Inspiration:

I’ve often found that I’m easily 10 times more productive on my best days than on my worst. (As if “productivity” were a measure of success in life– but it pays the bills, so I’ll save that rant for another day.) On rough days, routines can be helpful, but not may not be sufficient. Sometimes it might be better to let go of the expectations (self-imposed, or others-imposed) and pause the focus on “the work” that “must be done”, and instead do something that will help the work flow more easily. Hint: a little fun goes a long way. (And so does a quick nap.) Stepping away from the work for a bit can be an investment, not only in oneself, but in the work as well. You may be surprised what you come up with when you come back to it a few minutes later. Sometimes we just need to get out of our own way for a while.

 

Medium:

Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.

 

 

Inspiration:

One of my boys once wrote that his brother was “stoopid” (on furniture, in sharpie!). I absolutely love that! I love the irony of it, and the childhood innocence. I like writing about childhood and naiveté, perhaps because the loss of both is tragic. We don’t have to lose our childlike love of the world and our ability to play. And the fact of the matter is, we are all profoundly more “stoopid” than we realize. At least, I is.

 

Medium:

Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.

 

 

Inspiration:

I’ve had some really great examples in my life. Good ones, bad ones, and ones in between!

 

Medium:

Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.

 

 

Inspiration:

Sometimes perspective can be better than rest.

 

Medium:

Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.

 

 

Inspiration:

Probably childhood memories of learning how to pee in the woods when there wasn’t a bathroom anywhere in sight, combined with the memory of running down hills with my siblings yelling “look out, look out below”, inevitably crashing and burning. Luckily kids are so low to the ground that I survived that kind of stuff.

 

Medium:

Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.