Coffee with Art: How to Let Go of Anger

Without going into too much detail, I did not have the best day yesterday. This morning, I was angry knowing I was going to have to go back to things that were causing me grief and wasn’t sure if I’d be able to handle it. It was at this moment I decided to stop watching

Coffee with Art: Painting Piggies

Well! This is the 5th edition to my Source of Strength series. Today is the first day of my weekend after I started journaling again! So, I’ve downloaded the pdf of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, and I’ve been writing in a private journal about how each of his journal entries pertain to my own life. What

Coffee with Art: Inner Strength is Hard

Well, over these last three days, these paintings have been a nice little bit of therapy. I really enjoyed making them. Tomorrow, I’m going to make a dog with a wolf’s shadow. Maybe a caterpillar with a butterfly’s shadow, and I’ve even thought about making a pig with a wild boar’s shadow. Like I said

My Art Philosophy and the 5 Books that Shaped It

“Books are the REAL treasures of the world!” – Skeletor

No, I’m Not Carrying the Weight of the World (It Just Feels That Way Sometimes)

This isn’t really art related… well… unless you count philosophy. I don’t even know where to begin with this. I’m completely burnt out. I’m trying to take a step back and evaluate my life as it’s been for the past year (which hasn’t been very long). My energy is completely shot. I don’t think I’ve

What I’ve Been Up To (Warning: Geeking out ahead…)

Merry Belated Christmas! If I had any sense of foresight, I probably would have made a really nice Christmas video well ahead of time and scheduled it on Christmas, but since I didn’t, but I hope you like this little speed-paint Christmas card I made! Other than that, life has been pretty good to me!