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Category: Creativity
  • Inktober 2023

    Inktober 2023

    I enjoy an art challenge, and Inktober always draws me in. I can usually find time for at least a quick sketch for the daily prompt and sometimes a little longer playing on the page. I won’t say these are quality drawings, but I had a good time with them and I feel that I’ve…

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  • Mapping my Move

    Mapping my Move

    I started this drawing a few weeks back when I was feeling stressed and at odds with the whole project. I finished today with a few last details and a title. It really does show my route through the project or moving from this mess to the lovely fresh house up the hill. I shared…

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  • Petal Loops

    Petal Loops

    Doodling is good medicine. When you need a mental break from whatever you’re currently stressed about or trying to work through, art is a valuable refuge. And you don’t need to be an artist to get there. A Drawing Meditation like this one, gives your logical, conscious brain some rules to follow. While your logical…

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  • In the cracks

    In the cracks

    The other day while we were sitting around 555 on a break, Sasaki-san asked if I had started packing for the move yet. “A little bit,” I replied. But mostly I am thinking about what I want (and don’t want) to take with me. Right now, I am decluttering my “fantasy selves”. For example, I…

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  • Yogic art and movement

    Yogic art and movement

    Every morning as part of the Satoyama Yoga warm-up sequence, we twist our spine in a movement I call Washing Machine. It’s a direct descendent of a Kundalini kriya. Last weekend, we practiced art meditation and I unexpectedly drew the pose and I like it. I thought I’d share Washing Machine and also how to…

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  • Foraged fiber cord

    Foraged fiber cord

    I’ve become interested in the fiber plants that grow wild at 555. Over the late summer, I learned that the nettles which grow like weeds all around the property are useful. They are food in spring, but as they grow they become excellent fiber plants. With enough processing, they can be used to make baskets,…

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  • Gorgeous logotype

    Gorgeous logotype

    I felt nostalgic when I came across a stack of old Family Circle magazines at Soro Soro Bread Studio. Family Circle was a staple of my childhood reading, full of home economics articles and recipes. It’s been years since I’ve seen one, but it went on without me and finally stopped publishing in 2019 after…

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  • DIY Custom Daybook

    DIY Custom Daybook

    Do you use an appointment book, journal or diary for your daily planning? From the time I started working in an office (last century!) to my current life as a freelance designer, I have used an assortment of calendar books, diaries, and executive planners to keep track of tasks and appointments. Though I have updated…

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  • Happy 2023

    Happy 2023

    Due to a death in the family in 2022, we did not send nengajou this year. However in the interest of keeping the 12 year series complete, I drew one for posting today. Let’s make 2023, Year of the Rabbit, memorable in the best way.

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  • NFI, a new project

    NFI, a new project

    I am sick and tired of NFTs on the blockchain: digital baseball cards, apes, and real-world objects that you “own” but don’t actually own. So let’s get real. I mean really REAL. Jump on my bandwagon and invest in an NFI – Non Fake Item. This is a grab bag selection of my art and…

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