On Making A Book (Part 3): Where words + images converge

Once the words were done, I threw myself into the unfamiliar, beautiful, terrifying territory of illustrating. I was wholly, utterly, entirely consumed. I spilled india ink twice. I wore the same jeans for a week, paint accumulating across my thighs. I skipped class. I considered only this: How the images I was creating might tell [...]

{I am still here}

…Finishing this book. Breathing. Getting paint everywhere. Discovering + remembering what it means to be an artist like this: Courage. Revisions. Messes. Risk. It is time consuming. All consuming. It is terrifying. It is transformative. It is glorious. It is exhausting. (Hoping to be finished Monday.) What I really need now is good music to [...]

a close encounter

It’s 85 degree heat with nearly 100% humidity. The heat from the asphalt hit’s like hot breath. I watch my heart rate, which is usually in the 140 range when I’m going 20mph, hit 150 and then climb. I’m not thirsty really, but I try to remember to keep drinking. My legs feel strong, and [...]

Tuesday {in pictures}

Hello friends. I’m finding this so restful: to notice the small things of daily life and to share them here with you. We’ve been keeping a jar of markers and fresh paper at hand for quiet times, and today had many moments where the boys just sat and colored. I love the way Sprout is [...]

Tell me how you do it

I’m feeling stuck. I come here to write, to share, and I just look at the screen. It’s been an intense couple of weeks. The end of a semester. A dear friend visiting with a heavy heart. A week of being “on” at all times with the boys. Not enough sleep. Deadlines, still, always. This [...]