V In Everything

Category: art

  • It’s All Connected

    It’s All Connected

    I’ve been feeling a lot like the conspiracy meme lately. I’m Charlie Day, ranting in front of a conspiracy board. Conspiracies are interesting because they tug at our love of puzzles and mysteries and ultimately reach a satisfying conclusion: it’s all connected. To anyone who is paying attention it’s perhaps not at all news that…

  • Keep Going

    The kids have been needing me a lot more in the evenings and throughout the night lately, which has left me with no time or energy to work on my creative pursuits. In looking at my thorough documenting of my writing every day, I decided to come up with a system to keep track of…

  • All the World’s a Stage… and I’m a Player, Babey

    Shakespeare’s famous quote came to mind today as I thought about impostor syndrome in tech. Specifically, I was thinking about my own impostor syndrome working in tech, but the writing on the wall of my current company has made me anguish and become very blasé. As one famous tumblr user put it, I’m going to…

  • Tiny Measures

    I’ve perhaps already written about this. If not on this blog then certainly on tumblr. On the night of January 17, 2024 I read a post on tumblr about some award winning author who writes something like 200 words a day. He is a writer as his primary occupation so the limit is not due…

  • Go with the Energy Flow

    I read a Substack article today that has been bouncing around my brain for a bit. The thesis of it is that capitalism and the structure of the workday, ie: expecting consistent productivity and output, is based on the hormonal cycles experienced by men (testosterone peaks in the morning, wanes throughout the day, resets at…

  • TOO MUCH STUFF

    When my mother worked as a full time artist making art dolls she collected a bunch of fabric, beads, and bits and bobs. When the market for that completely died, she offered me all her stuff. The only things I didn’t take were most of her tools and her clay but I did take all…

  • Sacred Salt

    There must be something strangely sacred about salt. It is in our tears and in the sea. – Kahlil Gibran I first came across this quote on my favorite place on the internet: tumblr. I thought nothing of it for a long time. I had simply copied the quote in the notes app on my…

  • Comparison Is the Thief of Joy: the Case for Creating Art When Everyone Else Is Too

    I’ve been enjoying working on my sock scrap rug. The sewing and braiding is a moving meditation where I can let my thoughts wander in whatever direction they so choose. The tactile experience is also quite nice. The rug feels sturdy in my hands. I love that I’m making something instead of throwing all those…

  • The Arts and Crafts of Sustainability

    The Arts and Crafts of Sustainability

    I’ve been thinking a lot about sustainability lately. With all the chaos of the world I’m trying to pick just a couple of things to care about so that I don’t burn myself out. For now I’ve settled on environment. I do trash walks in my neighborhood and local parks. I’ve been putting more effort…

  • Simplify, Simplify, Simplify

    I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD and what a relief it has been to finally have a name and an explanation for all of the struggles I’ve faced throughout my life. One of those struggles has been my easy distractibility. While one could spin it as a superpower of creativity, in practice it means…