EVERYBODY CAN MAKE ART IT CAME FREE WITH YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT

Just a tiny bit late for #kidlitartpostcard! I create paper collages by hand. I'd love to work on PBs and covers. #kidlitpostcardday #kidlit #kidlitart

Hey everyone! Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today! But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold. I just resorted our list to put those on the top. Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!

Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.

Democratic leadership need to be waking up every morning with the singular goal of matching the energy of the heroes on the ground in Minnesota.

Great thread on the scale and hope of the defenders of Minneapolis. I hope all cities and communities can learn these lessons and come together in the face of this fascist threat. Abolish ICE is the floor.

lol, exactly

If you are looking for a way to send support and love to Minneapolis

Now, more than ever, check out a novel from your public library, get yourself some snacks, and READ for pure joy. You deserve it.

Great idea to help show Becky and other trans kids they are not alone.

I expected 2026 to be a rough year. Still. This has been a hell of a first week.

2025 has been such a crazy year! Some really difficult times in my personal life. Some amazing moments with my art life. I created some pieces I am really proud of this year. I am grateful for the time & space I have to make art & for the lovely people who have supported me. #ArtVSArtist2025

2025 has been such a crazy year! Some really difficult times in my personal life. Some amazing moments with my art life. I created some pieces I am really proud of this year. I am grateful for the time & space I have to make art & for the lovely people who have supported me. #ArtVSArtist2025

Here's to peace this Christmas. Phases of the Moon - Winter Song, a unique hand coloured version of my etching which I made into my card this year.

Merry Yuletide to all, may the light beat back the darkness!

a very happy The Fellowship Sets Forth from Rivendell Day (December 25) to all who celebrate

Merry Christmas Eve! Whether or not you are celebrating, I wish you a stack of wonderful things.

Not making New Year’s resolutions, but pacts with ancient forest gods, alliances with scheming wizards, bargains with charming archdevils

YES to that last repost from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social. Relatedly, I gave this talk all the way back in 2018. (Back then, ‘AI movies’ meant movies about AI, not movies made with AI 🥴)

#Peace be with you in this sad #2025holiday season. #Hope you may find small #joy. This is from my old #Christmascards collection. #childrensart #picturebookart #childrensillustration #picturebookillustration #childrensbookillustration #childrensbookart #kidslitart #kidlitillustration

Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.

The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.

It was another fantastic #FolktaleWeek. I really loved participating this year and I'm so glad I made the time to do it. #FolktaleWeek2025

Amen!

Final day of #FolktaleWeek2025: DAWN. I was happy to see this prompt because I had already been thinking of doing a piece with the Roman goddess Aurora and her winged chariot. Synchronicity! #folktaleweek #mythology

Can't believe we're already on Day 6 of #FolktaleWeek2025: STORM. I did a depiction of the Cailleach, or Storm Hag. She is a figure from Gaelic/Celtic mythology. #folktaleweek

#FolktaleWeek2025, Day 5: Charm! I chose to depict the Norse legend of Andvari, a dwarf who lived under a waterfall and had a magic ring called Andvaranaut. The ring is the charm, and you can see it better in the close-up below. 😊 #folktaleweek #Norsemythology

Day 4 of #FolktaleWeek2025: BOOK. I do a lot of bookshelves to sell at markets of various sizes and kinds. I have done a couple other "witch's bookshelf" pieces, but I made this one specifically for #folktaleweek. Yay books!

#FolktaleWeek2025, Day 3. The prompt is Rain. I went with a depiction of the peperuna, a Slavic rain dance ritual (so fascinating to learn about!) I'm not sure the full effect of the piece comes through in a picture online. It is probably my favorite of my seven #folktaleweek pieces this year.

Day 2 of #FolktaleWeek2025! The prompt today is ECHO. I chose to do a version of the fairytale "Diamonds and Toads" that I am calling "Serpents & Snakes." The gift one sister gets is echoed by the curse on the other sister. #folktaleweek #folktaleweekecho #cutpapercollage

Hooray, it's #FolktaleWeek2025! My favorite art prompt event of the year. The prompt today is NIGHT. I chose the story of the Lady & the Lantern, an old ghost story with several versions. I painted, cut, and collaged an assortment of papers for this piece. #folktaleweek #folktaleweeknight

Day 2 of #FolktaleWeek2025! The prompt today is ECHO. I chose to do a version of the fairytale "Diamonds and Toads" that I am calling "Serpents & Snakes." The gift one sister gets is echoed by the curse on the other sister. #folktaleweek #folktaleweekecho #cutpapercollage

Hooray, it's #FolktaleWeek2025! My favorite art prompt event of the year. The prompt today is NIGHT. I chose the story of the Lady & the Lantern, an old ghost story with several versions. I painted, cut, and collaged an assortment of papers for this piece. #folktaleweek #folktaleweeknight

Heading into a busy holiday market season with five markets coming up. If you're in the DMV, hope to see you at one of them!

My favorite #DaylightSavingTime trailer ever. youtu.be/uh5aN83Q8Sw #Uplift

Many things are being destroyed & the news of it is a psychological & political onslaught. So it’s important that you create things. It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share. It’ll do your brain & the world good.

Here are some tiny paper plants I was working with this week. #paperart

Amen. I myself have been marathoning Columbo the last couple weeks as I work, and it has truly been a balm.

Really excellent piece on AI.

Love this.

I had never really thought about the fact that The Lord of the Rings is the 500,000+ word version of “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house” but here’s the explanation.

Boromir falls for the power of the ring not because he likes Sauron, but because Boromir cannot imagine overthrowing the dark lord other than by force. He fundamentally doesn’t understand the nature of Sauron’s or the ring’s power, so he tries to take it and become a great captain of war.

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.

Ugh. Sooo disappointing to see my rep @raskin.house.gov voted yes on this.

Hey #kidlit illustrators! We’re beginning to think through a mythology-themed beginning-reader series. I'm looking for someone w/ a commercial/punchy, character-forward style who can breath life into ancient lore. Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

And that's just from the Pragmatist side, just WAIT until I bust out the Confucian and classical Japanese aesthetics, both of which argue that damaging our ability to appreciate art is to damage our very humanity, our ability to HAVE experience.

No but actually, art enables us to share experience across difference. Indeed, there are some things that are best communicated through art and any situation that damages our ability to appreciate art damages our ability to communicate across difference.

In DC? Stop by the Van Ness Main Street pop-up market today! I'll be here until 3.

"A couple hundred dollars to a working artist could make a difference" is so, so true. An unexpected boon of a couple hundred would be the difference between paying off bills, and stopping the cycle of transferring credit card balances from whichever card is offering no interest to another.

This.