true for me Archives — EMMpress words and images for mindful humans Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:27:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://www.emmpress.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-12.16.43-PM-32x32.png true for me Archives — EMMpress 32 32 covering: artist’s statement https://www.emmpress.com/covering-artists-statement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covering-artists-statement Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:47:57 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17478 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…

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]]> Here’s my story (and I’m not sticking to it) https://www.emmpress.com/heres-my-story-and-im-not-sticking-to-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-my-story-and-im-not-sticking-to-it Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:50:59 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14214 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…

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]]> self-censorship, free speech, and the powers of The People https://www.emmpress.com/self-censorship-free-speech-and-the-powers-of-societal-norms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=self-censorship-free-speech-and-the-powers-of-societal-norms Fri, 25 Apr 2025 20:00:10 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=11667 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…

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]]> Designer Questions to Engineer Endurance, Achievement, and Happiness https://www.emmpress.com/designer-questions-to-engineer-endurance-achievement-and-happiness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=designer-questions-to-engineer-endurance-achievement-and-happiness Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:11:21 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10856 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…

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]]> Lies the AI tells me https://www.emmpress.com/lies-the-ai-tells-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lies-the-ai-tells-me Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:52:30 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10820 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…

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]]> Truth telling in little bits https://www.emmpress.com/truth-telling-in-little-symbol-bits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=truth-telling-in-little-symbol-bits Sun, 02 Mar 2025 20:33:26 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10789 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,…

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]]> Helping the Helpers: methodology and pitfalls https://www.emmpress.com/helping-the-helpers-methodology-and-pitfalls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=helping-the-helpers-methodology-and-pitfalls Sun, 02 Mar 2025 13:15:22 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10656 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…

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]]> Are you freaking out? Try a simple practice for sanity and strength https://www.emmpress.com/are-you-freaking-out-heres-a-pep-talk-and-practice-to-help-you-out/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-you-freaking-out-heres-a-pep-talk-and-practice-to-help-you-out Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:23:10 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10722 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…

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]]> Renaissance Warriors https://www.emmpress.com/renaissance-warriors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=renaissance-warriors Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:27:13 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10632 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…

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]]> Diversity https://www.emmpress.com/diversity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diversity Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:23:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10559 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…

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]]> What if I can’t… https://www.emmpress.com/what-if-i-cant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-if-i-cant Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:56:21 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10447 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…

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]]> Rebellion | emergence from dark into light https://www.emmpress.com/rebellion-emergence-into-light/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rebellion-emergence-into-light Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:30:31 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10426 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…

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]]> Terms of Endearment – Patron https://www.emmpress.com/terms-of-endearment-patron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=terms-of-endearment-patron Sun, 16 Feb 2025 21:02:26 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10414 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…

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]]> Nurse Maid Bird | Movie Mode https://www.emmpress.com/nurse-maid-bird-movie-mode/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nurse-maid-bird-movie-mode Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:39:40 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10335 I shouldn’t be happy when my 15 year old daughter is home sick, but I am. I delight in getting to take care of her because there are…

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]]> “That doesn’t happen here” https://www.emmpress.com/that-doesnt-happen-here/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=that-doesnt-happen-here Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:16:14 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10207 Feminine Power in the Face of Fighting: A Waitress Story. At 22, I started working as a cocktail waitress and bartender at a jazz club in New York…

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]]> Terms of Endearment – Article https://www.emmpress.com/term-of-endearment-article/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=term-of-endearment-article Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:16:42 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10221 Article = Art + Miracle I’ve been at a loss how to brand myself as a maker of digital stuffs, so I’m not going to do it.1 And…

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]]> Efficiency: a dangerous game https://www.emmpress.com/efficiency-is-dangerous/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=efficiency-is-dangerous Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:54:42 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10036 By design it benefits only a few. Oh my goodness have I loved efficiency. I drank the Koolaid early, and developed my own flavors of fast-to-faster to boot.…

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]]> Damn, I’m sorry https://www.emmpress.com/damn-im-sorry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=damn-im-sorry Sun, 02 Feb 2025 20:29:02 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10004 … for my part in the debacle that is the Internet, so I’m writing long form as penance. Below is this maker’s overview of the web’s history and…

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]]> Terms of Endearment – Acceptance https://www.emmpress.com/terms-of-endearment-acceptance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=terms-of-endearment-acceptance Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:20:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9981 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. Acceptance…

