Constellations
A map of ideas, people, projects, and books that inform my thinking. This practice comes to me from my friend Lucy Bellwood. I find that the better we understand where our thinking comes from, the more accountability we have over our own mind.
Robin Wall-Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass, and the idea that all flourishing is mutual
How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell, and the importance of the relationship we cultivate with space
Ursula K. LeGuin’s essay The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction
Adrienne Marie Brown’s beautiful books Pleasure Activism and Emergent Strategy
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahnman
A Psalm for the Wild Built and To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers, and the permission to simply be.
Class Review: The Immersion Surface Pattern Design Course
I was first introduced to Bonne Christine in 2021 through Emily Jeffords. I had taken Emily’s Making Art Work online course in 2020 and was gearing up to take a it a second time in 2022, and she was cross promoting her friend Bonnie Christine’s Immersion Program. Committing to Emily’s MAW program was the extent of my education budget for the year, but I resolved to check out Immersion when enrollment opened again in 2022.
On Butts and Burnout
The last several weeks have a whirlwind of negotiating priorities and managing obligations all without dropping any of the glass balls I that I have in the air while also deciding which of my lovely plastic balls I am okay with dropping for the time being.