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...
by Jenn | Jan 11, 2021 | Blog, Current Affairs, Entrepreneurial, Pandemic Ponderings, self esteem through art, stories from the studio
It’s been 312 days since I have been able to utilize my studio in any meaningful way. March 5, 2020 was the last day I taught an in-person class—the space has since been relegated to the ranks of a *really* expensive storage locker. I was thinking about...
by Jenn | Aug 4, 2020 | Blog, Coaching, Coronavirus Chronicles, Current Affairs, Life, Pandemic Ponderings
The easy thing is usually *not* the right thing. It’s the easy thing to leave your trash all over the beach after a day of fun in the sun. But it’s not the right thing. It’s the easy thing to not quarantine or wait in long testing lines after...
by Jenn | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus Chronicles, Current Affairs, Decision Making, self esteem through art
Hello there! Man, oh man—I miss you! How are you doing? That’s not a rhetorical question, I seriously want to know. It’s been a series of ups and downs for me the past 4+ months. Some days, I feel like I am drowning in loss and grief and trauma, and other...
by Jenn | May 25, 2020 | Current Affairs, Decision Making, Life, Nature, Pandemic Ponderings
I’ve spent the past 22+ years marking time by what’s happening in my yard. I have these daffodils that grow along the foundation in the front of my house. They typically start to shoot up out of the frozen ground by early February, aided by full-day...
