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  • 52-Week Art Journal

    Week 6: Rules or Freedom?

    / February 5, 2023

    In today's prompt we're following instructions... and then leaving them behind. To finish what we started last week. Join the Journey!

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  • 52-Week Art Journal

    Week 5: Not Knowing… but Enjoying Now

    / January 29, 2023

    Here’s this week’s video prompt. If you’d prefer to read… just scroll on by.   I’ll start by saying this week is different. For one, you never see my face in the prompt…

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  • 52-Week Art Journal

    Week 4: Making Ugly Beautiful

    / January 22, 2023

    It's Week 4 of the 52-Week Art Journal Journey. We're giving the thoughts or feelings that won't let us be WORDS, and making them something altogther different. It may be my favorite journal/art…

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    Adding Art to My Words

    / May 24, 2022

    These words… stick with me… still. As I’ve said, art inspiration is everywhere. Including the art of our writing.

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    ALL the Colors

    / May 17, 2022

    When you buy new art supplies, and you want to try ALL the colors, and you decide to riff off a cool design you saw on Instagram, and it’s kind of a trainwreck…

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    Spring Storm

    / May 15, 2022

    I like to take photographs… and use them as inspiration for art.

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    Resilience

    / May 15, 2022

    I come back to something to do with SAYING YES TO LIFE which is LOVE OF LIFE, HOWEVER INADEQUATE, and LOVE OF THE SELF, HOWEVER FOUND. Not in the me-first way that is…

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  • #My100DayArtJournal,  #The100DayProject

    Waldeinsamkeit Word Doodle

    / May 5, 2022

    More word doodle fun. 77/100 of #The100DayProject Waldeinsamkeit… another of those terms that English doesn’t quite have the word for… but maybe should… The feeling of being alone in the woods… solitude in the…

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    When the Art & the Journaling Are the Same

    / April 25, 2022

    #My100DayArtJournal… For me, art journals are pictures AND words. I’ve shared some words upon words, my unreadable, not-meant-to-be-read stories. And some word doodles of some interesting words I’ve come across. Most of the…

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    Flight

    / April 9, 2022

    It's fun to see what I can do with paint scraps and scissors... and digitizing!

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