I challenged myself a few weeks ago to have artist dates once a week until the new year! Today’s artist date was a stay at home date. I took my time matching socks and folding warm laundry while listening to a The Bible Project talk about apocalyptic writing in the bible. ( Here’s the linkContinue reading “Artist Dates Still Going!”
Monthly Archives: December 2022
What Could You Do Less Of?
WordPress prompt What Could I Do Less Of? I could absolutely work less. I’m living in such small portions of everything that I wouldn’t slim anything else down but my work hours. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job. It’s brings me so much joy and inspiration. It’s a gift really. I just haveContinue reading “What Could You Do Less Of?”
Wait a Minute
What helps you prioritize? What helps you be more empathetic? What helps you live your life in a more fulfilling way? What stories do you tell yourself about your divine purpose? Your beliefs are important to me. I found myself objectifying a general group and had to get real honest with myself. That’s their beliefContinue reading “Wait a Minute”
Wild Animals
I enjoy writing about the mysterious happenstances that come about from wild animals. Could have something to do with watching Aesop’s fables over and over on VHS for months straight as a kid. I also love Narnia. We finished book one with my youngest. We went to books with less words so she’s able toContinue reading “Wild Animals”
Writing in Bed
It’s always interesting to see what writers do to write most efficiently. My favorite place to write is in my bed. I’m most efficient here at this point in my writing journey because I can do a few things other than writing to settle myself before bed. I’m always ready for bed when I startContinue reading “Writing in Bed”
Prompt and Artist Date
WordPress Promp Share five things you’re good at I did my artist date today!! I’m still in there!! How many weeks left? Have you joined me? Make sure you record your artist dates. You need reminders about why they are so important!! I don’t like to do artist dates after work because I’d rather spendContinue reading “Prompt and Artist Date”
Show, Don’t Tell
We hear it all the time as writers. For those who are reading this post that aren’t writers, let me explain. Show, don’t tell is when you’re writing a about a character, instead of telling us things about the character like “He was mad,” you’d say something to the affect of “He swiftly picked upContinue reading “Show, Don’t Tell”
Good Morning Life
I’m a night person that’s reached a point where I’m able to get up in the morning. In the past, it was very hard for me to get up in the mornings. It was that way for a very long time. I’m not sure exactly when mornings became easier for me. But for the sakeContinue reading “Good Morning Life”
Artistic Research
Today I listened to an interesting lecture by Adrian Piper titled What, exactly, is the Idea of Artistic Research? She brought up a lot of interesting points. one point that I found interesting was how classes can be so rigid it doesn’t allow artists to truly dig into their art in the same way greatContinue reading “Artistic Research”
Top Two Favorite Things to Wear
WordPress has prompts now. I love this idea! Today’s question is what are my two favorite things to wear? Number one favorite thing to wear is a cardigan. I wear one everyday. I have a few colors and styles. I like em all oversized, thick, thin, athletic, all of them. Number two favorite thing toContinue reading “Top Two Favorite Things to Wear”
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