PRINT GIVEAWAY (!), updates, and some recommendations
Recommending some articles, movies, and news about custom collage commissions!
Before I wax poetic about my rude little ”creative process”...ENTER THE PRINT GIVEAWAY HERE! It’s for a set of (3) 5x7 prints of my Big Fat Journal collages which will be available for sale in the next month!
I feel like I’ve mentioned a bunch of times how post grad blues have hit me: hard, relentlessly, etc etc etc. After being in a space with so many creative people and being given assignments each week by professors, it’s been a little bit of a shock to move home and realize that I’m an...adult actually for real now (@ every tee shirt at Target that’s like, “namaste! I can’t adult before I’ve had my java <3”...maybe I can design those as a job now?).
It’s been a lot of ups and downs for the past few months- I can be SPIRALING and feel like I’ll NEVER MAKE ANYTHING GOOD AGAIN in the morning but feel so lucky to be alive and #blessed with materials/equipment/support and literally overflowing with hopefulness by the evening. The human brain is a FICKLE bitch! But I’m thankfully back to making things and working lately which is a big step in a better direction.
All of that said, I’m super excited about what’s coming next (CHEAP FUN CUTE STUFF FOR YOU TO BUY!!!) so here are a few notes:
NEWS
I made this post on Instagram the other day primarily because I put my mirrors on super sale but also to express my frustration with Art World bullshit and the mind games of pricing your artwork. TLDR: I hate that my ego (the bitch I’m trying to shut down anyway) is such a huge part of “creating value for my work”, and “creating value for my work” often means making it inaccessible for....people like me. That said,
I’m working on a slew of new products that will be inexpensive, accessible, cute as shit, etc. Postcards, stickers, prints (giveaway for a few of those at the bottom of the email) of some of my photos and a lot of my BFJ (Big Fat Journal) collages. I’m excited about this because it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while and also I’ll get to make another commercial. Heart eyes…
ALSO!
I'll be running another $30 custom collage sale just in time for Valentine's Day! You supply the photo of you/you and your lover/friend/dog/etc and I supply the collage magic! Keep an eye out on Instagram for the release date!
UNSOLICITED RECOMMENDATIONS
I’m really inspired by the newsletters I subscribe to, especially when the artist/writer recommends things that they’re into. It makes me feel so much better to open a link from an email versus from social media. ~cOgNiTivE DisSoNaNCe ViBEs!~...so here are a few recs:
Betty Gilpin in the New York Times. I appreciate her! And am a big GLOW fan.
Cuckoo ass 1970’s French film called Donkey Skin. I MEAN.
Cindy Wilson for The Creative Independent. I reread this answer at least once a week. Perfect!
Ok. I know this was a long-ish text-heavy email and the *algorithm* and reports about our attention spans make me feel like that's wrong...but this newsletter is lawless and I'm working on not caring about that shit anyway. Thanks for being here!!!