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Brighter Balloons - abstract art in honor of Artemis II mission splashdown by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson
Culture

Orion’s Party Hat

There’s not much to say here that hasn’t been said about Artemis program to – and around– the Moon. Watching, thinking, listening, and conversing about this go-round of…

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 · 2 min read

ukulele and guitar assemblage for Ron
Creativity

On making love, not war, and the silent majority

When I first heard Double Fantasy at 11, I knew I’d heard something new. A collaboration with two unique voices: one from the West, one from the East.…

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 · 2 min read

Language

What do you call utopia?

With Sunday Morning Hope by David Byrne and Patti Smith I don’t care for the word utopia. I feel it’s been so overused for so long that my…

November 9, 2025November 10, 2025 · 4 min read

Too Tired to Title | F’It Birth of Venus by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson
Culture

Admitting Conflation

See, I’m on a self-study immersion in the English language and American culture so as to become a better writer. And my course is pretty sloppy and more…

September 28, 2025September 28, 2025 · 3 min read

The Art of Painting By Johannes Vermeer - Google Arts & Culture — lAHeqBoLaePtEA, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22003845
Creativity

Mapping: meeting what you need on the checkerboard of life – with art project

On the checkerboard of life, the right thing is finding its way to you, as you are to it.~ My Mom Artwork: No Title by the author 2024…

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 · 3 min read

drawing by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson. surrealist with bold colors. Looks like two jellyfish under a tall bed
Creativity

Emergence ⟺ submergence

Acknowledging your submerged self, the media you choose to portray it, and The Beatles. Have your ever felt that you are emerging from something? If so, where are…

July 28, 2025July 29, 2025 · 4 min read

Coaching

Judging or Perceiving | Collector or Renunciate?

Dualistic Mindsets in Myers Briggs and other such things I have a judgy mind. And if you’ve done a Myers-Briggs test and landed squarely with a “J” in…

May 12, 2025May 12, 2025 · 7 min read

Culture

Popes, Psychics, Refugees, and the Power of Love

My mom called me first thing this morning: “Elizabeth, did you call me last night?” No mom. “Are you sure?” Maybe I did a butt dial. What’s going…

April 21, 2025April 21, 2025 · 5 min read

Mommess

Terms of Endearment – Imbue & Bodhi

This is a Terms of Endearment (TOE) post. These are words that keep coming up that I find myself re-defining for my own relief, amusement, and insight. It’s…

March 26, 2025August 5, 2025 · 5 min read

“Fielding Pi” by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson. Digital Symbol Work comprised of digital markup fingerpainting on original photo.
Coaching

Open Hope

Not everyone grew up with the privilege of taking Hope for granted. Hope is a thing of children, even in rough places. It’s a thing of the child…

March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 · 2 min read

Creativity

Rebellion | emergence from dark into light

Why new voices from the subconscious matter to all of us. I admire teenagers and young people who rail against every day culture and bring new music and…

February 18, 2025February 20, 2025 · 5 min read

Creativity

Terms of Endearment – Patron

And notes on creativity as a practice. Patron = Pat Ron (an additional pat on the head to everyone who supports the work of artists) Yesterday, while discussing…

February 16, 2025February 18, 2025 · 3 min read

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