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pleasure principle

Posted on November 3, 2022 by keishua

sometimes, I catch myself being harsh and punishing to myself for the most mundane of things. you know, being human… a wonderfully imperfect and slow mess…glorious things, really. I am wondering how I can drop that story of the need to fix and punish and instead embrace the mess and nurture what matters–me, the human.… Continue reading

vanilla peaches

Posted on October 27, 2022 by keishua

frida kahlo on ambition and painting

Posted on October 20, 2022 by keishua

“I really don’t know if my paintings are surrealist,” she says, ” but I know that they are the frankest expression of myself, without ever taking into consideration anyone’s judgment or prejudice, I have painted very little and without the slightest desire for glory or ambition, but before all else, out of the conviction that… Continue reading

pond memory

painting in my mind

Posted on October 13, 2022 by keishua

there is a part of painting that always feels out of reach I think it’s my mind that sometimes gets attached to how I feel something should look. there is nothing wrong with that aiming for a particular look or feel in a painting is okay but when it comes at the expense of true… Continue reading

softening

Posted on October 6, 2022October 4, 2022 by keishua

doing a thing

Posted on September 30, 2022 by keishua

I completed the thrive together network artist residency( at home) this month. well, today. I am not surprised that I finished it but I am surprised, if that makes sense. my art practice has been all over the place for the past few years if I am honest. it has been anything but steady but… Continue reading

Harvest

Posted on September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 by keishua

Sometimes you just need to take your time to get quiet and look around. The bounty can be dazzling. The things we can receive with little effort—bird songs, herbs, flowers, big skies (sunny or moody). The small cup I planned to catch it all could never contain all there was to gather this today. I… Continue reading

Taking shape

Posted on September 15, 2022September 14, 2022 by keishua

dance like one

Posted on September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 by keishua

are there times when you feel like the lines are too tightand you must swim back towards your own knowing?what does your body say as it sinks into the softness of Johnson grass and purple nettle?do you understand that even here there is a story under stories?the earth is not needing a hero, again.more like… Continue reading

bustle enough

Posted on September 8, 2022 by keishua

bustling, is the word. the word I would use to describe this late summer, early fall season. a time of regaining, restoring and nurturing. tBH, I love fall. I got married in the fall and had my first baby in the fall. enjoyed all three of my little as wee babes in early fall morning… Continue reading

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