Keeping A Sketchbook Kind Of Life 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm

I received my first Moleskine sketchbook on my birthday, this past December 28th when I turned 37. That night I did my first sketch in it of Hansel, as we sat in the emergency waiting room. I simply...

A Warm Reminder 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am

Just a warm reminder that this is your last week to purchase 21 SECRETS LIVE! at it's cheapest price ever!  Come September 1st prices will go up slightly.  We would all LOVE LOVE LOVE to art journal L...

A Peek Into My Moleskine 26 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm

I finally snagged a little time to give you a peek into my last finished Moleskine. This sketchbook was filled with snippets of my life from April 9 to July 18, 2013 --the second volume in my 37th y...

Untitled 25 Aug 2013 | 08:58 pm

Not Knowing 22 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm

Three months ago I was strolling the aisles at Target looking for little twinkly lights. Instead I found this great notebook with a gold and turquoise design on the cover that would fit perfectly in ...

Confetti 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm

A page from my sketchbook.  Circa 2001. You would have thought the conversation was totally rehearsed until someone muttered the word "risk". That's when the huge applause started. But I think I w....

Bringing Blogging Back 20 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm

Donald Judd drawings never did a thing for me. A couple lines.  Maybe a block or two. Minimalist.  I get it. So why did a thunder begin to rise from my stomach bolt straight through my throat and ...

My Studio. My Life. My Mess. My Now. 19 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm

This my friends is an honest and up-to-date look at my studio. There is nothing pretty about it. It's basically piles upon piles and mess upon mess. And it's suffocating me. Period.  End of sto...

Subtraction 16 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm

This is where I wrote my list of seven things I plan to stop doing. Instead of giving myself more tasks, more ways to cure the world-- I'm learning the fine art of subtraction. Of becoming invisibl...

Why Artists Are Important 15 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm

Waiting for my mother to finish her work day, I took a stroll around downtown Cleveland. Looking up. And around. In between the people rushing to bus stops. Past the suits with a soft gaze. Landi...