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Self-Guided Art Therapy · 3M ago

I’m Alive!

I’ve been tired and busy.  I’m working on my RN degree while working full-time as an LPN in a skilled nursing unit.  Actually, I’m exhausted.  I haven’t had the energy to make anything lately.  It’s a triumph that I turned on the sewing machine and made this scrub top.  Now I feel like making stuff
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Self-Guided Art Therapy · 11M ago

Stuff I still haven’t learned, despite 37 years of trying.

I had a birthday and I graduated nursing school.  I was valedictorian.  It was really hard, but I did it.  I wish I could feel good about it somehow, but I just can’t.  Part of the problem was the fact that some of my classmates didn’t finish.  I would have given my blood to save [...]
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Self-Guided Art Therapy · 1Y ago

Old Abe

Untitled, originally uploaded by Drucilla Pettibone. Here is a piece from the lovely and amazing Drucilla Pettibone for the Gay for Eagles show. I love her. I love that her artwork has her hand all over it. I can tell by looking at a thumbnail that something was made by Dru. She mixes vintage fabric
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Self-Guided Art Therapy · 1Y ago

Owl-Eyed Athena

I finished my portrait of Penny Nickels. It took a long time.  I had a mostly finished portrait for a while, but I just wasn’t happy with it.  I couldn’t get the phrase Owl-Eyed Athena out of my head when I was working on it.  Since so much of Penny’s work is about mythology, I [...]
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Self-Guided Art Therapy · 1Y ago

A lot going on

Many good things are happening these days.  The lovely and talented Dru curated a show based on my Gay for Eagles piece.  Check it out!  A couple of my pieces didn’t make it to the studio, but I have some weapons and a self-portrait hanging.  I’m extremely depressed that I spent my day taking a [...
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Self-Guided Art Therapy · 1Y ago

Two Satyrs

Two Satyrs, originally uploaded by Bascom Hogue. Bascom is a friend of mine. He’s a Mennonite (known for their refusal to condone war) and an intellectual. He’s also hilarious and very caring. Every time he posts redwork, I can’t stop staring at it. It reminds me of 200 year old woodcut printed fair
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Self-Guided Art Therapy · 1Y ago

Outrunning Fear

Catch me if you can!, originally uploaded by maltoodle. *This isn’t my embroidery. Click through to see who owns it. I don’t have a lof of self esteem, especially when it comes to body image. That should be no surprise to anyone. I wear a size 14. My butt bounces when I run. No matter [...]
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Self-Guided Art Therapy · 1Y ago

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 10,000 times in 2010. Th
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Self-Guided Art Therapy · 1Y ago

Perspective as a second language

Don’t get me wrong, I have always hated sporty jock-talk.  I was the slowest, fattest kid in gym class.  Mean boys would hum the theme to Chariots of Fire while my chubby legs tried to finish a one mile run five minutes behind everyone else.  I hated sports of all kinds.  I don’t even watch [...]
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Self-Guided Art Therapy · 1Y ago

Showtime!

I’m a little late announcing this, but here is the information on the show where you can buy a Pez portrait. The theme is childhood holiday memories and consumer consumption.  Artists with very different media all contributed.  I was pretty impressed with David Todd Trost’s ceramics (below).  The wh
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