let’s have a sardine picnic & catch up
I didn’t think I would make a video this month, so when I sat down one day with the idea of putting together something short and sweet and not at all what I had planned on doing, I surprised myself by thoroughly enjoying the entire process.
the 2024 studio tour recap
I didn’t feel that my expectations were on the studio tour itself, more but the process of creating pottery, and why it felt so important to me to re-establish that relationship
this is going to be a lot, ok?
Yesterday, I framed and hung up pictures of our dog, and once finished, I wandered around the house to admire my handy-work, and to admire him in all of his expressions.
chemical changes & an invitation
What I came up with is: what I want right now is community. A space to learn and be inspired, and with room for us to change our minds and try new things and let ideas go.
as of late
With rapid, micro-changing moods, visits with family, keeping up with the current state of the world, and tending to work tasks, my mind has been elsewhere, and whenever I’m somewhere else, I find it difficult to find my way back—to land anywhere close to where I was before.
on the topic of well-being
This morning, I deadheaded a few of the potted plants, leaving behind me little piles of dried flowers as I moved from pot to pot. And just above, there’s a helicopter making its way to the hospital half-a-mile or so west of where we live.
experiments in motion
Going off of the idea that an experiment is something we’re actively choosing to learn more about, try on, better understand, play, interact, imagine, or express ourselves with…
without expectation
I was on a walk earlier this evening with my husband. It’s been a cool day for a day in mid-June. The wind piercing through our sweatshirts while we pause in patches of sun that warm our faces.