Category: perspective
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mind the gap
These thoughts (via Ira Glass) on making art and the creative tension and discord felt while still growing our skills are something every creative person needs to hear. I hope this short clip resonates with you as much as it did with me. (2-minute Vimeo by Daniel Sax) The work you create is worthy of sharing even if…
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breathe
I’ve been self-soothing, avoiding my newsfeeds, ignoring the dirty dishes, and neglecting my tangled up curly mop (permanent bedhead, I’m afraid). The World feels heavy. Breathe in. If we could all just stop and think and see that we’re all the same and somehow, at the same time, accept that we’re all different; that different…
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for the storytellers
Recently I read a tweet reshared by someone that went something like this: Your art doesn’t have to have a deeper meaning or tell a story to be valid. Hmmm…my eyebrows lifted a bit. Do I agree? Well, yes, I agree that your art is valid. I get that the tweet/statement is meant to help…
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i miss you, sticker book.
I’ve never been much of a collector. I just don’t like a lot of things cluttering my spaces. Life, itself, is already a bit cluttery – don’t you think? Imagine if I was responsible for an entire army of little ceramic cows or something? I’m not wired for that kind of commitment. The dusting alone…
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flex your empathy
1 MIN. READ The price of apathy is the soul becoming inextricably tethered to the suffering of others; which is to mean we are complicit. Never abdicate power to the darkness or let it replace your strength with fear. Remain human; remain in the light. Continue to give hope to the voiceless so they will…
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to be clear
I’ve posted previously about this being a difficult year for so many of us and, honestly, I believe it’s probably going to continue that way. I had an interesting conversation with a friend yesterday about the lenses through which we view the world…lenses that are affected by our good and bad experiences – our weaknesses…