I have waited quite a long time before posting this complaint on my blog. I have a lot of readers, and many of them are artists. I didn’t want to have to talk about this, but I’ve contacted Blick many times over the last couple of years about this issue.
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Happy Birthday, Mom. (Trigger Warning)
Wow, I just looked at the date to see how long it’s been since I last posted, and it just so happens to be my mom’s birthday. This was never a day of celebration; it was a day I dreaded. Warning: this article talks about suicide.
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I’ve been pretty busy lately—with several projects, school, and recovering. Working on my projects has been frustrating, since concluding any of them is nowhere in sight. I’m going to reorganize each task so every part of the whole feels more like an accomplishment. Otherwise, I feel like I’m just spinning my wheels!
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Since finishing the What Matters book, I feel a sense of calm peace in my soul. Over the last couple of days, I’ve been able to focus solely on my schoolwork, and I’m caught up for the time being. Yay! I’m hoping Hannah will have a little time to proof/edit the book this weekend.
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Tomorrow is the first day of my sociology class. It’s online, but the lectures are every Friday morning on Zoom. I’m really looking forward to it. Since that class has been a slow start, I’ve been reading more Art History texts. It’s supposed to start at the Renaissance, but there’s a lot of intro to the history that began with cave paintings. And only in recent years have we learned that Neanderthals contributed to many of them. It’s so interesting how far a distance we’ve come in how we see Neanderthals. Calling someone a Neanderthal can’t be an insult anymore. Ha!
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