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Thank You, Dorie Dahlberg.
I clicked on the image before noticing the name. When I did look up to see it, I couldn’t help but chuckle. Maybe my Dorie led me to this Dorie, knowing I’d find inspiration. I found myself nostalgic for these last few years – years that grief has swallowed silently and invisibly, for the most…
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The Fallacy I’m Finally Leaving Behind
Rediscovering an old, almost-forgotten journal has become its own quiet mercy in this season of recovery from surgery. I’m finally laying down the “I’ll mess it up” fallacy and mourning the blank pages more than any imperfect line. Life is too brief, and no act of creativity is ever wasted, even if the product of…
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Double Exposure and the Art of Letting Two Things Be True | A Mini Tutorial
A little post-surgery downtime and a rabbit hole of old work I’d mostly forgotten led to this post. I got inspired, made some new composites, and then couldn’t stop myself from sharing the process. Double exposure layers two images into one frame and lets them speak to each other. This post is an honest look…
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