What’s on my mind this week

What happens when the same week someone tells you that you've created a safe space where people feel truly seen, you also put your foot in it so spectacularly that your brain is still replaying the horror movie version three days later?

Two artists doing wonderful work exploring female bodies

In this episode of Find Your Freaks, Tonya Kubo sits down with Eli Trier - artist, writer, and self-described “dopamine dealer” - to explore what it means to live as an outsider and how that experience can become the foundation for something powerful.

What’s on my mind this week

The construction outside has been relentless, my brain is frazzled, and the only thing that's making me feel better is losing myself in fictional worlds! So the wonderful Lars was dispatched to the library and came back staggering under the weight of a giant pile of books

Life will happen anyway, may as well make it art

Inspiration is rarely a single lightbulb moment. It's more like a compost heap - a giant steaming pile of disparate things slowly breaking down until they become something new. This is a tour of my particular inspiration compost heap.

"She notes the singular importance of this particular genre for women as a “way to present a story about herself for public consumption,” a rare break from the typical objectification of the female form as depicted by the male artist."

This brief foray into the gorgeous/grotesque world of artist and fashion designer Michaela Stark will make you think about beauty in a whole new way.

Ever wondered what goes into making a zine? Today I'm showing you my entire process for creating a digital zine for Friends of The Haus - from designing the layout, to cutting up my own artwork, to assembling the final piece.