Making art is a survival strategy for me.
When people see my writing or art they often ask me “How do you have the time?”
I make because I must.
My brain is a very busy place. Making is one of the only things that turns spiraling thoughts “off.” When I get into monotropic flow everything melts away and all that exists is the art. As I create my nervous system comes back to center.
This month I’ve spent over 14 hours designing a rainbow zine. 🌈
I was intuitively drawn to this process because my brain needed the reset time to balance out the stress of book launch.
I followed my intuition because I have learned to trust it.
This work may look frivolous, but it is deeply important.
The next time you have an impulse to do something that you consider a “waste of time” notice how you feel before and after. It may be a powerful regulation tool that you’ve been made to feel guilty for.
Can anyone relate? 🐝🌼🌙🚕
This text is adapted from my September zine.
I posted behind-the-scenes last week, but since then I’ve decided that I can’t punch holes into these compositions. So I’ll save the whole punch idea for next month.
I’m running out of toner after test printing so these may not arrive until October.
Because these are so ink heavy so I’m making a limited run of 20.
If you’d like to claim one just hit reply to let me know.
Cheers,
P.S. I almost didn’t send a newsletter this week because I felt like I “didn’t have time” to write one. Then I realized I’d already written this. Sometimes I make things harder than they need to be.