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Good morning, Ontario. Fuck Doug Ford.

submitted 23 hours ago • 7 comments

I will still chuckle at the fact that when Ford visited the finishing trades school while I was there taking the women’s training course (to get more women in trades), no one in that course wanted to get up and meet him or take a picture with him.

submitted 8 hours ago • 3 comments

A year ago Aaron Bushnell made the ultimate sacrifice, giving his life to send a message. As the fire burned, his final words were Free Palestine. RIP Aaron Mixed medium on paper 36x26inches #freepalestine #resistanceart #aaronbushnell #stopgenocide #wheatpasteart

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

17min dwg. Uncomfortable. Not liking where it was going or where it went. Scribble over as reset. Song worm Comfortably Numb. Have we become uncomfortabley numb? Change is uncomfortable contrast, can’t stay fixed in the same spot. #art #sketch #drawing #artjournal #musings #dailyart #coloredpencil

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

17min drawing. What keeps repeating in my mind is call-and-response. #dailydrawing #art #sketch #arttherapy #artjournal #mediumistic

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

18min dotd. Inspired by Ford’s catering to alcoholics. Meanwhile, safe injection sites, housing and hospitals etc are under intense strain. But as long as alcohol is cheap! Don’t drink too much though. #dailydrawing #ontarioelection #fuckford #politicalart #art #coloredpencil

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Still trying to claw my way back to my longer project. It’s been painful when it doesn’t need to be. Even if I can do 15min like I do for my daily dwgs. That’s something.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

15min dotd. How does one get out of a circle? A loop? A spiral? The thing that comes to mind is a traffic roundabout. It may be intimidating at first, but if you follow the direction of flow, you can exit accordingly. It’s knowing where your exit is, taking your time. #drawing #art #coloredpencil

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Was motivated to create political art. Hope this is good for a real first attempt at this kind of thing :) #art #politicalart #leftist #feminism #liberation #intersectional #deathtofascism #fucktrump

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

The kids are alright

submitted 4 days ago • 37 comments

15min dotd. Went with the chaos/flow of layers of doodles, scribbles and colours. Thinking of what kind of political art I could make. Wondering if I could be quick enough. maybe quickness doesn’t matter. Nor making it a certain way. Maybe’the energy and message matters.Don’t overthink #art #draw

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

A mindfulness meditation I was reminded of today and took into practice the rest of the day that came in handy- picturing my skeleton. Various moments of coming back to awareness and body, was fun to see what positions or movements my skeleton is doing throughout the day. A bare bones practice.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Fascism has been overthrown at least 4 times in history: 1. Italy (1922–1943) –during World War II 2. Germany (1933–1945) World War II. 3. Japan (1931–1945) – Militaristic fascism ended after World War II 4. Spain (1939–1975) – Transitioned to democracy after Franco’s death

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

20min dotd. Thinking about structures/routines that turn into rules. put into place to follow as guideline, something to go by, but then gets restrictive, dogmatic. And I have to use effort to continuously break those little rules I made for myself. #dailydrawings #drawing #art #coloredpencil #rules

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Well I may not have influence, but making silly videos about voting in Ontario and stuff feels like I’m at least doing some kind of action. I really don’t know much, I just know what direction we don’t want to go in.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

15min dotd. Thinking about making things ‘precious’ and how to unfurl that and come back to flow and process. Intention without overintellectualizing. Like we’re supposed to know or explain every meaning behind every stroke otherwise, otherwise? #art #dailydrawings #coloredpencil

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

One thing you can do today that is in your control: Back up files. Back up your work email (just in case). Back up photos you care about. Save your favorite memes offline. Get another hard-drive for backups. Back up files.

