Mommess
covering: artist’s statement
I cover nature. Daily drawings are digital finger painting atop photos, and include collage-symbols made from other moments in time. These personal symbols are stored as images in…
Archive
Tag: true for me
Creativity
Here’s my story (and I’m not sticking to it)
I’ve been in between things for some time now. Like in my career. And it is glorious. I mean, literally glorious. Each day feels like an adventure, my…
Creativity
self-censorship, free speech, and the powers of The People
What happens when the recently de-privileged1 try to recoup social power by authoritarianism, and what to do about it. No law can save you, if you don’t make…
Coaching
Designer Questions to Engineer Endurance, Achievement, and Happiness
Focusing your attention on long-acting, feeling-based, style-specific questions can give you a richer and happier experience of life. What I love about this process is that anyone can…
Mommess
Lies the AI tells me
Interacting with AI feels disturbing to me. Oddly slick and beautiful fake humans with 7 fingers aside, I think it’s because there’s no way to prioritize truth-telling in…
Coaching
Truth telling in little bits
Focus, the folly of first-ness, and how symbolic truth-telling connects us to our souls and each other. If any one artist works with the truth of their lives,…
Coaching
Helping the Helpers: methodology and pitfalls
Like many people, I’ve wanted to make a huge positive impact, but unlike others, I haven’t wanted to be directly acknowledged for doing it, because I’m uncomfortable with…
Body & Health
Are you freaking out? Try a simple practice for sanity and strength
There has been no end of folks reeling since we’ve had crazy makers at the helm of our executive branch. The extra work some of us need to…
Coaching
Renaissance Warriors
I’m going to tell you right now that you are a modern day Renaissance Warrior. This is because you can do many, many things very well. This includes…
Culture
Diversity
If we experience life through a lens where the people we deal with seem most like us, it’s easy to think we have a leg up on navigating…
Coaching
What if I can’t…
What to do when your values thwart change, and a footnote about how no-brand branding is already here. Ever feel woefully self-aware and stuck all at once? I’ve…
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…