A “temper tantrum” after a flareup is so tempting (I have Crohn’s disease by the way I try not to let it define me though…) Might be better than staying in bed for 16 hours straight pretending I’m existing in the void… thoughts?

Douglas Adams stated it best. Humanity is like water in a puddle. Water takes the shape of its environment, but unfortunately, humanity is stupid. They believe the environment took to their shape instead. Thus, the birth of religion and all the shit that came with it.

The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new “camp” deep in the Florida Everglades, where officials are openly describing it as “concentrating” certain people in one area. Have you seen the photos of the flooding? This entire site is a human rights violation.

Back from my yearly mountain retreat. Filled two notebooks, finished part two of the constellation series, completed three illustrations, but most of all, took a deep cleansing breath of nature. One day I won’t leave. #Art #Nature #Travel

Update on our trip to Alligator Alcatraz. We are being denied access.

Sneaky peeky at The Curator! Part 2 of a four part collection coming soon to I.C.C. Love working with @jrphillpsauthor.bsky.social and all the other creatives at the collective. #Art #ArtSky #WritingCommunity Their short story is coming along as well… reimagining what constitutes as life.

Bluesky Sunday sermon

I always write better in a notebook than I do with a keyboard… But my hand hurts 😢 working on character point of views for draft two of Corvina. Finished the main protags now onto the main antags. #amwriting #Writing

My sunset date at Mallory Square has arrived. ❤️🦎#Travel #Nature.

Golden hour from four places recently visited. Manasota Key, Florida. Iceland. Key West. Majorca, Spain. One sky, one world. ❤️🌎 #Travel #Photography.

Friday’s rapid drawing requests were all 2-D characters. From Pokémon, to SpongeBob, to Dr. Seuss it was a full toon invasion. #Art #Teach three more days until Summer!

Remind to find a Rally near you for No Kings Day June 14th... and here's a song to learn and sing at your rallies! youtu.be/bkgYYard5-c?...

Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.

Almost there. #Teach #amwriting #Writing #Art

The mountains are calling. I’m going to spend another summer convincing myself that I do not need to move to Asheville. 4 more days #travel #teach #nature #mountains

Today’s rapid draw request comes from third grade who just came in from seeing the school production of Seussical. Hyped from the show and watching one of their friends hatch from a golden egg, they wanted to draw Dr. Seuss‘s elephant bird. Five more days. #Art #Teach

Gotta love it when your phone makes you feel insecure about the current life you’re living compared to just a few months ago… Stop showing me pictures of Scotland and Iceland you stupid phone! #Travel #Photography #Nature

Today’s request came from fourth and second grade. They wanted a rubber ducky as their final guided drawing. 25 minute ducks below. colored pencil version for fourth grade and sharpie version for second grade. First time I have ever drawn them… the bills are hard! Six days to go! 🫠 #Art #Teach

Today’s weird end of year request in 5th grade was Patrick, but with his face on the correct (oral) side of his body. Here’s a 25 min Patrick done in guided drawing. We are all goofy goobers. #art #teach #sceincesky

End of the year means Mrs. Gebhart will lead us in a guided drawing of our choice. 35 minute realistic axolotl in fifth grade today. Shocker. If I earned $100 for every axolotl I have drawn or painted this year…I could retire. And it’s all my fault. 🤣 #ArtTeacher #Art #artsky

Sometimes you have to take a great painting, like Salvador Dali’s Elephants, and turn it into chickens. All for the sake of teaching elements of both art and thought to third graders. Which one is conscious thought and which one is the subconscious? You decide. #artsky #artteacher

The Anatomy of Deception a novel of suspense by Lawrence Goldstone was this for me. It is a fascinating historical fiction that sent me deep diving into the link between developing science, grave robbing, and murder. #📚💙

#BookSky #GMLGB 🌈📚 🌶️📚 #Romantasy #Fantasy

Finished with phase one of a new series called the constellations! Not to mention my short story, Faded Origins, sent out to all of our subscribers yesterday. A day of accomplishment, 😊 🩵 #Art #Sci-fi #amwriting #💙📚 loving being part of ICC!

