Atmospheric river as art inspiration: #creativeprocess #artblog #JoyfulMakingInPerilousTimes open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

. "MY PRECIOUS" . . . ... "Gollum, Gollum" ! 💠 🫣 💠

A big congratulations to Aaron Williams (Halifax's own!) on winning the Edna Staebler Award for The Last Logging Show. 👏 #canlit #booksky www.wlu.ca/news/news-re...

This more humane morning traffic: open.substack.com/pub/carlynya... #futurecities #abundance #artandlife

A garish, aspirational portrait for POTUS #artwriting #creativeprocess open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

Well roasted #stevebrodner open.substack.com/pub/stevebro...

In which I over-use the verb “suck”: #fakebook #MakingIsConnecting open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

It’s not just about what you remove (cars, noise, dirty air). It’s about what you add (people walking, a lot of bike parking, trees, outdoor dining, and room for kids to play safely). Amsterdam: 1986 and today. Streets for people. HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the great before-and-after

Outside looking in…

Charles Demers, the multi-talented author, comedian and speech-writer for BC’s Premier, spread his joyous ways my way when he signed my copy of “The Eh Team” at his Vancouver book launch last night. #charlesdemers #EhCanada #Canadianisms #ElbowsUp #CBCTheDebaters

Will open my studio during the Eastside Culture Crawl in Vancouver BC #235 Mergatroid Building 975 Vernon Dr. Nov 20-21 5-10pm Nov22-23 11-6pm. Lots to see in our building #eastsideculturecrawl2025 #embroidery #handembroidery #madeinyvr #madeinbc

Another stunner by cartoonist Steve Brodner: open.substack.com/pub/stevebro...

It’s sweater weather — and I’m wearing granny squares. open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

I LOVE THIS! Timeline cleanse! Ron Sexsmith with music students, featuring Toronto the good 💕 youtu.be/ljPz0Z7M7BU?...

We’re in a world of… 💩

It’s not a Slanket, dammit! open.substack.com/pub/carlynya... #MakingIsConnecting #JoyfulMakingInPerilousTimes

Another #Antifa headquarters we toured this last month: Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery near the Belgian border. Most of the nearly 1,000 graves of Canadian soldiers here lost their lives in the fight to clear the north bank of the Scheldt estuary of invading Nazi German forces. #fightfascism

Joy-Ann Reid’s fearless, informative analysis must be shared: open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...

Learning to resist #MakingIsConnecting #artblog #resist #JoyfulMakingInPerilousTimes open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

#keepportlandweird #artinaction #creativeresistance www.reddit.com/r/DailyShow/...

I'm a little late to party, but fully back on my Ezra stuff. Please forgive me for invoking Baudrillard, I promise I'm not that pretentious IRL. Pleasure as always to work with @dennycarter.bsky.social.

I’m just going to leave this here: (The Montreal Star, Feb 4, 1939)

And yet she persisted #anntelnaes #politicalart #politicalcartoon #makingisconnecting #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

Creative action beats despair #creativeprocess #artblog #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes #lyndabarry #makingisconnecting open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

For all fans of baseball and civil rights… open.substack.com/pub/bobkrieg...

Lessons from a wasp invasion #artblog #artwriting #creativeprocess open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

A series of “Firsts”! open.substack.com/pub/bobkrieg...

More ‘improper ideology’ art, please! #smithsonian #usauthoritarianism #improperideology open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

Another tussle with the Inner Critic #artblog #creativeprocess #makingIsConnecting #innercritic #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

Canada can play a peacekeeping role as Blue States begin their ‘soft secession’ #fightfascism #never51st #canadaproud open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

Good day, eh! Here’s my latest #artblog on Making Stuff and Writing About It: open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

This is no time to play it safe #JoyfulMakingInPerilousTimes #MakingIsConnecting #artblog #politicalart open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

Flaw in the fantasy: Trump is still alive in 2028. Not with those cankles. substack.com/@beverly143/...

The art of abundance #artblog #forage #vancouverartist #fibreartist open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

US-linked corporate sponsors dropping Vancouver Pride? Whatever shall we do?! #MakingIsConnecting #pride2025 #makersgonnamake #goodtrouble open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

Nuff said. 🇨🇦

Assignment: Illustrate the conspiracy-plagued White House culture. Till Lauer (for The New Yorker) nails it. #politicalart #artmatters

Ground murals on Arbutus Greenway: another sign that this city is getting better, not worse (screengrab source: r/vancouver. #makingisconnecting #vancouverart #summerinthecity open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

Nice, easy Sunday morning start at #VancouverFolkFestival #summerinthecity

Sharing this because I can: #no51stState 🇨🇦 substack.com/@robertreich...

Hand-making against the generative-AI tide: #MakingIsConnecting #JoyfulMakingInPerilousTimes #CanadianFibreArt open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

My gut hurts. And my heart hurts. #bobross #AIslop #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes substack.com/@karmageddon...

Joyful making in perilous times… #artblog #makeartnotwar open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...

Why the Fourth of July should be a national day of protest: #timothysnyder #no51ststate substack.com/@snyder/note...

The Felon-in-Chief is perfectly captured by Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press #politicalart #artmatters

Vancouverites are very flaggy this year #canadaproud #no51ststate #truenorthstrongandfree #Vancouver #canpoli

open.substack.com/pub/carlynya... #no51ststate #canadaproud #cbc #canadaday2025

How craft connects with a loved one gone #griefwork #makingisconnecting #joyfulmakinginperiloustimes #twigart open.substack.com/pub/carlynya...