I always find it highly entertaining how threatening some people can find my art. Which is hi-larious considering my subject matter. I paint landscapes and people for heaven’s sake. Not skulls and death masks. I’ve been informed by some that my work is ominous and dark, grim and wintry. I’ve learned not to take this [...]
Welcome to the Sunday Hug! Leave your shame, guilt and sin at the door, and put your Compassion Pants on. Every Sunday, I chat about things we often pretend aren’t there – fear, anger, overwhelm, envy. You know – all those things that make us human. And then everyone gets a hug, because being a [...]
Today’s edition of the Sunday Hug is a little belated as I’ve spent the whole day in the studio, working feverishly to finish the paintings for my application to study in France. Fingers crossed I’ll have it done by Friday. So this is just a quick hug, and a hug I don’t quite have the [...]
We try so hard to stay small. We try to fit in, to do what’s expected of us, to keep others happy. We stay quiet, never being too loud, too obnoxious. We confine ourselves, fit ourselves into tiny little compartments. We accept less, we do less, we hide our light under rocks and bushes. We [...]
Let me tell you a story about a very naive, young artist… Once upon a time, my art felt incredibly meaningful. I felt like I was going to change the world, to connect with people, to help people. I was watching how my art healed me and I knew, with a fierce pride, that my [...]
Dear Stomach, We don’t seem to be getting along right now, do we? You’ve been kinda hurt-ey since February, and trying to get my attention with some small aches and pains and I wasn’t a very good owner, and I ignored you. I kept putting off going back to the doctor and getting more of [...]
Dear God. Let me disappear. Please, dear God, please. Let me evaporate And become nothing. Let me be empty, Painless, Invisible, Weightless, Dead. I didn’t choose this life, This body, This nightmare. So let it be over. And let me sleep. Don’t make me do this, God. I’ll do it. I swear to God, I’ll [...]
With all this junk that I’ve been dealing with lately, the concept of creating safety for yourself, and resting yourself, has come up a few times in the comments. This is something I struggle with. There was a time, a couple years ago, when I was struggling with a deep, deep depression, and I would [...]
