Hello wonderful readers! Well, if these newsletters were a TV show, consider this the season premiere after a long summer hiatusā¦ Maybe youāre old enough to remember when you couldnāt binge a series in a filthy weekend and had to wait for months to find out: I wish I could claim a theatrical flair for […]
Itās almost comical when youāre the one whoās supposed to be ākeeping it togetherā in the middle of complete uncertainty. Huxley needed answers: How long will it take to fix the car?Where are we going to stay?Will we make it to the lake day we planned our summer around? The only answer I could give […]
āHow are you, Hadley?ā I asked. The four of us were dragging our suitcases across the empty streets of Kellogg, Idaho. Our car was a mile behind us. Broken down off interstate 90. Hadley processed the question in her ten year old brain, then answered matter-of-factly: āIām fairly terrified. But other than that, Iām OK.ā […]
Make art. Tell stories. ā¦Ask for help? š± My last email stirred up a lot. Friends reached out to encourage. Other artists reached out to commiserate.My aunt sent me a business plan. My buddy Lucas sent me crypto. Kayla just thought it was funny. But me? I felt totally exposed. Guidance, the inner voice Iāve been following, […]
This is the part Iāve been avoiding. Iām not going to make it as an artist without your help. Every time I ask Guidance what to do, I hear the same response: āMake art. Tell stories. Ask for help.ā No matter what I ask ā whether itās how to grow my business, what to focus on next, or what […]
Iām not kidding: Whatever I desired manifested out of thin air. I was a magnet for the experiences and connections I longed for. From the moment I arrived in Nosara, Costa Rica, synchronicities blossomed like jungle flowers and I discovered a version of myself Iāve been working to become for a very long time. This […]
Iām writing this email from the hospital. NOT where I expected to end up after following my inner compass toward whatās most alive. Yet, Iām seeing my life and my art with vivid clarity. ā¢ ā¢ ā¢ This all began when I reclaimed my power. I said ānoā to costly coaches and ditched all the […]
One week after I started the experiment of following my highest excitement – I found myself sitting on a bench in the sunshine, reflecting on all that had happened: The bliss-bender, the victory-hangover and the slingshot back into frantic productivity. I felt a bit head spun – it was hard to make sense of all […]
Hello Art Friend! Itās been a few days so Iām excited to catch you up on my life-experiment! As you know, Iāve been āfollowing my highest excitement.ā Exclusively. Climbing trees, visiting zoo animals, hiking misty mountains and rocking mosh pitsā¦ all at the expense of my scheduled meetings and āresponsibleā obligations. Then, Monday brought a […]
Monday I woke up with a hangover. No, not from drinking. (Do people still drink?) From the sustained physical and emotional energy of exclusively āfollowing my highest excitementā for the past week. On Friday Kayla, the kids and I continued the experiment family style ā hiking through falling snow in the majestic Rocky Mountains before […]