WELCOME - 001

Welcome to my first blog post.

That’s something I never anticipated spelling out. 

Cutting right to it: I am not a writer. 

In fact, around 20 years old, in my third year of college, I figured out I was dyslexic. That will be a topic for another day. 

It explained why reading is difficult, my spelling is atrocious, and writing has always been a weak point. 

When I say “weak point”, I mean I really hate writing. While most people have nightmares about being chased or killed, my nightmares consist of having a paper due. Bone chilling stuff. 

The way I communicate best, you guessed it, is visually. 

As I navigate life as an artist, there is unfortunately no escaping the written word. I have to promote myself on social media, email clients, create artist statements for new works of art, and the list goes on. 

There is no escaping writing, so instead, I'm leaning into it. 

As difficult as reading is, I force myself to do it. Over the years, I’ve become a more efficient reader and my vocabulary has evidently grown. 

If anything has to do with writing, I'll procrastinate till the end of time. I know I do that because it’s hard and I’m uncomfortable (that’s what she said). 

Just like I did with reading, I am finally facing writing. 

My goal is to write one post a month, to start. 

Announcements, upcoming events such as art shows, new items up for sale, behind the scenes, adventures, personal thoughts/ideas, anything goes. 

I love learning how an artist works behind the scenes. Being an artist myself, I thought I would start sharing that part of my life as well. 

We wonder what is taking so long for our favorite musicians to put out new music. We wonder why that movie is taking so long to be made. We wonder when that artist is going to make a new painting. 

Behind the scenes is where the magic happens. The effort to create something from nothing, the emotions, the editing, the trials and tribulations, and all the fucking time it takes. We often don’t get to see that. 

I have no expectations for this blog. 

Frankly, if no one reads it, I'm okay with that. We’ll say it’s like a personal journal that I leave out on the coffee table, so if anyone sits down and sees it sitting there, I don’t mind them flipping through. 

This is my little journey of sharing parts of my life that don’t typically don’t get to be seen, and forcing myself to write. 

‘CAUSE I AIN’T SCARED OF NOTHIN’.