Outbox Jukebox ...

one of the only consistent kinds of art i make is mixed CDs … especially if i was living somewhere far away from people it was a great way to send some love … and now that it’s swinging back into cool retro territory i’ve been making some again …

Line Work

i was drawing in one of the cafes in town and the guy who brought me my fancy toast noticed i was drawing and said i had “nice line work.“ and ever since then i’d been thinking about all the songs i could assemble into a playlist about lines …

California,

a woman i used to work with moved out to california to work on some organic farms and i finally got her address when she stopped in to my birthday party so i also made something to send to her

because i used to live all over the place my parent’s have found a lot of fun postal based presentes … and if they’d found this one i’m sure i’d have made it in all sorts of hostel and dorm kitchens …

i also would have made it on my birthday rather than over a month later …

CD you later ...

i also made some mixed CDs …

but i’m gonna hold that post and try and use it to get me back over here in a couple days … if you don’t CD anything by monday night … yell at me …

For Squares

ok but why was it so hard to get four images to end up in a square?

The Year in Review

back to a classic moleskin for 2024 (though in sapphire blue this time), obviously i liked last years because it was a big part of my NZ trip … but in future spiral bound planners are not for me …

starting up this journal project has actually been super successful keeping me doing more art and staying at least a little focused on goals (please never inventory how many of these to-do lists actually got done!)

i’ve had meditation recommended to me in a variety of contexts … but for a lot of reasons it’s just not for me … however i have found that spending a concentrated amount of time and effort on little drawings like these kind of has the same effect.

i can gently ease into my week and distract my main focus so my background brain can figure out what needs to pop to the surface

maps ...

if i could go back in time i’d figure out how to grow up to be a cartographer …