You’ve been my favorite artist for years and I finally talked myself into ordering a couple of your rad prints! I can’t wait to see them! I’m an artist too but far too shy to do markets. Good luck!!!
This is why I joined at 17 in 1995. I grew up poor in a poor town in TX. I was promised money for college, guaranteed housing, and a way to no longer be a burden on my large family. That was very appealing to me and my parents.
I’m an Army veteran who joined in the 90s to ESCAPE Texas and made the wise decision to move to Chicagoland 20 yrs ago to raise my child. Knowing troops from my home state will come terrorize us for no reason disgusts me.
Oh, this made me audibly gasp! The way the light hits her hair and face is sublime!
“Don’t Ask. Don’t Tell,” my piece for the Pride Show in Aurora, is so special to me as a queer woman who served in the 90s. I was in love with my battle buddy and risked dishonorable discharge if I told anyone.
This album will be my undoing! Will this be in your Etsy shop? It’s rad!
My autistic son was restrained and thrown in isolation rooms (a closet) for hours at a time because he ripped up paper. He watched peers dragged out screaming until high school. Schools that prioritize obedience over accommodation cause severe trauma.
Illinoisans deserve dignity, privacy, and the freedom to live without fear of surveillance or discrimination.
I'm issuing an Executive Order to safeguard the rights of those with autism in our state as Trump's administration threatens those very freedoms.
Cannabis use predates the existence of the U.S.
Legalization is an Indigenous justice issue.
I’m an autistic veteran with an autistic son. This rhetoric is extremely dangerous and eases society into scapegoating us AND vaccines.
Often I wonder why I’m so good at dissociating and then I remember that my dad used to pin me down and tickle my feet until I cried while telling me to “go somewhere else” so that he could “desensitize” me. I spend 99% of my life “somewhere else” now because it didn’t work and I’m still autistic.
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
As the abject failure in my family of overachievers, I sobbed buckets. I, too, am just happy to be at the table.
The 1st wash of hibiscus tea turned out beautifully! I was inspired by Sophie Scholl and the White Rose to try an all gray portrait using tea and Payne’s Gray. #artsky
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I love to paint with teas along with watercolor, and in my experimentation, discovered that hibiscus tea dries to a delicious soft gray perfect for dreamy background washes.
Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better.
For the 1st time since Oct, I wanted to draw today, but I’ve lost the last of my 4 pencil sharpeners and instead enjoyed the ADHD-fueled “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” journey that caused.
Painting some baby stingrays to chase away the morbs!
My son is blasting music in the bathroom while I’m tryna read, but it’s “Running Up That Hill” so ima just take a moment and vibe with him.
Holy shit! When I saw the incredible Shohreh Aghdashloo as Elaida on WoT, I was strapped in for season 3!! If you love her in this, please watch The Expanse. She is sublime! #wotsky #wheeloftime
Toph and I’ve spent the first hour of every day together for 10 yrs. I’d give her 10 yrs of my life if I could. Happy #Caturday
I enlisted in the Army in 95 at 17 to escape the poverty of my hometown. I left with a permanent disability and PTSD. Im disgusted that ANY veteran would vote for the Nazi stealing from them. The one who called us losers and is cutting off our services.
Instead of watching the Nazi lie for 2 hrs, I snuggled with my husband and watched A Man on the Inside. I was told it was lighthearted and fun but I’ve cried thrice.
I honestly didn’t expect to be on the edge of my seat watching a movie about choosing a pope, but “Conclave” was so well-paced and beautiful. The ending scene made me actually smile, and I don’t tend to do that. Ralph Fiennes is a gift.
I joined the Army at 17 to escape poverty and have to live every day knowing that I destroyed my body and soul in service to this country just to watch it fall to goddamn Nazis. I’m deeply ashamed.
Started reading “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston this morning and have read half of it already. Dadgum! It’s just beautiful writing! #booksky
I’m AuDHD so I both crave and loathe routine. I only feel human if I start each day with coffee and reading with my cat, Toph. She’s 14, merely tolerates anyone that isn’t me, and will peace the fuck out if I start talking to her. She is also autistic.
She is a dadgum national treasure, and I highly approve this sentiment!
I’m watching Twin Peaks for the 1st time at 47 and realizing that my 13 yr old self would’ve made this show my entire personality.
