Paints, Clay, Wine & Friends: A week of accidental art therapy

While I consider myself creative, I don't consider myself to be artistic. That is unless you count the use of words to draw a picture, which I think I can do.  As a child I envied kids who could draw a house that consisted of more than a triangle over a rectangle, topped with a … Continue reading Paints, Clay, Wine & Friends: A week of accidental art therapy

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Life is a lesson: 5 things I learned last week

Performance Art I've seen some performance art. Not a lot, but some, and I finally have to confess that I don't get it. After attending the Outside In Exhibition on Friday at the National Museum of Mexican Arts (I highly recommend it), my friends and I headed to the Pilsen Art Walk for the Chicago Art District's, … Continue reading Life is a lesson: 5 things I learned last week

Just sitting on the corner of awesome and bomdiggity… [video]

Recently I asked a couple of close friends if they thought my blog posts were getting depressing. They didn't say no, but they didn't say yes. They said I probably needed to do a bit of therapeutic introspection. I thought they had a good point, but... So I thought, I need to change things up, … Continue reading Just sitting on the corner of awesome and bomdiggity…

(Not so) Wordless Wednesday- Art-miration

A picture is a poem without words. ~Horace To me, words have always been how I paint a picture, perhaps because of my inability to pain or draw in spite of my desire to do so. For that very reason, I admire those who can and am thankful to know some very talented artists that … Continue reading (Not so) Wordless Wednesday- Art-miration