V In Everything

Category: feelings

  • 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…

  • How Do You Solve a Problem Like… the Suburbs?

    I live in the suburbs. I love living in the suburbs. I like that I can raise my family in a relatively safe place, where I can give my small children relative autonomy, can be close to nature, and still be close to shops and cultural institutions and events. But I hate the cars. I…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Lost Studio

    I haven’t been painting much lately and it doesn’t feel good. For the six years that we have lived in this house, the basement (really the ground floor) has been a huge mess. Part workshop, part gym, part storage – all mess. It has taken all that time and multiple attempts to finally turn it…

  • Worshiping at the Alter of Mending

    Worshiping at the Alter of Mending

    I’m being wildly dramatic with the title, I know, but the pun potential of “worshiping at the altar” and “alter” as in clothing, could not be resisted! While the tide on this surge of creation is receding, I am still interested in mending and altering my clothing, the least of which because I am bothered…

  • On Being Unteachable

    I often feel as though I am unteachable when it comes to art. I am often so impatient that I just want to start doing the thing and make mistakes (that were entirely avoidable) but at least I’d be doing something! I can figure out or research how to fix those mistakes in the future,…

  • Coming out of Hibernation

    So it’s probably been clear from my radio silence that I’ve been experiencing some burnout. Part of the reason I wanted to do this blog in the first place was to record all my efforts at doing stuff because I have cycles that I go through, namely: get really passionate about something -> focus all…