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Recently a kinda weird thing has been happening. I’ve noticed that there are a few words that follow me around like little puppy dogs. They’ve been tagging along for a few months now. They just keep on popping up in my thoughts, my conversations, even dreams sometimes. One of the words is possibility. I’m [...] I conducted a little experiment yesterday. But first, some background: This week has mainly been about taking care of a number of things I had been putting off, and a few, more recent (and urgent) things. Since I live in Italy, most of these things involved getting certificates with official-looking stamps on them. That, [...] Categories: Drawings, Play, Showing Up, Silly sketches, The Cheering Section, Time and Space
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This week’s Sketchy Saturday offering was inspired by the Sketching Spark that suggested to “draw something grass green.” I happen to have a lot of things that are grass green because it’s one of my favorite colors. Yes, I know, pure laziness on my part. Whatever, I’ll run into problems when I get to [...] Sketchy Saturday! After the month-long (or more) hiatus, it’s back and sketchier than ever. I actually have a sketch or two to post today, thanks to the Sparks. Here’s one for you: Mini-ribbit
It may not be immediately evident but that is a tiny frog. There are three of these [...] Notice how it’s Sketchy Sunday now, and not Saturday? Yep. So. I haven’t been around the past two weeks because a) I had made a really bad Day Job-related decision and b) my laptop decided to give out on me. In the middle of a gathering. Clearly, it had to be replaced, and I’m [...] Whew! Where I live, there’s only an hour left to Sunday. So I just made it. And although last time I said I’d never get this post up in time for Saturday, and in fact am 100% right about that, nobody ended up betting me any Cheetos. Which I suppose is just as well. [...] I’m calling this post “Sketchy Saturday” almost as if it’s a new series and I will sketch something every Saturday. When we all know that by next week it’s going to be Sketchy Sunday at earliest, and then maybe Tuesday, at which point the alliteration won’t work and I’ll have to go back and [...] I’ve been living in Italy for over 9 years now but there is one very beloved Italian practice that I can’t quite seem to get the hang of: dolce far niente. The literal translation is “sweet doing nothing” but maybe the best translation is “sweet idleness.” I used to be able to do this. [...] Today I started to draft a genius post about how we can set up the perfect conditions for cultivating our creativity. It was going to be full of earth-shattering insights. That post was going to change the world. Yes sir. So, um… have you noticed how clean my bathroom is? Pretty impressive, wouldn’t you [...] Ah yes, my fellow Northern Hemispherians, good news: summer is upon us. Summer is one of my favorite seasons, and not just because recent studies have confirmed that more cool people are born in the summer than in any other season.* There are loads of reasons to love summer: 1. Longer days and more [...] |
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