Idea Index - The Brainstorming Book I Keep Coming Back To
Rapid fire generative AI technology can produce endless variations. But variation alone doesn't always create good work.
Love Day: A Closer Look at Each Sticker
Every piece in this set was hand drawn using one red brush marker, then scanned and cleaned just enough to keep the texture intact. I wanted the wobble and the gritty textures.
She Turned the Phone Face Down - A Short Story
The anger is there, along with the pressure behind her eyes. Proof stacked on proof stacked on proof of atrocious events out of her control, with nowhere to put it, taking up space in the grand bookshelves of her brain.
What is the Best Adhesive for Creative Journaling?
Every adhesive has strengths and weaknesses. The key is learning which one works best for the material you are using. That learning curve is part of the experience. The more textures you play with, the more intuitive it becomes!
Creative Blocks Are Avoidance in Disguise?
Most people experience creative blocks as something external that feels like an absence of inspiration, motivation, or direction. But in practice, the “block” appears after creation has already begun.
7 Ways to Reduce the Bulk of Your Creative Journals
These creative journal bulk reducing tips will help you if you want your journals to not explode 4 spreads in.
My Favorite Journaling Pens (From a Mark-Curious Perspective)
In my journaling and creative play, pens are less about refinement and more about curiosity. These are five pens I reach for again and again because they’re reliable companions while I play.
I Started Making Mini Zines (and How You Can Make One Too)
If you make a mini zine after reading this, I’d love for you to just…notice how it feels. Just whether it feels like something you’d want to return to.
Starting Before You’re Ready
The best ideas are the ones that you discover in the middle of the doing something else.
Why doesn’t creative journaling work step by step?
Tutorials are absolutely helpful when you’re brand new; they help you familiarize yourself. But eventually, you reach a point where what you make starts to look different than what you followed.
Coming Back to The Artist’s Way (Again)
This week, I’ve been revisiting The Artist’s Way, and I’m reminded why it’s so often recommended as more of a lifestyle practice than a book you simply finish and shelve.
Art Journaling Time: Prismatic Cuties
The prismatic creatures started appearing without planning. Started with a zen sloth, two cute kitties I had painted in oil earlier in the week and silly jumping furit. After this, I decided I'm gonna fill up this journal with all sorts little beings.