Tag: psychology

  • The Jubilation Jig

    The Jubilation Jig

    Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. —William Arthur Ward I tried to fast forward last night… and then I closed the book altogether. It’s a good book, don’t get me wrong, it’s just not what I was looking for. The good news is that the first chapter…

  • Leap of Faith

    Leap of Faith

    “The leap is what defeats the fear, not waiting until fear disappears.” -Brené Brown I’ve always loved illustrating dancers, so I knew that “dance” was a category that I’d want to continue with. To add a little depth, I decided to call it … “Dance like Nobody is Watching.” It’s pretty broad (and cliche too,…

  • Me and My Shadow(s)

    Me and My Shadow(s)

    So… my S word today is Shadow. I thought of the idea for this image after creating the laughing girl in my post… The Best Medicine. So, when S rolled around, I had to do it. I looked into Jung’s idea on the shadow – as it refers to “the unconscious aspects of the personality…

  • Juxtaposition

    Juxtaposition

    I was mistaken when I said that the letter J would be purely (or mostly) visual. After exploring the word juxtaposition, which I’ve heard many times before in reference to art or photography, the primary meaning I found was “the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.” My image seems…

  • As the Self shines

    As the Self shines

    This may seem like a spoiler alert, but it simply cannot be because the ending of my story might even surprise mySelf. What’s with all of this “Self” stuff anyway? So… My story began with the idea of a woman called Sugar (it’s a nickname bestowed upon her by her best friend Coco). Sugar is…

  • Putting On…

    Putting On…

    My Big Girl Pants. I thought it was time I did that. Not much in my life has changed since I wrote about how I’ve been feeling lately, in my “Phony Baloney” post. Except for one thing. My mindset. Oh, and the fact that I decided that my Phony Baloney “fake” NFT idea was a…