Writing is a parallel practice — a place to think aloud about beauty, work and joy.

SELECTED ESSAYS

performing art vs creating art
there’s tension the minute i walk into my studio each day—it’s not creative anticipation though. it’s the question: to film or to just have fun?

the tension that i feel when i walk into my art studio these day—it’s palpable. it’s not the unfinished papers and canvases, or even the messy, semi-controlled chaos of a space that i’ve outgrown. it’s the moment of deciding, am i going to have fun in the studio today or am i going to film today? READ MORE

intentional boredom

in my tiktok feed i’m inundated with everything about creating a 90s childhood for your kids (in my case stepkids). there’s a big part of this that appeals to me, not just for them, but for my own life as well. as an artist or a creative person of any sort — or let’s be honest, just being a human — i think boredom is a value we should intentionally cultivate. the irony of this thought on intentional boredom coming through my screen during a long tiktok scroll is not lost on me either. READ MORE

art as therapy

what do you gain from making and observing art?

what do you learn through the process of making a painting? i think one reason art is so seductive is that it offers glimpses to what’s going on inside of—both of the viewer and the maker, while also left open to interpretation so that it can be molded to fit within the viewer’s perspective (good/bad, pleasing/not pleasing, about God/about sex, whatever).READ MORE

The Art of Joy
An ongoing writing practice published on Substack.

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