The Importance of Office Spaces, Workspaces, and Spaces with Use

The Importance of Office Spaces Recently, I took a moment to reflect on my workspace and decided to take some photos. I realized that the desk was the subject matter of my photography from the beginning. I have black and white photos of my first desk in college with my clamshell laptop and all my…

Read More

The Power of Branding

A Chat with Mitra Why We desire to communicate clearly and provide quality products for our customers. We like to discuss new concepts, meet new people, and share knowledge. We think brands should be flexible and systemic because people change too. Our goal is to inspire ourselves and others with powerful brands. What This one-hour…

Read More

Couples Goals, Famous Artist Edition #votelove

Can you identify these famous artist couples? I enjoyed learning something new and playing with AI to make portraits of them. It’s election season is the USA and history reminds us of the sacrifices that have been made, the progress, and the fragility of humanity. Be kind, be bold. Love each other. You know 😘.…

Read More

Fairy landscapes

This photo series is an extension of the last post, Send me an Angel. I think these backgrounds invite fairy or angel drawings 🧚‍♀️. A couple of the photos feature backgrounds from my flying mermaid artwork. The colors in these are so bright and light. I put my favorite ones at the top. Do you…

Read More

Loneliness and shame dreams #lonely

What is loneliness? I watched a couple YouTube videos tonight about it and got curious about it’s connection to shame. Could my dream journal bring awareness to aspects of myself that I’ve cut off from and could I heal by connecting to these parts? I didn’t use the word lonely or loneliness once but I…

Read More

TEDxSantaBarbara 2018 standout speakers

Last week I attended TEDXSANTABARBARA for their 2018 ‘Yes, and…’ presentation of 15 speakers. They were all amazing and it was a day of laughs and tears. I highly suggest checking they all out and I’m sure the videos from 2018 will be up soon: https://tedxsantabarbara.com/ There standout speakers for me: A talk about amplifying…

Read More

Painting on Original odyssey cards

In Original Odyssey is a puzzle that when put together creates a map. It’s 20 cards that fit in five columns and four rows. The first time you assemble the map can be a challenge. A good starting project is to construct the map and then add your marks for the north, south, east, and…

Read More

New Years 5×3’ Dream Painting in Progress

Digital Sketches on photo of 3×5′ Painting Making a vision board is part of New Years tradition and this year my small 12X12″ vision collage expanded into a 5×3′ dream painting. I use the Periscope to live stream and record the first couple hours of painting because the images changes quickly and it’s interesting to…

Read More

Looking back to clarify what’s emerging

I’m working on a new creative workshop for 2018. I’ve been looking at my notes reading, reviewing, and contemplating for about two months. Sometimes I feel like no closer to understanding how to do it then when I started. Looking back and making a collage of images helps me clarify my ideas because I’m a…

Read More