Category: Art
Serendipitous Teatime
a small bird with a bright yellow body not like the common Maya, most definitely it stayed perched there long enough for me to see confirm that it was real and on my balcony then finally it flew that no more of it was in view still from a distance, I could hear it’s melody…
Snip-Its #4: The Very Act of Living
Snip-Its #3: All the World’s a Stage
Snip-Its #2: The Paradox of Graphs
Paradox of Graphs
Snip-Its #1: You’re more creative when you’re tired
You’re more creative when you’re tired.
New fountain pen: Pilot Prera
My favorite local writing essentials shop, Scribe, went on sale recently. Just at the time that I had been feeling the need to expand the collection. And some new inks: red for editing and blue to mix with the black that I had been using with my Metropolitan. These days I’ve been wanting to write…
“Flashy,” and plant studies in acrylic
Sometime last month, I picked up my brushes on a whim and sat down to paint a random photo from my phone. A film-esque shot of a plant I sat beside with seemed like the right pick, so I then started a promising new painting with one of my few remaining canvas panels left. Day…
Still Life: Breakfast
Coffee and apple, for when one does not really need much of anything. Case in point: mornings in which one simply wants to get everything done and over with, as soon as possible. For no particular reason except that, well, what else is there but to get things done? I think I’ll start my still…
It’s neither the small stuff nor the big ones that really matter
Habit-building is one of those things that come easy to me, as well as creating and following a schedule and getting a lot of things done. Those are my things. Call me type A, INTJ, or whatever. But what helps me with all of those comes with a particular health consequence: chronic stress. I’ve only…
The Ordinary Miracle
The act of creating something is rarely considered a “miracle”. Most times it’s a responsibility, which is, in many cases, a burden to the able-but-weary. Sometimes it’s a luxury: a manifestation of privilege and wealth. To create necessitates the existence of resources to create from and with, whether that comes in materials or skills. Creating…