Tag: art
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Is Painting Still Relevant? Thoughts on AI and Art

Watch The Video Read The Transcript This week, I want to chat about AI and some thoughts I’ve been having about it—my experience of using it. I use it every single day, multiple times a day at my work, and there are some things I’ve been thinking about ever since I started this painting I’m…
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Now Is The Time

Confronting Regret And Journeying Back To The Most Fundamental You Watch The Video Read The Transcript I just finished a painting session and I had a pretty profound moment while I was painting, so much so that I feel a little sick. And I wanted to share it with you, because what is the point…
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Do you wish you had more time to create?

Between work, preparing for work, and recovering from work, who has time to create? Add on top of that feeding yourself and your loved ones, exercise, family obligations, walking your dog…forget about it. I suffer from this affliction often, and my way of overcoming it is Creators Club. It’s a group of artists I assembled…
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You have more time than you think

If I asked you to name three things you wish you had more time for, what would you say? For me, it’s making art, writing, and learning. There’s a book I want to write. I started learning Spanish but lost my rhythm after the hurricane. I enrolled in a project management course weeks ago and…
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Create your own opportunities for success

As I settled into my new home, my artistic pursuits started nudging me to be more ambitious. I wanted to break free from my sketchbook, and dedicate more time and energy to painting on canvas (my true artistic love). And, I wanted a space to show my work beyond the confines of Instagram’s algorithm. These…
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Costa Rica Meetup, Girlfriend Time, Toucans and Waterfalls

A couple weeks ago, I traveled to San José, Costa Rica for a meetup with my work team. It was full-on work mode, so we didn’t get a lot of time to explore, until right at the very end when we spent a day trekking around a nature park (more on that below). At work…
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Creativity and Exhaustion

As I worked on the second installment of my Art Vlog, I was struck with the theme of tiredness. For me, working full time seems to be a constant struggle against exhaustion and energy depletion. Naturally, after three months off of work, my brain and body are readjusting to the stress of work – consuming…
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In Search of Inspiration

Is your to-do list another form of distraction from how you actually really and truly want to spend your time? That’s the question I explore in today’s Vlog: In Search of Inspiration. After my outing at the museum that inspired a sketch book creation, I pondered… What’s the point of all this? To-do lists can…