oh don’t mind me, just attaching a pick-up mic to the ticking clock on the wall and running it through my effects pedalboard. like a normal person on a Saturday night.

qigong + meditation is a classic for a reason

seasonal attire

this meeting could have been a blessed silence

i quit every writing job/gig/volunteer commitment that i’d accumulated over a decade+ so that i could reclaim writing as a creative process. then decided to take up painting instead 🤷🏻‍♀️

i’m reading Stories Are Violence by Annalee Newitz and loving it so far, but also it’s not helping my general headspace of the past few years that i may Never Write Again?? prob need to keep reading and continue to process these feelings, since obvs Newitz is still writing plenty themselves lol

sometimes i feel bad for spending money on books when i have so many unread ones already, but then i see a photo on my phone from seven years ago and I’m literally wearing the exact same shirt today, so maybe my budget spending evens out

i started this habit as a DJ and then it became an everyday life tip

my oil paintings by @davidbrace2.bsky.social arrived from Canada over the weekend!! they are even more beautiful and impressive in person, can’t wait to gift the beetle one to my insect-loving friend. literally my first time ever commissioning art and money well spent.

just have to get through today then tomorrow then next week then every week

The #1 song 40 years ago today on the Billboard Hot 100... "Part-Time Lover" by Stevie Wonder *Luther Vandross on background vocals & adlibs 🔥

i was wrong it says: “Trick ‘o or Eat”

the Halloween jigsaw puzzle in the break room at work was made from AI slop. it says “Trick ‘o o Treat” and many jack-o’-lanterns in the scene have multiple mouths. i might file a hostile work environment claim

the clerk at the grocery store started talking to me about the band Panchiko, so now I’m listening to D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L while reading cookie dough recipes and letting butter soften

when i eat my favorite breakfast sandwich from my favorite bakery near work, i often have a moment of gratitude for being alive at this point in time and space such that i get to experience it.

Deeply moved to see that everyone is still right about everything

i have the house to myself all week so i’m doing exciting things like “playing Max Richter music while sleeping”

"In a system where your income depends on performing as yourself regularly, at scale and on schedule, the temptation to shape yourself to what’s rewarded is impossible to resist"

flirting with the masc worker doing a sexy lean on the OSHA poster

….to ME 😍

sitting in a dermatologist’s exam room alone while You Can Call Me Al plays quietly

In progress: "autumn (emerald)", oil on watercolour paper, 5 1/4 x 7 1/4". Beetle bits begin. #art #wip

“Creation, like existence, is communication and communion: continuous reception and transmission, more circle than line.”

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major

new albums from Pink Pantheress and Amber Mark?? i may have to drive my body to work instead of the club today, but i will be bopping my head and dancing while testing samples

playing phone tag with a dermatologist office to get a new patient appointment and something about the repeated calling, trying to time it to reach a live person, reminds me of phoning in to radio station contests

the two paintings i showed tonight. both are 18”x24”, watercolor and gouache on cotton paper, done last week while on my long-awaited weeklong painting vacation/retreat on Tybee Island.

this evening i went to a three-hour (!!) critique circle and had two of my recent paintings discussed by strangers for the first time ever. the adrenaline swings of the evening nearly took me out, but i persevered (and will be returning)

Belle Shore Apartments.

You are very compelling but I must turn my attention back to all my little self-created assignments now

in 1869 the first known car accident death was mary ward, this irish lady who made bug art

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” ― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

four years ago on this date a hawk landed in our carport; twelve years ago on this date a young black bear visited the front deck and ate up the bird feeder. (the pictures are so blurry because it was raining and my hands were shaking from adrenaline)

it’s possible I’ve had a thousand iced lattes in my life (so far) and i still internally feel a “fuck yeah iced latte!!” after that first sip of a good one

Don't forget your mandatory Coltrane on the equinox! John Coltrane - Equinox

thank you Cardi B for releasing a new album that helped me push through the last lawn mowing of the season

i went to a concert last night for the first time in……?!?!? good news: live music from a great band in a great venue is still a fantastic way to spend time as a human being, highly recommend

Happy September 21st to those that celebrate!!! 😃 💃🏾🕺🏾

This song has one of my favorite beats in all of music history

It’s nice to have a creative hobby that’s not tied to your income or career!! No thoughts about monetization just vibes!! Highly recommended!

Made it to Friday (Vincent van Gogh, Worn Out, 1882) www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collectio...

me, but with Peace Piece

Lord, please don't let me die ironically.

80s nostalgia started in the late 90s and never let up

good morning, Purple Rain was released closer in time to World War II than to today

join the war on chicago on the side of chicago

incredible timing for my new Chicago themed t-shirts to be arriving in the mail on Monday

honestly what my brain does every. time.

i got a class action lawsuit prepaid debit card for a random amount that i was having trouble combining with other forms of payments. i didn’t want one penny of it to go to waste, so i scoured my various carts and lists to find the perfect item/s (with tax): a new Opinel knife