For me, technology has always been a thing that I can create with and create within. I’ve always had a kind of fascination with setting up technical things, even though I don’t know programming, and even though I’m not a coder. I found coding interesting in school, but I never quite got a grasp on it. AI is kind of changing the necessity of that, to be honest, but that’s a whole side conversation. The point is: I’ve always seen technology as something I can be an active parti

I've been thinking about how creation and destruction are not opposites, but are one and the same. Well, creation and destruction are differentiated by perspective, not by any essential quality. They are one thing viewed differently—two sides of the same coin. Like the relationship between light and dark, one cannot exist without the other. Even in the act of creating—say, a drawing, for example—you are destroying the quality and the state of the paper that existed before. Th

In a bullet journal or notebook, every hour for a week or so, rate your energy on a scale from 1-10; this is an energy log. Try to do this while getting enough sleep, avoiding caffeine and other stimulants. And be honest with yourself. After that week plot a graph that shows you your average energy levels throughout your day. You should be able to see clear peaks and dips as the day progresses. Typically energy is low after waking up but rises an hour later to a morning peak,

Upon realizing that self care is fundamental to my creative process and practice, I redesigned my life around the rhythms of my body, scheduling with and not against the natural ebb and flow of my energy throughout the day. By holding sleep sacred and my health holy, I am able to stabilize and amplify that rhythm, and make the best of my energy peaks and energy dips. Suddenly work didn’t feel like a fight for my life, and building a routine became effortless. And now when I f

As I reflect on my past two years of independent creative practice, I realize how I have neglected my self in the process (even though a...