Do It For the Process, Art Edition

I have another misbelief. Remember when I talked about it a few weeks ago? My misbelief about my essay writing and that I believed something that was not true: 1. That an essay or any piece of writing is supposed to arrive on the page ready and done. That what you imagine in your brain… Read more »

Do It For the Process, Sewist/Patternmarker edition

Do you watch PROJECT RUNWAY or MAKING THE CUT? Then you understand. If not, bear with me. For me, there’s power in putting together right sides of fabric, sewing a seam, and having the pieces turn into clothing. Remember my years in 4H? I had always watched my grandmother sew and my great aunt ran… Read more »

Do It For the Process, Art Talk

What can we say about the history of abstract art? It’s been a part of our DNA from before there was history. Marks left on pottery and on the walls of caves were not only representative of real-life animals or humans, but often were “simple, geometric, and linear forms that had a symbolic or decorative… Read more »

Do It For the Process, Writing Edition

I keep repeating myself on this blog. But a lot of my goals in 2023 are about my process. Life gets moving so fast and we all have too much email and overflowing todo lists and I am determined to have something else to talk about in my life. Work is work. But life is… Read more »