I’ve definitely been taking to heart your words and art, and I love these Notes! Self-doubt is such a crusher…especially because the more you’ve shared/been yourself in your work, the more trust I’ve felt (openness?) to absorbing your words and art as a source for my own reflections. My monster is getting fed too! 😈
I look forward to this every week and so far have been amazed and astounded at how bang on you are. I too have been wringing my hands about trying to be a good artist making beautiful things with deep meaning blah blah blah...I can't! I won't! Let's have some fun - seems like a rebellious act and that's all the better.
Thank you Fern! But what do you mean by "bang on"? Bang on with how you yourself are also feeling, or...?
I'm not actually trying to make beautiful art here, or at least, not yet. Merely trying to let go and follow my nose rather than the rules, but that alone can be elusive!
I love this! Thanks for flipping the narrative. Now we should all write out your list and frame it and hang it on the wall where it can always be seen 🥰
Please draw a flying tahooty so I know exactly what you are talking about. (I have a dirty mind).
Also: resisting/transforming/breaking free so we are able to have fun (and able to decide for ourselves what having fun actually entails in our sweetly individual and particular little lives) means coming up against familial history, colonialism, patriarchy, capitalism, sexism, and all of the other goodies we were born into that have shaped us (and by 'shaped' I mean battered). Not for the faint of heart or cowardly (thank all the gods and goddesses you are neither meek nor a wimp). Maybe fun could include kicking in doors, smashing mirrors, burning down family trees, and other violent but delicious metaphors? (You go girl).
It's funny, I was thinking there wasn't much to this particular post, but I got some intense responses, LOL. I was really only talking about having fun and feeling free with these hand-drawn posts, but sure! Let's kick in some doors! 😅
I’ve definitely been taking to heart your words and art, and I love these Notes! Self-doubt is such a crusher…especially because the more you’ve shared/been yourself in your work, the more trust I’ve felt (openness?) to absorbing your words and art as a source for my own reflections. My monster is getting fed too! 😈
That's what I want... to feed all the monsters! I couldn't be happier 🤓
You got yourself another tahooty groupie here….
"Tahooty Groupie" needs to become a thing. BA, I'd buy a t-shirt with that on it!
This is not something that's under my control 😂
Haha, thank you Kristine 😅🥰
Flying tahootys galore!!!
I look forward to this every week and so far have been amazed and astounded at how bang on you are. I too have been wringing my hands about trying to be a good artist making beautiful things with deep meaning blah blah blah...I can't! I won't! Let's have some fun - seems like a rebellious act and that's all the better.
Thank you Fern! But what do you mean by "bang on"? Bang on with how you yourself are also feeling, or...?
I'm not actually trying to make beautiful art here, or at least, not yet. Merely trying to let go and follow my nose rather than the rules, but that alone can be elusive!
Thank you for the flying tahootys!
Thank you for being you! I wanna flip those 'supposed to go' rules around.
1. Find resilience and joy.
2. Love what you're doing. And if you don't love it, change something that needs to be changed.
3. Don't stress about it.
4. March to your own drummer and beat.
5. Be exactly who and how you are, in all your glorious imperfection.
6. Don't stress about it.
7. Don't stress about it.
I love this! Thanks for flipping the narrative. Now we should all write out your list and frame it and hang it on the wall where it can always be seen 🥰
PS: I second the vote for drawing a flying tahooty. For some reason, the Oatmeal's work comes to mind! :-)
Haha! If only I knew what a tahooty was...
Love the William Stafford quote. And also love how aesthetically pleasing your writing + art feels to me!
Thank you! That makes me happy!
Please draw a flying tahooty so I know exactly what you are talking about. (I have a dirty mind).
Also: resisting/transforming/breaking free so we are able to have fun (and able to decide for ourselves what having fun actually entails in our sweetly individual and particular little lives) means coming up against familial history, colonialism, patriarchy, capitalism, sexism, and all of the other goodies we were born into that have shaped us (and by 'shaped' I mean battered). Not for the faint of heart or cowardly (thank all the gods and goddesses you are neither meek nor a wimp). Maybe fun could include kicking in doors, smashing mirrors, burning down family trees, and other violent but delicious metaphors? (You go girl).
It's funny, I was thinking there wasn't much to this particular post, but I got some intense responses, LOL. I was really only talking about having fun and feeling free with these hand-drawn posts, but sure! Let's kick in some doors! 😅
Oh dear...have I over-responded...maybe a little blog projection?
No, there is no such thing as an OVER-response! I love every and all responses I get. Not sure what blog projection is, though. Sounds painful.
Just so you know, I give a big tahooty!
Haha... thank you Kelsey! 🤗