Artists Need Each Other
Izzy Johnson in their home studio, wall print by Lukaza Branfman-VerissimoIt is without a doubt that the reason I float on as an artist and a writer is...
5 Reasons the World Needs Your Online Class
Teaching online classes is how I’ve made the majority of my income since 2017. And it is a great joy of my career to have had such amazing, invested, weird,...
How to Commit to the Life of an Artist with Sky Fusco
This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m joined by my internet friend Sky Fusco to discuss dedicating your life to art.Sky is an artist, writer, deep thinker,...
How to Commit to the Life of an Artist with Anna Fusco
This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m joined by my internet friend Anna Fusco to discuss dedicating your life to art.Anna is an artist, writer, deep...
Teaching as a practice
Photo by Mo NeuharthI was on a walk with a friend the other day and mentioned that while I love teaching, I wish I was focused more on my own creative...
6 Tools for When You Don’t Know What To Do Next
I think the great fear of most creative people is that we’ll run out of ideas and not know what to do next.I come up against this time and time again in my...
The desire to stay hidden
Photo by Anna FrissThere is something inside me lately that desperately wants to stay hidden. I can’t tell if it is a true need for the natural cocoon time...
Your art matters
Hello and welcome to the first installment of The Artist Way Book StudySETTING OUR INTENTIONSThis email lays out every step, tool, and practice we will...
Storytelling as a Throughline with Tamara Santibañez
This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m sharing the mic with my friend Tamara Santibañez for a conversation about oral histories, tattooing, freelancing,...
The magic of the artist date
Chamomile in Mo’s garden Detroit, MIHello welcome to my newsletter today. It’s rainy here in in Northern Michigan and as my digital boundaries continue to be...
Swimming gives me the answers
Lake MichiganToday I want to talk about the serious and drastic measures I’ve taken this week to reclaim my attention and the huge signs the universe gave me...
Finding the Pace of Our Work
This week on Common Shapes, I share four practices for checking in with your creative pace — internal seasons, intuitive sharing, weather systems, and the...
Looking for the in between
Photo by Chloe SellsI am devoted to trusting the in between time. The time between launching one thing and inventing another. The time between going to a...
Thirty five things I know at thirty five
I woke up so grateful to be alive, in the endless gift of life. I am so happy to turn 35 years old today, it feels like a huge accomplishment to still be...
Our Work is a Web with Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
This week I’m welcoming Common Shapes’ very first guest, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo.Lukaza (they/them/Lukaza) an artist, abolitionist, educator, storyteller,...
Doing things with other people
Photo by Izzy JohnsonI want to unlock my creativity in new waysI want to nourish the consistency of my practiceThere is a wasps nest being built at the...
Friday Thread : Tending to our Self Esteem in the studio and beyond
HOW DO YOU TEND TO YOUR SELF ESTEEM?What rituals do you do daily, weekly, monthly, seasonally, or yearly to root you into an unshakeable sense of self?When a...
The Art of Newsletters
Today’s episode of Common Shapes is about why I love newsletters and why you (yes, you) should have one.Together we’ll explore the marketing side and the...
Art as Service
This week’s episode of Common Shapes is about the fact (yes, it’s a fact) that your art is of service, no matter what you create.I also share my four...
Fatigue and the digital footprint
Monday Monday is a free weekly newsletter. If you want to support this space and have access to my monthly advice column YES YES, comment on posts, and the...