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Friday Thread : Picking up the loose ends

$ · May 5, 2023

HOW DO YOU BEGIN AGAIN AFTER YOU HAVE STRAYED FROM A PRACTICE? When you have daily rituals, projects you are working on, things you tend to with love - when...

The dawn of the great garden experiment

May 1, 2023

I’ve never grown a plant outdoors

Sapphic love and getting wrecked

$ · April 28, 2023

Queering everything, boy4boy, and lesbian visibility

When our scars make us a quilt

April 24, 2023

Trans bodies across space and time

Friday Thread : Money and Business Resources

April 21, 2023

WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU USE + CONSUME TO KNOW YOURSELF ON A BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL LEVEL? As a business owner, self employed artist, person with a side hustle,...

Surrounding ourselves with good witnesses

April 18, 2023

Savoring our attention and having people to work beside

Finding inspiration in the ordinary day

$ · April 14, 2023

Remaining disciplined without external deadlines, the energetic drain of "hat switching", and finding inspiration beyond the phone

The faith of an inventory practice

April 10, 2023

Building out your own Creative Ideation Portal

Friday Thread : How do we begin?

April 7, 2023

HOW DO YOU BEGIN YOUR DAY? YOUR PRACTICE? THE TASKS YOU DO NOT WANT TO TACKLE? I notice when comes time to write I never want to write. I make a million...

The flood of new ideas

April 3, 2023

The silence before the output

Friendships on the rocks, house buying regret, and caring for loved ones in the throes of addiction

March 31, 2023

Yes Yes Advice Column

Ten years of newsletters

March 27, 2023

The commitment to telling the people the facts of my life, the hopes of my spirit, and the magic that holds my attention

Friday Thread : On writing and art, how our practice changes

March 24, 2023

WHAT BOOKS AND PODCASTS ARE INSPIRING YOUR CREATIVE PRACTICE RIGHT NOW? What are you listening to right now or reading that makes your writing, art,...

My little projects keep me company

March 20, 2023

My hands are covered in paint

Shape shifting, shame, and transformation

March 17, 2023

My biggest career regret and the hopes that follow

Everywhere is your studio

March 13, 2023

The practice of telling the people

Friday Thread : Marketing as Creative Practice

March 10, 2023

HOW DO YOU MARKET YOUR OFFERINGS AND PROMOTE YOUR WORK OUTSIDE OF SOCIAL MEDIA? What happens when we ignore the grid? May we stay tuned in! May it be so!...

Logged off and tuned in

March 6, 2023

The rules we make and the rules we break

Friday Thread : What shapes and creative containers can your offerings exist as?

$ · March 3, 2023

WHAT SHAPES CAN YOU MAKE? Welcome to another Friday Thread, where we come together to share resources, ideas, and more WHAT SHAPES DO YOUR OFFERINGS TAKE?...

The shapes of our offerings

February 27, 2023

Building ecosystems for creativity and ease between projects

The kitchen is yellow

February 21, 2023

I painted it myself

Leave the coast and make an art farm

$ · February 17, 2023

Intuition vs Depression, midwest residency dreams, and building lasting friendships

Intimacy portals

February 13, 2023

How much to let in and when : teaching, relationships, and creative pursuits

Friday Thread : Inspiring art stories

$ · February 10, 2023

What documentaries are you watching about artists and people who inspire you to make your own art? What audiobooks or podcasts are you listening to that are...

The shapes of creative containers

February 6, 2023

Protecting our gratitude, attention, and practice

Friday Thread : The feeling of finishing

$ · February 3, 2023

The art of finishing something : reading a book, making a quilt, writing a book, finally sending a text, walking the dog - is one of the things that builds...

Creative resets

January 30, 2023

Social media breaks, trusting ideas to come, and the earning potential of silence

From Polyamory to Monogamy

$ · January 27, 2023

The time it takes to love many people

Change of lighting

$ · January 23, 2023

New lightbulbs, Flexible Office, and a few Yes Yes rapid fire questions answered

The gift of the breakdown

January 16, 2023

One year later

Nuances of Land Stewardship

January 9, 2023

In conversation with Murphy Barney

Retired from love

January 2, 2023

The privacy of falling

The unquestioning collapse

December 19, 2022

Creative ruts as invitations to listen

Friday Thread : The Darkest Days

$ · December 16, 2022

I am noticing that as the darkest days are upon us the swirl of capitalism and shopping and holidays are affecting my self esteem, creativity, and...

Never alone

December 12, 2022

The protection of queer family

The rush of something new

December 5, 2022

Inhabiting a quiet pace

A place for arriving

November 28, 2022

The marvel of waiting for the paint to dry

The flood of feeling

November 21, 2022

Crying while teaching

I BOUGHT A HOUSE

November 14, 2022

The secret growing of lessons held close

THE LIMINAL SPACE OF WAITING

October 31, 2022

In the hallway between rooms

SWITCHING MEDIUMS

October 24, 2022

May you have so many things you love

THE MIRACLE OF HAPPINESS

October 17, 2022

When god and friendship are all that's left

MAPPING THE HOURS

$ · October 8, 2022

Flash Sale + A Spacious Saturday

GOING THE WRONG WAY

October 3, 2022

No such thing as working backwards

HERMIT PLANNING

September 26, 2022

The ordinary magic of organizing a day

MARY'S PACE

September 19, 2022

Following the elders through the second door

BAPTISM BY WATER

September 12, 2022

Cleared to swim

THE GUILT OF EASE

September 5, 2022

May you dare to rest

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A WRITER

August 29, 2022

To write a book

THE HARDEST PART OF WRITING

$ · August 26, 2022

What is the hardest part of writing for you? How do you greet this part and write anyways?