On New Beginnings: A Studio Update

I’m really excited to share that I’ve taken a big risk and stepped out into the unknown. I’ve left behind my corporate career in marketing to pursue my art more full time. I’m not exactly sure what this looks like—or for how long—I just know that it’s now or never.

For the last few months, I’ve been grappling with this idea of regret and purpose. What if I never took the risk needed to do the things I was put on the earth to do? What if I was made to create art and poetry? What if this was something to take more seriously?

An unburdening

As a generally risk adverse person, and an eldest daughter, I’ve always felt the weight of responsibility to “have a real job” and support myself. And our consumerist society really pushes this notion that you have to be more, make more money, buy more—always more. But this longing for self-sufficiency has always felt at odds with what God instructs in the Bible. He values weakness, meekness, and dependency on Him.

So even if stepping out means I have less or that I’m more dependent and weak—maybe that’s what God was after all along?

Either way, it felt like the right time. I knew that if I didn’t take the leap now, I never would, and I’d probably regret it forever. I didn’t want to look back and see all the ways I wasted my potential, just because I was afraid.

So cheers to taking risks! If we only have one life, we might as well spend it doing the things that we feel called to.

What’s next

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be updating my art catalog and pushing available work to my store. You can shop here on my website for originals—or you can check out Etsy as well, if that’s your preferred marketplace. I’ll likely keep my originals solely on my website but will offer prints and stickers and smaller items on other storefronts. 

You’ll find my work at the intersection of art and poetry—what’s spoken and what’s unsaid. Each original will have an accompanying poem, and I’ll also be offering art scraps from my original installation.

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