Category Archives: Process

With the close of winter comes a new studio self-reflection, part of my ongoing effort to be more open with my creative development. In this entry: winter progress accumulates like snow. If you’re curious, peruse previous self-reflections. ★ My overarching goal this quarter was to continue practicing the slow, gentle kind of self-management I discoveredContinue reading “March 2022 Self-Reflection”

It’s the end of the year and time for a fresh studio self-reflection, part of my ongoing effort to be more open with my creative development. In this entry: fall reflections improve self-management, gradually. If you’re curious, peruse previous self-reflections. ★ At the start of this quarter, I was drifting. I had recently overworked myselfContinue reading “December 2021 Self-Reflection”

Time for a new studio self-reflection, part of my ongoing effort to be more open with my creative development and encourage others to do the same. In this entry: summer growth goes wild. If you’re curious, peruse previous self-reflections. ★ The home garden in 2021 has been, perhaps against expectations, significantly more successful this yearContinue reading “September 2021 Self-Reflection”

With the end of the season comes a new studio self-reflection. It’s part of my ongoing effort to be more open with my creative development and encourage others to do the same. In this entry: Spring has sprung. If you’re curious, peruse previous self-reflections. ★ What a difference a season makes. While I spent theContinue reading “June 2021 Self-Reflection”

It’s time for another studio self-reflection, as part of an ongoing effort to be more present to and open with my creative development, and encourage others to do the same. In this entry: The winter can be a long, tough stretch, but sometimes good things come of it. If you’re curious, peruse previous self-reflections. ★Continue reading “March 2021 Self-Reflection”

As a follow-up to my October check-in, and in an ongoing effort to be more open with my creative development, I’m sharing my recent studio self-reflection. A note of clarification: I’ve been following a term structure, which is simply a semester-like schedule for planning, studio work, and reflection. The term in question ran September throughContinue reading “January 2021 Self-Reflection”

In the spirit of being more open with my creative efforts (even / especially the messy process stuff), I offer my recent studio self check-in. This will be a lengthy read! ★ The pandemic has made everything harder, and it has made the good things feel less good. I spent most of March through AugustContinue reading “October 2020 Check-in”