I Made Bean Soup! It’s Been A Better Week Than I Expected 🍀

Process of Plein Air ✍️

Music composed by Ryan Camus http://www.ryancamus.com/

if you’re interested in mutual aid and aren’t sure where to start, i can’t recommend enough joining a local Buy Nothing group. in a nutshell, it’s a totally free gift economy— people give from their own abundance and ask for what they need. it’s indispensable as a recent grad household— we got the majority of our basic furniture, as well as an AC unit through the group— but what i find particularly wonderful are the ways other forms of community aid popup through the group.

i’ve seen people organize meal trains for strangers. people fleeing from domestic violence have gone from a suitcase of possessions to a fully stocked house in 48 hours. home hospices being set up with goods from six different households. cookbook lending. distribution of windfall apples and tomato harvest overabundance. grocery pickup for ill folks. people looking out for listings for others. everything from bread to baby carseats to house paint to pet food.

and much of it is done between strangers, often between people who would not recognize or identify with the term “mutual aid”. it lowers waste, goods go directly to people who need them, and it avoids the sometimes dubious morality of the thrift shop circuit. i’d really recommend it.

I missed illustrating mushrooms. Prints available soon!

Japanese postcard by an unknown artist of a bird and wisteria vine.

Image and text information courtesy MFA Boston.

Early morning strolls in the woods.

I love working a bookstore

a collection of motivational insights regarding content creation and creative hobbies

and of course the classic

I’ve been watching Prehistoric Planet and realized it’s been forever since I’ve drawn any dinosaurs 🤔 These little paintings are from way back in 2013!

Laternenlicht (Lantern Light) by Waldemar Fink (1912)

Art by Angela Sung