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Making it Through Jury Duty with Social Anxiety

I Haven't written a blog in a couple days, but real life has had my attention a bit too much. Yesterday I had jury duty and while it turned out to be pretty easy, my head built it up into a lot. I had originally been scheduled for

Public Scrutiny Process Video

So I've never done one before, but a few people asked me to make a video showing my process. I guess people have never seen digital "liquid" art like mine. So despite my nervousness I went ahead and did one. Go easy on me! I won&

My Art from Today and Analysis

I didn't get a fancy blog done today, my apology one was pretty heavy, and I just felt kind of off today. I did do a lot of art by hand on my tablet and I feel like taking a few months to do other things has really

Getting Back in the Groove of Abstract Art

I started doing traditional art around three years ago. I started out drawing by hand and doodling and worked my way through about a dozen mediums before I settled on digital art using a Samsung Tablet and the Infinite Painter app. The reason was mostly a pragmatic one. I was

Why Am I Always Apologizing? A Look at Bipolar, Autism, and My Need to Say Sorry

I do this a lot. I apologize for everything. Especially things that aren't my fault or that have nothing to do with me. I'm not sure why I do it, though I have some theories. But it gets on my nerves and everyone else's

An Artistic Journey on the Trails of Mission San Jose

Today's hike we went to Mission San Jose which is pretty close to our house. We'd been meaning to hike there for a while, but kept going when they were closed too late in the evening. Today we left in the morning and had a fun

A Day at the Doctor and Hiking Adventures

This week has been a busy week, but in a mostly good way. Yesterday we went on another hike. Once again at Mission Trails in San Antonio. We like to explore so we take different routes and different places the trails run off. Yesterday we bit off a bit more

Road Trips, New Art and Other Mayhem

Had a busy weekend this weekend. No major hikes yesterday, but took the foster dog for a short walk. Turns out its about a half a mile to the end of our block and back. I also got my new Merrell Boots and they are more comfortable than I had

Beyond the Service: A Day Spent Honoring a Life in a Polish Church

Yesterday we spent the day at a funeral for my wife's aunt who passed away recently. I never met her, and wife hadn't seen her in years, but we went to the funeral anyway out of respect to our other family members. The service was at

When Taylor Swift is Quiet

When Taylor Swift is Quiet

I haven't done a Taylor blog in a bit, so I figured I'd touch on some weird phenomena I've noticed in the fandom as of late. Taylor Swift, as I mentioned in a previous blog is very important to me. She has had that

Personal Revelations

Sometimes dealing with being an adult with mental illness and autism you go day to day and just try to get by. Sometimes you feel so productive you are knocking shit out of the park left and right. Then other days, you realize things about yourself you had no idea

WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: An Autistic and Bipolar Blogger’s Dilemma

WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: An Autistic and Bipolar Blogger’s Dilemma

The author, who identifies as autistic and bipolar, shares their struggles with indecision, particularly regarding their blogging platform. They transitioned from Blogger to Ghost, and finally to WordPress.com for its versatility and quick approval of ads. Despite enjoying the community, they contem

Blogging on my phone

Blogging on my phone

I never tried this before so thought I'd give it a whirl. I'm lying in bed unable to fall asleep. I was tired all evening until I actually lie down then I'm wide awake. I'll talk asleep sooner or later. It is

New Logo

I made a new logo from the drawing I did yesterday. Its pretty basic and the jetpack AI generated something that was much more stylized, but this being an art blog, I felt using an AI image as a logo was somehow disingenuous. So I wanted to create my own

Art, Errands, and the Mental Maze of the Everyday

Art, Errands, and the Mental Maze of the Everyday

Today being Sunday was kind of an off day for me. We ran some errands and came home and watched TV. I was really sleepy for a big part of the day. I didn't take a nap as I wanted to be up and spend time with my

Some Coming Changes

My original intention with this blog was to build a following and then do a subscription model. I may do that at some point. For now I have google adwords on there and will leave them for now so I can keep my blog free. I feel the topics I

RFK Jr.’s HHS Appointment: A Threat to Autism and Mental Health Advocacy

RFK Jr.’s HHS Appointment: A Threat to Autism and Mental Health Advocacy

I hate to delve into politics, but I feel there is no way to have a mental health blog without touching on it under the current climate. This past week Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as the HHS Secretary. There is a lot of fear and concern about his

Switching to Wordpress

Switching to Wordpress

I know I talked a lot about how much I loved ghost and how great ghost was, but there were a lot of features I wanted to be able to use I just couldn't use on Ghost so I switched it to here. Different look and feel but

Moths, Inkblots, and the Way My Mind Sees the World

Moths, Inkblots, and the Way My Mind Sees the World

Lately you may have noticed my art all looks similar to the image above. before I was doing liquid type painting with eyes. These have eye-like features to them. I had to ask myself what is this and why am I doing it? I feel very connected to these images,

Passing out at the Library

Classy, I know. Wasn't really passing out. More like nodding off. See, there is a backstory to all this. Last night our internet went out. Not sure what happened. A breaker popped and when it came back up our router wouldn't start back up. I did

What Self-Diagnosing Autism Has Taught Me About Myself

If you read Yesterday's Blog You'd see about my learning through self diagnosis I am on the autism spectrum. So today I'm going to talk about what this teaches me about myself. Ultimately it explains a LOT about my childhood and relationships in the

Finding Myself in the Spectrum: My Journey with Self-Diagnosed Autism

Yesterday I blogged about my journey to this point in seeing if I had autism or not and then exploring self-diagnosis. I did some more research today, a lot of it and uncovered some really good and helpful information. With the help of some online friends, I was able to

Self-Diagnosing Autism: Exploring the Overlap with Bipolar Disorder

Since I started this blog, I've gotten a lot of really great feedback on it. It seems to resonate with a lot of people and people are connecting with it which is great and what I was hoping for. I also get a lot of questions about my

Brain Fog and The Fight to be Productive

Today is one of those days. I had a few more provocative things in mind I wanted to blog about. The the brain fog is hitting me hard today. I know for a lot of us who battle various mental illnesses, the medications while they work also have their share

Perils of Blogging and Other Self Inflicted Drama

Blogging on a platform like Ghost can be very freeing. I feel totally independent and in 100% in control of my own content and moderation and not subject to any CEO's whims. It is very fun and nice after years on social media platforms being dicked around by