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]]> Take back the alphabet & re-write your life https://www.emmpress.com/take-back-the-alphabet-and-re-write-your-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=take-back-the-alphabet-and-re-write-your-life Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:32:39 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9888 How work with the most basic building blocks in order to elevate your communication. I’ve always seen the alphabet as a beautiful grouping of shapes and fascinating set…

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]]> Making an oracle by machine https://www.emmpress.com/playing-the-fool-and-making-divination-tools-by-machine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=playing-the-fool-and-making-divination-tools-by-machine Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:59:09 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9759 Get a reading of sorts at bottom of this page. Randomness is the name, and divination is the game. ~Playing The Fool1 I just added a Random Post…

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]]> What are your Grace Goals today? https://www.emmpress.com/grace-goals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grace-goals Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:26:22 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9834 It’s Sunday morning in America1 and the texts from family & friends are coming in. “How can we get through?”“I’m freaking out inside.”“It’s like the last day before…

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]]> E=mc² – a reason to make art https://www.emmpress.com/emc%c2%b2-a-reason-to-make-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emc%25c2%25b2-a-reason-to-make-art Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:29:49 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9714 A genius creation that exists only inside our minds can’t hold a candle to the energy that exists in even the tiniest bit of stuff you make. I…

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]]> Gravity & the living force of psychological pressure https://www.emmpress.com/gravity-is-pressure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gravity-is-pressure Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:14:25 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9626 A few months back, I lay in my bed around 3 in the morning, watching the shadows of the branches crawling across the ceiling. The craggy shapes were…

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]]> Artful Advertising https://www.emmpress.com/empress-to-impress-intentional-advertising/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=empress-to-impress-intentional-advertising Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:07:41 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9548 If you lay down your META or Google targeted ad sets like blankets of loveliness across the web– regardless of your product, service or event – your content…

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]]> 7 | 8 Reflections https://www.emmpress.com/7-8-reflections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-8-reflections Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:51:13 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9464 alphabets, art, hospitality, & coverings Dear Lisa,This morning I woke up naturally, later than usual and in a warm and dark and quiet place, with a beautifully comfortable…

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]]> Surveillance is a feeling https://www.emmpress.com/surveillance-is-a-feeling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=surveillance-is-a-feeling Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:57:57 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9353 And since it has no love in it, it doesn’t feel good: a note to employers (and data brokers) in a digital age. “Peering In” photo of Artist…

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]]> Orienting a Day https://www.emmpress.com/orienting-a-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=orienting-a-day Thu, 26 Dec 2024 14:07:30 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9246 I love the term orientation. It’s connected to my past and my future. And now all at once. The days I choose to orient around “love” or “hope,”…

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]]> Mission: Good Will Ambassador https://www.emmpress.com/mission-good-will-ambassador/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mission-good-will-ambassador Sat, 21 Dec 2024 22:58:08 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9194 Writing a mission statement, and how waiting tables is as fine an ambassadorship as any outside post. Demystifying entity-speak: Mission & Vision Statements In corporate America, mission and…

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]]> Deep Impact of words, asteroids, and my dad https://www.emmpress.com/the-deep-impact-of-words-asteroids-and-my-dad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-deep-impact-of-words-asteroids-and-my-dad Sun, 08 Dec 2024 19:55:37 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=8917 Or, taking a NASA mission personally Thanks NASA–Love me a fun 404 error. I have to admit, when The Deep Impact Mission ran an impactor probe into a…

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]]> Naming, Angels, and Missing Sisters https://www.emmpress.com/names-angels-and-missing-sisters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=names-angels-and-missing-sisters Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:28:54 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=8679 Can anyone truly see what’s missing? It’s a paradoxical view. What’s in a name? One of my teachers told me folks with the last name DeAngelis or DiPrete…

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]]> What makes any given website run https://www.emmpress.com/what-makes-a-website-run/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-makes-a-website-run Sun, 24 Nov 2024 19:07:27 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=8664 I just had to explain this to a client. I figure you may need to know this too if you have a domain name and website hosting and…

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]]> project project & on demand on you https://www.emmpress.com/project-project-on-demand-on-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=project-project-on-demand-on-you Sun, 24 Nov 2024 13:55:58 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=8410 This is about putting the marketing cart before the horse with Human Design, and it apparently working.1 Oh yes, and moonlighting…And examining why anyone would put pressure on…

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