hiking 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
blogging 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
art 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
Uncategorized 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
Uncategorized 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
Uncategorized 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
Uncategorized 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
Uncategorized 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,
Uncategorized 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
Uncategorized The Painted Mind I did the above painting today and am quite proud of it. One of my more intense looking abstract pieces I think. Abstract art works really well for me and my style is always changing and evolving. I try to do some regular drawing sometimes, but even when I draw
Uncategorized Art In Your Own Head I did the above painting late last night. It took me longer than most of my usual work does because I was so focused on some details. Once again, I still managed to keep it chaotic looking. I don't do well with realism. I can't do
Uncategorized Surviving Those Sloggy Days Today is one of them. I went to bed last night and wrote down before bed a list of blog ideas. My mind was spinning with things I wanted to write about today and I probably still will at some point. My biggest problem is the idea thing. I come
Uncategorized The Chaos of City Life in Abstract Art This blog may not be as hard hitting as some of my other ones. I'm sitting in Starbucks in downtown San Antonio while my step son visits his dad and taking things in. I was reflecting why I love doing abstract art so much and how much it
Uncategorized Feeling Lost in a Chaotic Timeline Once again, going to discuss some world events here. I try not to get into political stuff too much, but in the current climate I'm afraid its unavoidable. Here's the thing, if you are in the U.S. and paid any attention to news, even just
Uncategorized Some Random Updates Good afternoon everyone. I should have something more meaty to post here, but I'm kind of wonky this afternoon but wanted to drop in. I'm still waiting to hear back from Google adsense on monetizng the blog. I currently have a free tier for anyone who
Uncategorized Early Morning art: Insomina or Mania? It seems about every morning, I wake up between 3 and 5 to go to the bathroom. I know I'm old and have a week bladder. Also probably TMI, but this is where we are. I usually can't go right back to sleep. A little secret
Uncategorized Art, AI and Therapy Most artists hate AI. I'm not a big fan of it, though I used to make AI art. I know that sounds wild but there is a story behind it. Since pretty much my whole life I never could do any kind of art. Not for lack of
Uncategorized Making Ugly Art Ok, maybe not ugly, but weird at least. All my art is weird. Even when I try to make something that looks like something it still comes out weird as hell. I've kind of resigned to it at this point. I know people who just started teaching themselves
Music Therapy, Featured Taylor Swift and Football Made me a Better Person My last few blogs have been rather heavy, so I figured I'd do something a bit lighter. Taylor Swift. I've talked a little about Taylor before in other blogs, but wanted to dig a little deeper. I never really got into celebrity culture or worship and
Uncategorized Mental Health and Therapy Thoughts Good morning everyone! I actually woke up at a normal time today. Not sure why some days I sleep until seven or eight and other days up up at three or four. At 51 I've kind of stopped trying to figure some things out and just roll with
Uncategorized The Eyes Are Upon You Not to be paranoid but...just kidding. I'm not honestly sure what this blog is about. I did this painting tonight and had something in mind but now that I'm actually typing, its lost on me. I want to blog about the craziest dream I had
Uncategorized Battling the Fog I've talked about this some in previous posts, but today I'm going to talk about brain fog. Something I think gets overlooked a lot when talking about healthcare or mental health in general. I had a bout with it this morning and it was rough. I
Uncategorized Morning Blog January 24, 2024 My first thought this morning is that because of how this blog is laid out, maybe I need to do my paintings horizitally or square. I think I'll do that going forward. I'm up around 4 a.m. today as usual. I always fall back to
Uncategorized Gray Days Today at times was a gray day but I want to talk about them, because that's what this art reminds me of. Some days it's when I just feel tired or sad. Others it's more physical. My eyes with my glasses, sometimes they dry
Uncategorized Morning Blog January 23, 2025 Good morning everyone. I hope your week is treating you well. It's been unusually cold here in Texas, but we are staying warm the best we can. Its around 4:30 am as I write this. Seems I often wake up early, am productive for a bit, then