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

A request. For as needed. Suicide Prevention Hotlines: UK: 0800 689 5652 US: 1-800-273-8255 Canada: 1.833.456.4566

submitted 7 days ago • 10 comments

Todays 15min dwg. An attempt at some geometric abstract flow. It’s fun to observe the points of process where it undulates into feeling messy and then where it feels together. As a close-up details person, this feels like a good practice- to step back and see the bigger picture after. #sketch #art

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

15min drawing of the day. I don’t know how to sell my art or services and I struggle with that & have for yrs. As if selling and being known, seen equals worth, as if I’m not trying hard enough or putting in the right kind of effort. So close to cracking the code, yet so far. #dailymusings #art

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Todays 15min dwg. I was called to draw something cat. When I was younger I used to draw many cats from my cat book and then by memory/interpretation. I remember my older brother making fun of how I drew them. I continued nonetheless. #dailydrawing #artpractice #art #drawing #catdrawing #catpeople

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Hundreds of asylum seekers from around the globe are being trapped by the US in a Panama hotel where they'll eventually be sent to a camp in the jungle. One Chinese man said “I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights. I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”

submitted 10 days ago • 116 comments

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

submitted 12 days ago • 411 comments

Todays 15min dwg. Tried out some matte graphite and then went in with coloured pencil. Not every dwg is going to be great or groundbreaking. This is a practice afterall. So today I’m meh about it. #dwg #dailydrawing #artpractice #artjournal

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Please, please archive your work. Please. I’ve recently been saving lots of my essays as pdfs just so the Internet doesn’t suddenly delete them all (this happened to a whole load of blogs I wrote for The Independent years ago). I don’t want you to wake up and suddenly find your work gone like I did.

submitted 11 days ago • 9 comments

Postmedia (US) owns a good chunk of Canadian media. Here is a list of independents. www.unfettered.ca

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Todays 15min dwg. I got to a little later than usual because as soon as I got up this morning, I haven’t stopped moving. Snowstorm shovelling, tidying and laundry day. Shovelled 2x and there will probs be more. #dailypractice #drawing #artjournal current 🎼 SOAD albums.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

A more involved drawing I finished last night. Has some spiritual essence to it. I did the foundation dwg while taking a spiritual anatomy class last month. I feel like i need to go in more depth in the figures and shapes that I draw and render. They have significance. #art #illustration @bsky.art

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Todays 19min dwg and thots: capitalism has capitalized on fear. One of the biggest ones- not trusting that resources will replenish. Resources are hoarded rather than utilized. We keep things because we’re afraid of losing them/running out. We need to practice trust. #art #dailypractice #dwg

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

You guys have fucked up so bad you made Quebec patriotic

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

Todays 15min dwg and thots: thinking about audience and how that shapes how we present ourselves on socials. That vs being witnessed/seen. Where there’s a stage/platform may inhibit the allowance for mistakes and messiness. Like every sentence needs a period? Song I Can’t Remember by AIC #art #dwg

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Todays 16min dwg and thots: movement begets movement. I love finding that sweet spot of finding more energy from moving more. Thanks to the invigorating heavy snow shovel today and the numetal of my teen years. Ear 🪱 Aerials by SOAD. #drawing #dailydrawing #dailypractice #art #artjournal

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Does anyone else kinda feel like Moses after they’ve shovelled a certain amount of snow? Or maybe Hercules.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

I’m coming up to the last few pages of 90’s printer paper. Moving on to 80’s construction paper. Should I change to a different drawing utensil? Pastels? Crayons? Charcoal? Or maybe try a little bit of everything? #drawingprocess #artjournal

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Todays 16min dwg and thots: where do we lose our sense of wonder and curiosity? Is it when we get the illusion of knowing? #dailydrawing #drawing #art #coloredpencils #surrealism #outsiderart

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Todays 15min dwg. Using primary colours in different shades. This is similar to another drawing I did a little while ago. Which I’ll put a side by side to see. Left is today in coloured pencil, right was months ago and done in inks. #dailydrawing #drawing #art #artjournal #traditionalmedium

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

People out here like “Kanye’s music always sucked.” I am begging you to deeply internalize that terrible people are capable of making profound and incredible things. If we cannot hold these conflicting truths, monsters will always be able to hide behind their talent

submitted 17 days ago • 30 comments