North Coast Open Studios is coming.

June 6th & 7th, then 13th & 14th.

Artists all across Humboldt County here in Northern California (no, the *actual* Northern California 5 hours north of San Francisco) will be opening their studios to share their workspaces and their processes.

I’ll be participating for the first time.

It’s coming.

https://www.northcoastopenstudios.com/

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Yesterday I got my newsletter out, I got two new listings up on my shop, a blog post written, and I got a speedpaint video completed. It was a full day.

Today it’s bright and sunny here in Eureka, so it’s about yard work. The next two weekends in June are going to be Open Studios events, where I open my house from 10-5pm on Sat and Sun to invite folks into see my work process and space. So today is the only day to do the yard outside and have it appear like we aren’t just growing wild.

Busy busy busy!!

https://www.northcoastopenstudios.com/

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You ever feel like you’re in a life-version of Google Street View?

I’m learning that my art life and direction are often revealed only as I move forward or backward. Everything seems to be a bit distant, and I can see it out there, but every time I take a step forward I’m presented with an entirely different view.

And what’s worse is that as I tap forward in a specific direction everything is blurry and lurching, then suddenly comes into focus when I have to look around and assess everything all over again.

I came to some deep epiphanies today. And I felt like I learned a lot about who I am and why I do what I do the way I do it.

And it made me feel good to be able to articulate all those things.

And, in some ways, deeply vulnerable. Because as I become more sure about the direction I’m going, the less I can hide behind the excuse that I’m still searching for my future and don’t know what direction to go.

I can only hope this means the lurching and fuzziness of uncertainty goes away. I’m hoping it means I’m finally reaching the waypoint I’m seeking and can settle for a bit into that state. The sudden realizations that only happen in staggers and jerks are just straight up exhausting. Every time I figure something out I’m wiped! LOL!

Onward, right?

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(1887-1963)

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