Composer is taking shape in both my visual and literature pieces. In this collection I will be sharing one of my short stories that will have you questioning what qualifies as life. In future collections, the Composer, and her three sisters, will tell you their stories. #Art #Writing #sci-fi #🪐📚

open.substack.com/pub/jrowephi... Mini collection updates New polls popping up on the Patreon! Not late to get a the collection mailed your way! @jackuvall.bsky.social is hard at work on the art! #art #scifi #📚🪐

When you only have fresh pinks left in the bin… And the only clean oil pastels are the white ones… you have an axolotl type of day. Students were happy… But here’s hoping my supply order comes in soon. 🤣 #ArtTeacher #artsky #Art

Testimonial of the first mini collection! Patreon link in the bio, next mini is sci-fi, and then the first anthology is Fantasy! Readers give us creators the prompts and the we deliver. #video #skylight #booksky💙📚 #💕 #🌈

Just finished up spring break, and have a lot to show for it. Almost ready to bring my sub stack into the light and I am working on a new piece for an upcoming mini collection. WIP peek: These characters are coming to life, and this one will be known as the composer. #amwriting #Art #ArtTeacher

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Finally on the mend from pneumonia. 🤧😵🤕However, I am finding I have absolutely no energy or gumption in me 🫠. There are so many things on my plate, and so much I want to accomplish this upcoming month I need a strategy. What do you do to get out of the doldrums? #ArtSky #BookSky #amwriting #Art

Today I sit with @gedwardmartin.bsky.social on the Write of Passage podcast! I am so excited to dive deeper into Indie Creator Collective, and share my own journey into the realm of writing. Indie creators break the mold of pop culture expectations. We are activists by nature. #booksky💙📚 #✍️ #💙

When you learn Lilith’s story it makes you pause and wonder what exactly is in Eve’s gospel?A book banned and hidden for centuries. Just like most things it was among the mass erasure of women’s history. The elite always try to erase those thriving despite subjugation. #resist #religion #mythology

I am excited to share that the ICC is now live! @jrphillpsauthor.bsky.social is the Mastermind, but I am so happy to be in the collective. 🥰🏳️‍🌈📚💙 First 100 subs get a sticker. Here's mine! Stories for ALL. www.patreon.com/IndieCreator... #Artsky #booksky💙📚 #booktok #amwriting

Hi all! Independent Creators Collective is live and ready for viewing. There’s a little something for everyone and @jrphillpsauthor.bsky.social is the mastermind behind the screen. We’re a group of authors and artists with a love of Romantasy and if that’s your vibe then we’d love to have you join.

Scrolling has got me feeling like I'm trapped behind enemy lines. I know the world is wise enough to see that most of us do not condone what's going on. We have been bullied, raped, and we're scared to death. We are fighting. Please, support the voices and fighters working against the scourge.

Hehehe… my sticker is one of them! 🥰🥹🥰 I can’t wait to share it with you all! 💙📚 🏳️‍🌈 🐶 #BookSky #Art #ArtSky

Sunday list: -finish a 1k short story for competition(I’m actually so proud of it! 992 words) -make the patreon pretty for launch! 🚀 -stare the one of a kind stickers these artists have made 🫢 🥹 -go on bookish discords to acquire even more TBR recommendations 📚 💙 #booksky #writersky

Finished the micro fiction battle draft. Revisions tomorrow. No wiggle room to be had. 🪨🐛🪨 #WritingCommunity #Booksky

I can’t post what I wanna post because it would break the rules of several things I’m involved in right now… So here’s Drake living his best senior life instead. He doesn’t care that he’s 15 years old, he will still rip a kong apart like it’s made of paper. #Pets #WritingCommunity #ArtSky #BookSky

Human Altitude xkcd.com/3039

Who’s ready to write? I’m ready to write! Me! Let’s go let’s go let’s GOoOOooo!… But first. More snacks. Always more snacks 🤣 #writing #Writingcommunity #Writers #BookSky

It’s battle time! 48 hours to dance with the written word and paint my imagination with syntax. Brewing coffee now… #booksky #WritingCommunity #IndiePublishers

that artist or designer you admire and think is incredible and treat like a god also makes horrible crappy things. and i don't mean just when they started out — i mean yesterday. nobody is immune from making crap. having heroes to look up to is good. worshipping them is toxic. #art #design

My writing will always be political.