Coffee with Art: Journal Idea for Building Inner Strength

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There is Only Today

When I drew the red panda, I remembered when I drew a guinea pig and wrote “You look beautiful today” on the drawing, and hung it up in the kitchen. One of my roommates remarked that it should’ve just said “You look beautiful.” So what is wrong with “today”? Does it imply that were not

Don’t Let A Bad Week Ruin Your Weekend

I’m sure you’ve had a terrible day, or a string of days at work. It wasn’t a single event that caused your stress and grief, not necessarily, but things going wrong just little by little. All the while, you’re getting more and more distressed without even having realized it. It doesn’t really matter what it

Hating What You Love to Do

Hey all, So, just a heads up, this blog post starts off on kind of a downbeat, but don’t worry. It ends happily. This blog post is about hating to do what you love most, and for me, that’s art conservation. I don’t care what anyone says, one of the most valuable things you can

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

Grant me the Serenity

Little comic I made inspired by last night’s events. Also, if you’d like to help fund my study abroad trip. Go check out my Patreon! #SendAshleytoItaly

Sharpening Your Axe

So, there are two purposes I have to this blog post: 1) To show off my newest artwork: 2) To talk about this interesting term I’ve heard recently, “Sharpening Your Axe” So, I was dumb and took 16 credits this term. And continued volunteering at the museum. And working. This has been detrimental to my

Please Enjoy This Doodle of Me

I’m really worn out from work yesterday and had a bad night’s sleep. As such, I did want to do some more drawings via Gimp, but I just have no energy to do so. Actually, nevermind, I did sketch something. Please enjoy this doodle I enjoyed doing. My arms look like dough, but I’ve been