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As a young child I retreated to my bedroom to under the blankets into my bubble. The bubble was my world where I could not get hurt, where I could look out and quietly ponder all that was reality...
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On silliness, smiles and the pursuit of happniess
Is it as hard as taking that first step into the unknown or is it as easy as risking everything for something substantial. These nights I find myself pondering questions, seeking answers and...
View ArticleBrain. Fingers. Emotion. Computer?
I feel so sad right now. My emotions have run away with the circus. My family is away. A very close friend, whom I love, is leaving tomorrow and I’m sitting here feeling sorry for myself. And words do...
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RIP Cat McGandy – June 1991 to December 2008
Cat McGandy AKA Aloka became ill last week. We thought she would pull through by the weekend. Last night she took a turn for the worse and passed away earlier today. My friends gave her to me as High...
View ArticleThe end of innocence or why we grow potatoes
Many anniversaries precariously show their face to me during this time of year when summer begins to end and everything alive turns crunchy beneath your feet as it withers and dies. What am I trying to...
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After letting it go you begin to see the solutions
It’s always funny after sleeping on it for one night how one’s problems begin to appear much smaller with the solutions to those problems becoming more apparent. I spent the afternoon today digging out...
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Fast and processed foods need to be taxed at the same rate that cigarettes...
I wish the Canadian government would begin taxing fast and processed foods as much as they tax cigarettes immediately. And don’t even try to argue with me by saying it’s food, and a necessity. It’s...
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Finding passion without becoming addicted or why six years on it’s not any...
I wrote this blog post earlier this year in May but hadn’t published it. This seems to be a common occurrence as I write a lot but don’t publish them. And with 95 blog post drafts sitting anxiously I...
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Loneliness – The Burden of Artists
Don’t get me wrong — Being a self-employed artist is absolutely the most rewarding and fascinating journey I have ever undertaken. It lights my soul on fire and makes me happier than I ever thought...
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Art Frenemies
Lately I’ve been pondering the relationships artists have with other artists. I think in some ways, there’s this mistaken dream that artists all gather collectively the way we imagine it was done in...
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Why I Hate ‘Work of Art’ (and why I watch it)
If you’re not familiar, ‘Work of Art’ is a reality TV show on Bravo about artists, in the same vein as Project Runway. Artists with different styles and backgrounds compete against each other toward...
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The timing is off and someday soon it will turn on
In life we either get it right or we don’t as there really isn’t an in between nether world that we can climb into when things aren’t going the way we want them to. However, I tend to crawl into that...
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Renewal
Relaxation doesn’t come easy for me, if at all. I’ve battled severe insomnia since I was a child. I’ve always had difficulty shutting off my brain. Over the years, I’ve developed pretty good skills at...
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You Can’t Handle The Truth
So I’ve learned something. I went to Kauai to find answers, not really even knowing what my questions were, but feeling like there was something I was missing that I needed to find. Or maybe I needed...
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Personal Empowerment (and Kicking Ass)
A couple of years ago, as I approached a new decade, I decided that I was no longer going to be bashful in my 30s. To me this meant developing the strength I knew was there, and blossoming into the...
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Fish illustration and some thoughts in no particular order and why I give up…
Why is it that when you really like someone you get all crazy and can’t contain yourself and blurt out the wrong things and repeat yourself, asking the same questions over and over from sheer...
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The Highs and Lows (of making art)
Sometimes I just want to slap myself. I have terrible mood swings regarding my art. One minute I think my work looks great and my career is going to be swell and everything is awesome. The next, I...
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Taken by surprise or how it ended
When you make assumptions about something, especially someone, it can become hyperbolic to an enth degree that perhaps you don’t realize until well after the climax. It’s so easy to generalize and...
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