Today was a quiet day. The girls decided they wanted to publish a magazine and have been working on it all day. I have 101 million things I should be doing but I haven’t done any. I spent the day going through the artwork that is covered in a thick coat of dust under my [...]
Do you remember me with the same love I remember you? Do you ever sit in your studio late at night and recall the time we laughed and loved and wanted nothing more than to find that damned indigo blue pencil? The sounds of blue coming from your speakers, the color of blue on your [...]
My laptop and I have had a falling out. When we first started we could spend hours together. Me typing away. Telling it all my hopes and dreams. It would blink its lights thoughtfully as I expressed my fears and weaknesses. He made me feel like a natural woman. It was the sweet start to [...]
I want to melt you
Like the ocean melts the sand
I will be unrelenting
Flowing over the surface
Caressing your skin
Smoothing the edges
I want to be like the waves
Shaping the shore
Making everything new
Just for the night
Originally I was going to name this Warhol Wasn’t a Mom. Then I realised that didn’t give credit to all the dads out there that spend their days in the trenches taking care of the the kids and the house and all the other little things that people usually consider a moms job. So, I [...]
My oldest daughter has been taking Chinese Brush art classes for almost two years now. I wasn’t sure I wanted her to take art classes. I have always had a firm belief that art classes for children were a bad choice. They do little to foster a sense of creativity or discovery in a child [...]
They sat outside in the darkness. Their bodies barely perceptible in the fog under the streetlight. After a while, he got up and took her hand. Without a word they went inside and walked down the dimly lit hall. He opened the door to his studio and she immediately became frightened. She followed him inside [...]