Every year, I pick a word or theme for the coming months. I’m not into goals and resolutions because those are generally forgotten before the first week of February. But I love the idea of a theme for the year, something to put in the back of your mind and mull over gently for the [...]
Category Archives: Art
What 1096 hours can do.
December 30, 2012 – 2:48 pm
Proof that every penny I’ve spent has been worth it. (Studying at Studio Escalier, 2011 – 2012) Find out how to get some art of your own and how that helps me stay in school by clicking right here.
Sometimes the hard part is where all of the best things are.
December 20, 2012 – 10:51 am
I’m applying for my first Canada Council arts grant today. It’s been anything but fun. (Turns out, I would rather have my nails pulled out than write grant essays. I am assuming this feeling lessens with practice.) It’s an equity/disability travel grant and I’m hoping it will offset some of the costs of the Paris [...]
The latest work from France
December 13, 2012 – 12:19 pm
After 6 months away at school in France, painting and drawing my little heart out, these are the latest pieces. (My favourite is the very last one!) It’s been a year of breakthroughs and light bulbs going on. After 14 months of pushing and studying and practicing, the pins began to drop into place and [...]
How the search for perfect leads to bad art
June 19, 2012 – 3:14 am
(Hello from France! I’ve missed you all so much. Kisses!) I’ve been thinking a lot about perfection and art lately. As I work in class and push to improve and see clearer, I’m beginning to realize that perfect is in the wrong direction of where I truly want to go. I find that in class, [...]
Making peace with “failure”
May 17, 2012 – 4:32 pm
“In life, as in baseball, getting on base can be just as important as hitting a home run.” As my Sunday deadline looms closer & closer, my anxiety levels keep climbing. I am still $3,650 short of my tuition payment on Sunday. Despite raising over $6,700 in 4 weeks, I’m still not quite there. Hello, [...]
The vulnerability of your dreams
May 16, 2012 – 9:08 am
It can feel so vulnerable dreaming big. To have a vision that feels so huge that some days it can make you feel tiny. To fiercely believe in the purity, power and beauty of your dream and yet… Yet to not be so attached to your dream that you shut yourself off from possibility or [...]
Brave Enough
May 14, 2012 – 9:51 am
I leave for France a week today. (WHEEEE!)) In 6 days, I have to pay my second tuition payment for the year. The first program is almost paid for, but now I have to pay for the second program. I need another $5,400, to cover tuition, rent & food for at least the first few [...]
ME/CFS Awareness Day: 11 things of gratitude for 11 years of illness
May 12, 2012 – 11:33 am
Today is International ME/CFS Awareness Day. I’ve written a lot about my experiences living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. I was diagnosed at 12, and the first 5 years were the toughest of my life. Back in 2010, I wrote another post for ME/CFS Awareness Day about how art helped me find purpose in [...]
An Artist’s Odyssey, explained with a series of pictures!
May 11, 2012 – 6:06 pm
(Royalty-free music courtesy of Dan-o: http://www.danosongs.com/#music) Yesterday, I was sitting in the doctor’s office waiting to get some test results (good news! all is well!) when I suddenly had an idea. I knew I had to make this video, to explain in my own quirky way why going to France to study art is so [...]
