Hi Reader, The Everyday Artist Community launches today and from what people have told me so far, it couldn't be coming at a more perfect time. I probably don't need to state the obvious but I will anyways: Regulation and joy are not necessarily the norm right now. They are things that we must intentionally seek out. Yes - fascism, oligarchy, dictatorship, patriarchy, white supremacy, imperialism (the list goes on) have all their as*es out right now and I know it can feel scary and...
22 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, For a long time in my life I feel confident in saying the fear of failure is what drove me. Competitive in gymnastics until I was 12 Highly competitive in volleyball until I was 19 Went to one of the most competitive high schools in the country Followed by working at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), one of the most competitive talent agencies in the world Straight to Media Arts Lab (MAL) - one of the most competitive advertising agencies. The pattern is……palpable. Looking back, I...
25 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Last week in a collaborative newsletter with Brionna, we mentioned the need for all of us to intentionally seek out nervous system regulation. How nervous system regulation doesn’t just “happen” during the times we are in; how we must search for it, make room for it; find it for ourselves and with one another. And we don’t do this through large acts of grandeur but rather simple, consistent, sustainable tried and true methods. And unsurprisingly, I feel the same way about...
29 days ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, Between today's Full Moon in Leo and deep creative inspiration from Kendrick's absolutely iconic Super Bowl performance, I am taking the metaphoric mic for a moment 🎤. It's story time - and this one's about ancestry, legacy, creative rebellion and liberation. (If you want to skip ahead, you can read more about The Everyday Artist Community here). A few months ago, around Día de Muertos, I started to feel an intense curiosity to dive deeper into my ancestry, specifically around my...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
This is a 2 part newsletter with part 2 being sent today. Hi Reader, Before diving in, I just way to note that.........things feel very.......strange right now. Like we are suspended in the air or missing a puzzle piece or waiting for the other shoe to drop. It's a bit.......eerie. If you feel this, just know you are not alone. I feel it and many people I talk to also feel it so I just wanted to name it. Anyways, continuing on to this week's writing. If you read last week’s newsletter then...
4 months ago • 7 min read
This is a 2 part newsletter with part 1 being sent today. Hi Reader, How you holding up? How is your nervous system post election? It's been a pretty crazy last week or so to say the absolute least. But I have to be honest........in the days leading up to, during and after the election I found myself mostly regulated, discerning and intentional with my information consumption, energy, actions and people I was surrounded by. That regulated part might surprise you given what we were all...
5 months ago • 6 min read
Hi Reader, The tension and anxiety around the US election is……palpable. Which is one of the reasons I am launching The Everyday Artist: 11 Day Creativity Challenge. Tomorrow, 11/1, is the start of this free challenge and today is the last day to register. As a part of this experience together, we’ll be incorporating emotional regulation tools such as EFT Tapping to support us in transmuting any distress we may be feeling around the US election as well as moving through creative blocks,...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, Last week I was attending a film festival where two of my friends had films being screened. I ended up speaking with some of the other artists and was inspired by their stories and the art they’d created. I think part of what inspired me the most was the fact that for a lot of them, including my friends, it was their first film. Here they were, no one famous (yet!), fully believing and betting on themselves and their creativity and putting it out into the world - waiting for no one...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, As I watch the chaos around the US election continue to intensify and dysregulate, I keep coming back to a post I made on Instagram a few weeks ago about the power behind nurturing our creativity (and if you’re interested in a free offering I have coming up around nurturing your creativity and creative confidence, keep reading). Lately when the world has felt like too much and I am weary, I go create something. When I feel like I am overwhelmed, uninspired, stuck or waiting for...
5 months ago • 2 min read