welcome to the blog
this is an archive of writing pulled from my Substack newsletter, and my youtube videos in the context of my own website!
feel free to explore, click around, and see what resonates for you!
more updates from my archive added here monthly.
what happens when you trade sketchbooks with community?
an international sketchbook tour 10 months in the making
how to infuse more art into the beauty that summer offers
if you want to travel lighter and make often
what stops us from making our art
is it just life, cycles of pause, or something else entirely?
7 things I learned from my recent sketchbook
how I entered a growth phase, knowing it would be in public
how to identify your creative ancestors and strike up a conversation
who are your "big three," journaling prompts to banish your inner critic
the real medicine for being creatively stuck
why we need to make in community and what i’m building
the clarity of a manifesto
redefining my writing, and the work of being an artist right now.
how to know your inner critic so well you can banish them
some steps to make what's holding you back tangible, real, and dismissable.
what you need to start drawing outdoors
here are the supplies to start, plus ways I can help support you!
why you should learn to draw with me
choosing to make art right now is the best way to spite the systems trying to keep us down
why you should banish consistency and embrace persistence + prestige vs freedom on Off The Grid!
investigating common art myths and how falling off is a bridge to what's next
why the myth of consistency hurts artists
Ok y’all the myth of consistency is such a bummer, lets talk about it and how artists are so not productivity bros.
creative prompts to get you into drawing
open the door of possibility and vulnerability with some simple exercises
how to stay organized when working in collage
collaging invites chaos, here's my system for containing it
I quit my job at Apple to be a full-time artist
2.5 years later: what I learned, and my shifting relationship to work and showing up online