Today is a sad day for me. Several months ago, I happened upon the HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast and have been hooked ever since. I loved the fact that all of my favorite stories were read, dissected and...
The discussion this week from Love Art, Happy Life is on being an artist and having confidence in yourself as an artist. I feel like this is applicable to much more than art though, but since this has turned...
Tsathoggua is one of the Old Ones, and though he wasn’t a creation of H.P. Lovecraft, he was first seen in print in one of Lovecraft’s stories, The Whisperer in the Darkness, with a nod to the...
This weeks Journal 52 had three options for a prompt: skulls, crows or what the heart knows. Since I am not a big on drawing hearts and kind of suck at being girly in that way, ‘what the heart...
This week’s inspiration comes from the work of Beatriz Milhazes, a Brazilian artist born in 1960. Her work is characterized by strong shapes from nature and bright colors. She is associated most highly...
No one lives in pure bliss. I believe that we all have the desire for something more, something fulfilling, something that doesn’t feel like work. When we aren’t honoring that desire, we often feel...
Last night I completed my second ‘major’ public speaking event. When I took my promotion three years ago, I knew there would be a community education component, but I never anticipated I would be...
This is the first post in a series that I plan to dedicate to my favorite podcasts, those little things that get me through my daily travels and morning chores. I believe that my first exposure to podcasts was...