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The 2020 Artist
Happy blog day friends! Thank you so much for being here! I hope you are enjoying the content of this blog thus far, and I hope I am able to continue to bring you writing worthy of reading. Recently, I’ve been thinking about the many hats today’s artist is required to wear to achieve success. Maintaining relativity in today’s evolving, hyper-lapse, content overloaded, and “influencer” culture of social media, is an art in and of itself. I’ve personally found myself attempting to take the initiative to learn and understand the skills necessary to elevate my art business. Seeing that quarantine had forced me to reevaluate my time, and how I…
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Cards From Alice
Hi folks, and happy blog day! Today’s subject starts with one Alice and ends with another. I love the way these two ends meet, and the new directions it has taken my creative interests and abilities. Let’s start with the first Alice, my sweet great auntie. Our relationship was an easy one to adore, the flashbacks are filled with Bronco games, family all around, and some of the most amazing homemade Mexican food I’ve had to this very date. Fresh menudo, tamales, Spanish rice, green and red chile, enchiladas, and her famous hand-made tortillas! I credit her entirely (and the star players of 98 and 99) for the fact that…
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“Nowhere” Feels Like Home
It’s blog day!! I’m extra excited to write this week, my subject changed a bit last minute, but I think the change was imperative. I’ll save the original topic for next week. So here we go! As a young girl I developed most of my identity out in the pastures of a cattle ranch in northern New Mexico, my father helped my grandparents work to maintain and make a living for our family. From age 4 until almost 7, I followed in the shadows and footsteps of these 2 men, watching and learning as they worked tirelessly, day in and day out. When I had time alone, I explored the…
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Commitment Issues
Happy Blog Day!!! Thank you for stopping by! This week, I’ll focus more on what actually brought me to start this blog. In short, I desired to build structure, consistency, and hold myself publicly accountable along the way. Thus far these practices in their early stages, are grooming a much healthier routine and head-space, which are really proving to be key ingredients to centering my world. It seems to be pretty common, that as a creator, I too struggle a lot with mental and emotional imbalances. As it has been the case most of my life, I feel it has made me into who I am today. A 31 year…
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2013
Hello again! Thank you so much for returning, or if this is your first time- Welcome! And thanks for being here! Let’s start where we left off from last week’s post… but be advised, the best version of this story, is the long version. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya 🙂 It’s 2013 and I live with my grandparents in Raton, NM. Day to day, I help with gram, by this time I am a housekeeper at the Microtel, and in my free time; complete commission paintings! I’m so blessed to be where I am at this time in my life; with my Grammy, close to family, and making art…
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Renaissance
Happy Thursday! It’s officially been 4 weeks since my first blog post, and I’ve gotta say I’m pretty excited about the slow and steady growth thus far. I started out knowing that it would take some time and consistency to gain traction, and though I’m not quite where I want to be yet, seeing any progress at all, is fulfilling to me ? Choosing this week’s topic was a bit tough, as I’ve been keeping a list of topics, and I can’t decide which I want to elaborate on first. I named this “Renaissance” for obvious reasons, and want to go back a little bit and reflect on the restart…
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Creative COVID Coaster
Hello There! And thanks for returning! I figure this week, we’ll just go ahead and fly right into the eye of the storm, and chat about COVID. I understand how this topic can be a touchy one, but don’t worry, I’m no expert so we’re not going into any depths of that sort. My goal is mostly to talk about what the quarantine has meant for me and my progression as a creative. I wasn’t sure if it’d be wise to speak on the subject, but I know it’s the obvious elephant, in every single room, everywhere you go, and it’s wearing a mask… haha. *wink wink* Ultimately I think…
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