by Jenn | Mar 5, 2026 | Analog Living, Art Heals, Art journaling, Current Affairs, expressive arts, mental health, self esteem through art
I was working in my art journal yesterday morning. I had been working on a batch of image transfers, one of which—the image of the bicycle with flowers—was going to have a place on this particular page, and the fingertips of the middle and pointer fingers on my right...
by Jenn | Feb 10, 2026 | Analog Living, Current Affairs, falcon symbolism, lessons from nature, Nature, peregrine falcon, Spirituality
Last week, we had a very special visitor outside our doorstep: a peregrine falcon! For five magical days, this bird put on quite a show in the branches of the old tree that sits adjacent to our apartment. My daughter, Shay, noticed the falcon while I was out on Monday...
by Jenn | Feb 2, 2026 | Art Heals, Art journaling, Current Affairs, mental health, self esteem through art, the power of words
I’m a tuning fork, ever resonant and reverberating. Perceptive to even the smallest shift in life’s tectonic plates. A canary in the coal mine, nimble and resourceful. Sensitive to emotional and psychological toxins and reflexively aware of impending danger. A...
by Jenn | Sep 19, 2025 | Blog, breaking up with facebook, Current Affairs, mental health, self esteem through art, social media detox
I’ve done “social media detoxes” before, where I abstain from all social media for a pre-determined amount of time (usually a month). Every time I do it, it does wonders for my mental health! In the spirit of self-preservation, it’s come time for me to delete my...
by Jenn | Jan 24, 2024 | Art Heals, Blog, Current Affairs, Decision Making, Entrepreneurial, self esteem through art, stories from the studio
Wow! It’s been a long time, hasn’t it? I’ve been in a DEEP reflective state lately, partly because there are times where I feel like I am on the verge of a nervous breakdown and want to burn it all to the ground while running away. When I feel like...
by Jenn | Jan 25, 2021 | Art Heals, Coaching, Current Affairs, self esteem through art, stories from the studio
Do you know that by the time people (*all people) reach middle school, almost 85% of their inherent, natural curiosity and wonder has been stripped away? It’s a systemic problem. We don’t place enough value on creative thought and curiosity is often viewed...
