Category: Journal

  • Closed my Etsy Shop

    Closed my Etsy Shop

    Why does the Internet influence us to commoditize our hobbies and our passions? I have been so guilty of falling under this influence and its time to reign that in. That’s not to say turning your passion into a business is a bad thing. It’s just that the Internet is so crowded with people and companies that…

  • Heart Painting Ideas

    Heart Painting Ideas

    Back with another art marketing idea. Heart Painting Ideas is a trending search term on Pinterest. I love the idea of making simple paintings using the heart as subject matter. My internal art critic (and an actual art professor I had back in the 90’s) says, “Hearts? How contrived.” But if Jim Dine can do…

  • Web Designer Drop Out

    Web Designer Drop Out

    One thing I did last year (that distracted me from making art) was to go back and read my old journals. I’ve been journalling since I was 14 or 15, so there’s a lot to read through. Here’s something I wrote on June 13, 2002: I’ve been thinking that maybe it’s time to eliminate web…

  • Are We Using AI or is AI Using us?

    Are We Using AI or is AI Using us?

    In January I was thinking a lot about my phone and social media addiction. I wondered how I could curtail these things without giving them up entirely. Then somehow these videos about the attention economy appeared in my timeline. I’ve watched all of them, and I’ve been thinking about the content of them continuously. To…

  • Notes from an Art Class in 1998

    Notes from an Art Class in 1998

    The following are some short notes I took at a painting class on September 30, 1998. The place was the Maryland College of Art (MICA), and this was a night class that was part of the continuing education program. We would bring our paintings in and group critique them, and the rest of the time…

  • The Cycle of Frustration

    The Cycle of Frustration

    Ever since I became a mom, there has been a cycle of frustration in my life and it looks like this: Get inspired to work on art and photography. Get frustrated over lack of free time and lack of skill. Give up for awhile. Get interested in improving my technical skills – WordPress, learning how…