State of the Artist’s Mind, Summer Edition

State of the Artist’s Mind, Summer Edition

I’m having trouble this week with feeling like making my art is an indulgence. Even though I have A CONTRACT to fill. I know. A contract is work and needs be done, and working on it is FAR from an indulgence. And I am super excited about it. Still, for some...

Kids, Homework, and the Biography Fair

Omigosh, you guys, KIDS. I just got back from my 3rd grader’s biography fair. It was the CUTEST THING EVAR. The kids were all dressed up as their chosen biography subject, standing on their desks like wax sculptures. You pushed a ‘button’ on their...

A Technological Irony

My kids are not so much into movies. I have tried to introduce them to some of the old Disney classics, like Pinocchio and Sleeping Beauty — and even some newer ones, like Hercules and The Little Mermaid. But. My kids just can’t get into them. I’m...

State of the Bird: This and That

School ends in two weeks, and then begins the Summer Of No Income! Since he’s working part-time at a school, my husband has no work and therefore no income all summer. Instead, he’s taking a couple classes, working towards finishing his degree. He’s...

Introspection

I went down to Springville today to pick up my piece that didn’t make it in to the Salon, and to see the show. Omigosh, you guys. I cannot even describe the awesome caliber of work hanging in the Spring Salon. If anyone can get to it, do! (Not for the sake of my...