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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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    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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    Lake Ontario Cut Paper

    / May 21, 2022

    Art inspiration is everywhere…

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    All the Shiny Things…

    / May 19, 2022

    Sometimes it’s fun to play… Art journaling is my self-care.

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    Image Transfers

    / May 18, 2022

    Trying out more image transfers… 95/100 of #The100DayProject “It doesn’t have to be perfect to be worthwhile” is still true.

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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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    Defining Success… Depends on Perspective…

    / May 11, 2022

    Continuing to experiment. With varying degrees of (subjective) success… And trying is its own (objective) success… as is simply taking the time to art.  88/100 of #The100DayProject #My100DayArtJournal Yup, it’s THAT feather. MY feather.…

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    Art is in the eye of the beholder?

    / April 25, 2022

    Scrap paper made table-protection for paint technique trial, with remains of paint left on brush, made art, because I like it. It pleases my eye, and I find it interesting, therefore, it is…

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    Making Ugly Thoughts Beautiful

    / March 29, 2022

    More words upon words. Another story written to not be read. I know what it means, though details are already softening as the snow has, melting away still clean and bright, unlike the…

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    A Purple Crocus… and Some Truth

    / March 24, 2022

    Crocus. 40/100 I hope you’re taking regular time to create. For years, YEARS, I didn’t take time for making art. Even though I knew taking time to draw and paint had such a…

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