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The lesson
I’d like to write today in honor of my friend, John Henry Thomas, an incredibly gifted and hardworking artist who passed away last month. Here’s a picture of John from around when…
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Far from perfect
The past three months kind of sucked. It was absolutely a first-world problem kind of suck, but they sucked nonetheless. At the start of September, I had scheduled a contractor to repair…
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Where we started
I just got back from my husband’s family reunion at the home of one of his brothers, in Minnesota. It was in a truly beautiful small town in Minnesota: 10,000 people and five…
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Who says?
A bit over a year ago, I was feeling disheartened. Not about external events, but because I had been working really hard, and very consistently, but it didn’t feel like I was…
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Curveball 0 Routine 1
The past few weeks I’ve been completely overjoyed to have my regular work schedule back. I loved remembering what it felt like to make real progress, but also I kept thinking, “Oh, please,…
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Start at the very beginning
My studio is full of blank canvases. To me, there is not much more beautiful than that. It’s the beauty of a new start with unlimited potential. Beginnings (or even restarts) are…
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A little perspective
It’s been a busy time for milestones. (Do other countries measure life’s achievements in kilometer stones?) On the bright side, my daughter graduated from elementary school this past week, as seen above,…
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The view
My daughter went back to in-person school this week, which was both exciting and annoying. Exciting for obvious reasons, and especially because she’s happy about it, and annoying because the school day…
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A fresh eye
I have been struggling a bit to hold onto my tiny studio schedule, but I am holding on, and so grateful to be able to do so! Above you can see the…
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Legacy
Have you ever heard of Ben Shahn? He was an American artist born in Lithuania who did these great social realist works. This one is Restoration, from 1945: He also did a…
