on drag & being an artist.
Stories, inspiration, and resources to help you keep on creating on!
It’s not good enough to imitate the models proposed for us that are answers to circumstances other than our own. It isn’t even enough to discover who we are. We have to invent ourselves. – Rosario Castellanos
Tiny Book Diaries: The creation of my tiny book for Othered artists
This week starting tomorrow, marks the beginning of a 5-week journey to write my first tiny book (inspired by the Tiny Book workshop i took a few weeks ago) before the end of the year. The topic of my tiny book? Encouragement for Othered (queer, POC, dis/abled)...
Our Queer Art: LGBTQ History Month & Writing About Queer Artists
October is LGBTQ History Month and i was asked by the Dallas Voice to create and write a series. i was given cart blanch to write about anything i wanted (how many writers can say that?!) i had been toying with the idea of starting a column on queer creatives aka...
46 reasons you need to do/write/create your ART NOW!!!!!!!!!
This article was inspired by a text i received a few years ago from a friend of mine. Our conversation went a little something like this: Friend: Oh, did I mention I'm writing a book? Me: OMG!! YOU'RE WRITING A BOOK?!?!? What kind of book? Friend: A coffee table book....
Binge Box 2: How To Get Started + Overcome Obstacles
A binge-worthy curated collection of everything you need to get started DOING your art + resources to overcome the biggest obstacles in the way!
How to quit your day job & go full-time artist. Binge Box #1 (Happy 3yr artiversary to me!)
Y'AAAALL!!! Today is my 3-year anniversary of leaving my comfy 9 to 5 (not to mention a steady paycheck) to try my hand at making it as a full-time artist, writer, and creative. 3. Whole. Years. 1095 days! A LOT has happened in those 3 years. But the most important...