a while, I’ve been feeling nostalgic for Winnie the Pooh lately. Then the other day I came across the quote above....
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A new perspective (plus, painting progress!)
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better” Ralph Waldo Emerson As Isaac spends more time awake during the day, I’ve had to get more creative about when / how I can get work...
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5 ways to fill your well (plus, painting progress!)
“The wound is the place where the light enters you” Rumi How do you fill your well? This week I’ve been thinking about how to fill back up our wells when we’re feeling depleted / tired / stressed....
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Thank you for being (plus: finished paintings, an upcoming sale, and more!)
“The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach” Seneca I hope this week’s blog post brings you a little color and joy, especially this week when life has felt so very intense...
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Breathe beauty in (plus: it’s time for a holiday SALE!)
“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going, no feeling is final” Rainer Maria Rilke There’s so much unrest and uncertainty in the world right now that I imagine most of us are...
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The stickers are READY (plus: new paintings and updates)
“Because you are alive, everything is possible” Thich Nhat Hanh My friends: this will be a shorter post this week as we’re right in the heart of the holiday season and I’ve been enormously busy....
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I carry your heart (plus: painting progress and Isaac’s 8 month photo shoot!)
“I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)” e. e. cummings This is how I want to focus on the passing of Valentine’s Day this year: I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart). I...
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Shine like the whole universe is yours (plus: painting progress!)
“Shine like the whole universe is yours” Rumi Hello, magnificent world. Thank you for showing me as always that there’s beauty everywhere and that fresh air and sunshine are healing for the soul....
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Paint, pause, examine (painting progress and Isaac’s 9 month photo shoot!)
“Reexamine all that you have been told” Walt Whitman I’ve been appreciating lately that finishing a painting is not a linear process for me, especially as I review my in-progress photos to share....
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Have a little faith (plus: painting progress and life around here lately)
“Have a little faith in me” John Hiatt The song Have a little faith in me came on the radio the other day and while it’s not a song I usually hear, I felt myself pause at the word faith. Have a...
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Milestones, bunnies, and the power of art
“I have come to understand that what I am saving by making art is my own vital life.” Toby MacLennan My sister posted a quote recently that I just love: I’ve often wondered why I felt compelled to...
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Growth and color and an (almost!) finished new painting
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down” Kurt Vonnegut I’ve been thinking this week about what it takes to keep growing, whether as an artist or a...
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When happiness glimmers, Isaac’s birthday, and the final days of the birthday...
“Think of all the beauty that is still left around you and be happy” Anne Frank I hope you’re in the midst of a wonderful morning / week. Over here, the past few weeks have been so disorienting....
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A new painting from start to finish (plus: I’m glad to be back!)
“Always remember to judge everything by your inner feeling of bliss” Osho Hello again! It feels simultaneously like no time has passed and like years have passed since I last wrote an update (in...
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Love is a gift (plus: my new whale painting)
“Everyone knows how to love because we were born with that gift” Paulo Coelho I love this idea that love is a gift we all have access to and that we all share. When life is hard, lean into love and...
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We all need a little color (plus: another new painting!)
“Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing?” Picasso Holding all of us in my heart this morning in the wake of more tragedy. I took this photo the other day of Isaac and a friend hugging...
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Try something new today (plus: art in progress!)
“All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today” Indian Proverb I love the idea that each little seed we plant, whether that be an action, conversation, idea, or intention, creates...
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