social media Featured Toxic Social Media, Bad Takes and Think Pieces In the current social media landscape, negativity and toxicity rule the day. But it doesn't have to be like this.
art Protecting My Voice Online: The Move to Bluehost Yesterday I moved my blog's hosting from Wordpress.com to Bluehost where I am now self hosting my blog and domain. This was considerably more work and upkeep than just keeping it on a platform like Wordpress, and anyone who has followed my blog for any length of
art Screaming Through Silence: Art as Healing and Expression Art has always been more than just creating for me, it’s survival. When words fail or when the noise of the world gets too heavy, I turn to colors, shapes, and images that pour out what I can’t always say. These recent pieces came from a place of
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 Coping with Chaos When I started this blog, I told myself I wasn't going to dive into politics. Except as I watch this week unfold, I realize art is political. This isn't going to be me ranting about my opinions or about the awful things Trump has done this
Uncategorized The Destruction of Meta I'm Gen X and my first social media type experience was on Xanga years ago then Livejournal. Eventually I made my way to Myspace where I enjoyed the blog feature there. Over time, Facebook became the next big thing and everyone was there. I think I moved there