These posts always feel self-important, but as a worrier I don't want to leave any of my bsky family wondering, so here's my Be Back Soon note. I'm sure I'll still bloom scroll occasionally, and my DMs are open, but otherwise I'm aiming to be mostly offline until the new year. Peace and love, y'all.

For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, here's a more stylized drawing I did this year. I liked the idea of a catfish being rooted into the mud by its barbels. Felt folkloric—the wise old catfish communing with the earth... (spell check does not think barbel is a word, but it is! 😂)

It's time for slower art. The constant churn and grind pushed by techno capitalism has reached its inevitable conclusion with AI slop. Let's make our best work and be patient with our process. Let's release art that's worth stopping for and savoring. Let's show each other what humans can do

In the wide blue. ✨

Lobby of the Deichman Bjørvika Library in Oslo. #Photography #CityPhotography #Panorama #Urban #Norway #Oslo #Library #Interior

It went so well. Not only did she say she knows I'll be able to squat, she said I'm going to be...incredible. It's way too much positivity. I'm glad it's game night, and I'll have my nephew and kids to humble me.

Just hiding in the gym bathroom before my first session with Morpheus. She texted to say she's running late (it's snowing and near subzero here), and I've never been more grateful to have a couple extra minutes to try to look sane. Anxiety is bullsh*t.

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. Share your art, words, poetry, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated. Tag your post: #whistpr Word for December 13, 2025: #GREEN #WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity Art by @whistberry.bsky.social

Side views.. 📷:me #forest #scape #snowbird

This Strange Second in a Life oil on Yupo 21.5 x 19 In the endless universe there has been nothing new, nothing different. - ALFRED BESTER Get the art: www.lolajovan.com/store/p508/t... #art #painting #landscapeart #abstractlandscape #oilpainting Story-ALTtext⬇️

This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.

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HEY! I’m making prints for the first time (I had weird art imposter syndrome and/or self-inflicted mental block about it for too long)— starting with two of my favorite “doodles” that ended up being favorite pieces. If you wanna order one, let me know. Under $15 per print

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. Share your art, words, poetry, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated. Tag your post: #whistpr Word for December 12, 2025: #WEASEL #WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity Art by @whistberry.bsky.social

Some of the finished pieces I’ve made using antique silver stamp holders, lockets & charms that will be listed in my etsy shop at 8.30pm tonight. Includes sewing & oak/woodland-themed necklaces 🌿🪡🧵✂️

night flight as a small bird star by star I wish wishes becoming light #DailyHaikuPrompt (star) #TankaThursday (burden)

Day 11 #ArtAdventCalendar Owl commission 🦉 Pencil & graphite. 🦉 #birdart

I bumped into the god-level powerlifter at the new gym today. She basically said she could hear the sh*tty little voice in my head. And then she said, "I can help you with that." 🥹 I feel like I met Master Yoda.

Born of blood and stars- 2025

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Guess we're canceling our...oh wait, already cancelled that one.

bewitching nocturne hums the moon the lonely hear it and howl #vss365 #bewitched #poetry #photography

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 11 “Vanishing Point” 2025 Portsmouth, RI

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. Share your art, words, poetry, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated. Tag your post: #whistpr Word for December 11, 2025: #CARPET #WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity Art by @whistberry.bsky.social

Fighting off SAD with an early pasta and horror night. Hope y'all are also successfully beating back your demons. 🖤

Fuck Times New Roman. Stupid modern shit. We need to return to this: illuminations. We need to return to the first letter on the page being a big picture.

Last night I got to visit the massive winter crow roost in Lawrence, MA, where (for unknown reasons) up to 15,000 American crows and fish crows come together each night to sleep. Sound on!! Unless you have a Hitchcock-related phobia. 🧪

Relatable Corvid

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 10 “Harbor Fog”, 2022

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. Share your art, words, poetry, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated. Tag your post: #whistpr Word for December 10, 2025: #FROG #WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity Art by @whistberry.bsky.social

A true solo movie night. There's no one in the whole theater but me and my snacks (which is especially nice because I'm always convinced everyone can hear me chewing).

Gentle reminder that you don't have to "deserve" rest.🌱 You need rest to function. It's not a treat you get for functioning.

"Morning Light on a Carolina Wren" 5" x 7" Oil on panel I just think they're neat

I am often asked: What is the best telescope to buy for someone just getting into astronomy? 🪐🔭👀 As a theorist, I am absolutely useless and can tell you nothing. HOWEVER, my friend the wonderful @philplait.bsky.social is NOT useless and has great advice & relevant links here! ⤵️

One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.

Need some new blood in your system? If by “new blood,” you mean new lit mags, and by “your system,” you mean your long list of potential places to submit to, we got you. If you mean anything else … I do believe you’re in the wrong place.

It's never too late to jump into #ArtAdventCalendar! It's very simple, just post one of your wonderful, human-made art pieces, throw in a little alt text, add the hashtag and sit back and let the joy roll in! Not an artist? Scroll the hashtag for a joyful break!

A mushroom-lined bunny trail through Sphagnum moss. Newfoundland, Canada. #mushroom #fungi #fungifriends #moss #bryophyte #bolete

Contentment in December is: my tracks among the rabbits' birdseed between my fingers leaning against an oak (I breathe, you breathe, I breathe...) sun on my neck/my shadow on the snow/hidden grass sleeping through both as it dreams with certainty of an #end that is also a beginning. #whistpr

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. Share your art, words, poetry, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated. Tag your post: #whistpr Word for December 9, 2025: #END #WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity Art by @whistberry.bsky.social

Day 8 #ArtAdventCalendar Graphite drawing of a crow :) #BirdArt #SciArt

Feral Sister-2024

Right now my horror novel BEDFELLOW is on sale for $1.99 on Kindle and Bookshop. I have no idea how long the sale will last. A signal boost would be a colossal help. www.amazon.com/Bedfellow-Je... bookshop.org/p/books/bedf...

frog pattern

Today the universe isn't just talking to me, it's singing. 🥰

Day 8 is 1/3 the way through #ArtAdventCalendar! Close Encounter 40×48in 101x122cm Oil on Canvas 2021 #art #painting

WHOI researchers are turning on the stereo on Maui reefs—and baby corals are showing up to the party! 🪸🎶🐠 📲Watch the full CNN story to see how our Reef Solutions team is helping to reverse reef decline from USVI to Hawai'i—through sound: go.whoi.edu/cnn-reefs #GiveReefsAChance #ReefSolutions

A small reminder, especially if you struggle with low mood in the winter, that this is just 8 or 9 weeks away, fewer in some cases 👇🏼🌱🌱