Here/Now Daily

  1. day 13

    2020-10-19 18:03:29 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page.Today begins the last ten weekdays of our residency together!My day 13 plan:Track time (all day)Write a loose schedule/intentions for the rest of the month.Limit time on the computer.Explore 30”x22” drawings for upcoming commission…

  2. day 12

    2020-10-16 16:08:04 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Excited to have a wide open day on my own! Life (and the possibility of a nice art sale) intervened in a huge way yesterday, so am trying my plan from yesterday again. Why isn’t anyone…

  3. day 11

    2020-10-15 18:50:07 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Was great to connect yesterday on Zoom. Great to put faces and voices to the artwork and the communications so far. Thanks for showing up, participating and sharing your experience!  Have been taking free webinars (How…

  4. day 10

    2020-10-14 16:03:00 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Looking forward to our residency zoom meeting today! My day 10 plan: We’ll see

  5. day 09

    2020-10-13 17:00:10 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Been doing this “residency” with really mixed results since September 1, but it feels like it is finally gaining some traction. Simply setting some intentions each day, my resistant brain is turning itself toward this process…

  6. day 08

    2020-10-12 16:26:10 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Happy Monday!  Back on track today now that the clean air and cooler temperatures have set in. My day 08 plan:Meditation (15 mins)Drink waterYoga (30 mins)Track time. Limit email/IG to functional only.Paid work (2 hours)Making…

  7. day 07

    2020-10-09 16:33:00 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Good morning, all! Thanks for the notes and updates yesterday. Giving myself a deliberate day off of the “art focus” yesterday was helpful. Was able to unwire the self-criticism and prepare myself for a better day…

  8. day 06

    2020-10-08 19:02:00 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Good morning, all! Thanks SO much for your detailed responses and enthusiasm for what we are trying! I’m happy to hear that there is some overlap between ideas and practice here. I’m not replying in the…

  9. day 05

    2020-10-07 16:01:35 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. The here/now google group is off to a good start! Encouraging to here what everyone is doing and reading and making, and also that we have some struggles in common. Today’s plan is just yesterday’s again

  10. day 04

    2020-10-06 15:48:00 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Yesterday, I set up google group which may take the place of this blog. If you would like to join the residency, use #herenowresidency on Instagram and either DM me or email me your email address.…

  11. day 03

    2020-10-05 16:36:00 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. With good air finally and some coffee this morning, I set up the work table outside in hopes of making stuff outdoors, but was foiled by AQI 150 before I knew it. RED!  So, did computer…

  12. day 02

    2020-10-02 17:20:44 UTC
    f you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. How was your first day? Please send me an email or comment on IG if you have a moment. I had a tough time concentrating because of necessary errands and very dense smoke, BUT am off…

  13. day 01 (october)

    2020-10-01 21:42:26 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Was very excited to get started on our October session, and just in time, the smoke has returned. Had hours of errands in San Francisco and just returned to the studio for a late start. The…

  14. day 18

    2020-09-30 15:55:21 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. So, mixed results for the September “residency”, but an “A” for improvement! How was it for you? Excited to get started on October session. If you are joining us, let me know. My Wednesday plan:Meditation…

  15. day 17

    2020-09-29 17:06:00 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this description first / back to daily log We are restarting the here/now residency on October 1!Description of the here/now residencyCurrent log from SeptemberSome stuff folks have shared on IG Please follow along or join in any way that would be…

  16. day 16

    2020-09-28 16:54:00 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Spent the weekend again in a little rental in Stinson, but this weekend with M’s kids (pros and cons). Yesterday was my first “family” birthday and my first “covid” birthday. Have you had one? They are…

  17. day 15

    2020-09-25 20:11:51 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Still feeling better. Less critical. How are you doing? Send me an email to let me know. My Friday plan:Meditation (15 mins)Drink enough waterHem fabric panels from yesterday (1 hour)Read: Ninth Street Women (30+ mins)Listen:…

  18. day 14

    2020-09-24 17:50:00 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Yesterday felt like a turning point back to focus. Liking what I am making. Able to be less critical after the shift.  This is going by quickly, and I am certain I want to start this…

  19. day 13

    2020-09-23 17:15:00 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. I spent some time being disappointed in myself today, and then I saw this David Shrigley print. It made me laugh and completely snap out of it! I don’t usually appreciate this type of artwork, but…

  20. day 12

    2020-09-22 19:28:00 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Slow and steady, people! Well, I speak for myself here. The air is clean in West Marin and I am refocusing after the mishigas of last week!  My Tuesday plan:MAKE SOMETHING for god’s sake!Drink…

  21. pause

    2020-09-18 18:38:11 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. I’ve dropped off the residency due to a sudden beach getaway with my partner and taking a NYTimes project while away. Will redouble efforts when back on my own next week. If you are just starting…

  22. day 11

    2020-09-15 16:11:00 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. The sky is finally almost blue this morning!  Away from the studio today, I’m continuing to work through these practical necessities (car in shop, medical appointments, covid-safe transportation  for these). This points out some challenges of…

  23. day 10

    2020-09-14 16:41:00 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Looking forward to Wednesday when some current disruptions will resolve. Until then hanging on to some small actions: How to Cope When Everything Keeps Changing. My Monday non-plan:Make stuff for a few hours.Drink enough waterListen: Episode…

  24. day 09

    2020-09-11 20:44:23 UTC
    If you are just starting out, read this first It will be a miracle today if I am able to make anything. All of the fires have the California residency participants in a creativity lull. Still hard to focus, whether is it the physical effects of the air or the…

  25. day 08

    2020-09-10 21:32:00 UTC
    If you are just getting started, read this first / back to main page. Yesterday was a bit of a bust. Really distracted physically by the red skies and ash falling. Hard to feel like making art was important. I did a little bit of fabric piecing last night.  My…

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