So many people and institutions around us right now are numbing out and slowing down. The drudgery of pre-post-capitalist fascism and co-pandemic living has so many humans just mindlessly moving through a world they're too overwhelmed to feel in touch with anymore. Depressing does not begin to describe it. Still, I'm not ready to throw in the towel. And you're not either. Instead of giving in, I'm giving you a chance to step it up. I am radically changing my coaching work to be more...
about 2 months agoย โขย 2 min read
I've taken LOTS of courses on fostering creativity and crafting a "creative lifestyle" (whatever that means) and NOT ONE OF THEM has ever actually created lasting change in my creative practice. Books and programs that focus on practicing creativity, rather than freeing it, don't make for sustainable change. I won't argue that creativity isn't a skill or muscle that benefits from regular use, but the reason we feel blocks around creativity usually isn't because we've been mental couch...
about 2 months agoย โขย 3 min read
Alex Pretti's public execution last Saturday at the hands of ICE is still hanging heavily in the air for many of us; especially since it follows so closely to Nicole Good's murder and the ongoing forced disappearance of so many immigrant family members and neighbors. It is HARD to find a way forward in our work when things are so unsettled around us and violence becomes more commonplace. And yet--- This world needs your work, your presence, your solidarity. Here's how you keep moving forward....
2 months agoย โขย 2 min read
My close friend called me this afternoon, her voice shaking. "My fish is sick. And I don't know what to do." We talked about the fish, the aquarium, the situation and then she said, matter-of-fact-ly, "Well, if this fish dies that's just what's happening and that'll be end of the pet fish experiment. I should start thinking what I'm going to say to my kid when he gets home." The shift from shaken to indifferent set off my emotional spidey senses: This fish isn't dead yet. So why the jump to...
2 months agoย โขย 4 min read
I have been in one hell of a rut the past month. Whatever reasons I have for this situation right now, in this moment, this is also just what seems to happen to me this time of year. I start hibernating or I have a down-turn in energy. I need lots more alone time. (Like, not reply to a text for 5 weeks, alone-time.) I also need some autistic recovery in the form of narrowing all my focus onto a project or special interest. (At them moment rehabbing my new-to-me, very antique Singer 66 so I...
4 months agoย โขย 4 min read
I am secular AF and rarely sentimental about the day of December 25th over my enjoyment of the food, drink, and merry-making of the "holiday season" in general, but if there's one thing from the Christmases of my childhood I'd love to get back, it would be the enthusiasm and joy hidden within a freakin' cardboard advent calendar. (First, a note: If you are religious in the Christian sense, I love that for you. No shade is intended and I hope you understand as I continue to curse and be super...
4 months agoย โขย 2 min read
It's a hell of a time to be alive. Literally. A giant chunk of this is the amount of cognitive dissonance being forced on us constantly. A dozen people who are against genocide could be sitting in a room, silently taking in news of Israel breaking the ceasefire or ongoing violence in Sudan, and then put their phones away to start marketing meeting without anyone ever mentioning itโor even knowing that anyone else in the room was thinking about the same things. Cognitive dissonance is a giant...
5 months agoย โขย 2 min read
I was recently on Vedant Akhauri's movie podcast, Let's Talk Media, to chat about one of my favorite horror movies: ONIBABA ๐น๐ต Movie still. Onibaba, 1964. This conversation was AWESOME. Vedant set me up with really thoughtful questions about how my artwork addresses similar themes to those in the movie: Claustrophobia, settings that echo body-horror, being trapped in the patriarchy. ๐๐๐๐ Look at these two bad babes ready to murder some Samis. (Movie still Onibaba, 1964) Honestly, it was eye...
6 months agoย โขย 1 min read
ICYMI: How to Change Your Unconscious Blocks Around Money! ๐ธ is happening THIS THURSDAY Oct 9th at 12pm ET! You won't want to miss it!! If you come to the LIVE CLASS, you'll be entered into a raffle to get a FREE coaching session with me. The benefits people get from a single coaching session are seriously game-changing: People have reached out to me months and years later to tell me the impact a single session had on their lives and careers! Get my ticket now! And if you didn't jump to...
6 months agoย โขย 5 min read