I found myself kind of quiet the day I learned that David Bowie had died. Not that I’m ever really very moved by the lives and deaths of celebrities. Still, each is a reminder of the coming end to our own lives and therefore a reminder to "take kindly the counsel of...
musings from the studio and beyond ~
dawn chandler’s reflections on art and life. . . .
art studio practices
to journal or not to journal, part 2: transforming pain
Looking back through all of my journals, I'm particularly taken by the long and slender volume of 2006. That year was a tough one for me. Some intense relationship challenges and persistent and unhelpful compulsive mind-speak churned extreme feelings of self doubt. In...
to journal or not to journal, part 1
Always I carry with me a blank book; a journal. It's my Everything Book. Part diary, part sketchbook, part notebook, my journal is my brain center. It's where I jot down things I want to remember--quotes, addresses, book titles, appointments, songs, directions. It's...