Sweets Designs; How I created my first Surface Pattern Design Collection

VPH Design Part Three: My Surface Pattern Design Guide. I love Christmas. I love the lights and shiny ornaments when they hang on the tree. I love it so much that I have had a little pink Christmas tree in my studio forever. I keep it up all year and it has my favorite ornaments … Read more

White Allyship Resources

Download this pdf, compiled by the Tacoma Urban League Text below: Below are ways to strengthen White allyship or challenge unhelpful thought patterns that distance White folx from their responsibility to challenge white supremacy. This is not an all-encompassing list or the “right way” to be an ally. It is an actionable resource for White … Read more

Black Lives Matter!

2020 could very well be the year we finally decide that white supremacy and fascism get their asses kicked out of our country. This website is a safe space for Everyone, except Fascists. Love, support, and real talk is welcome here! White people, use me as a resource. I have been actively working on deconstructing … Read more

Forgiving the Past, How I Began My Dream of Surface Pattern Design

VPH Design Part One: My Surface Pattern Design Guide. Hey, #GenX. How’s 50 looking for ya? Hi, everyone else! I’m just getting my stride over here. Are you worrying about retirement, like me? Now, I know our pop, capitalist culture hates aging. As we enter our 50’s how are you feeling about that? I’m calling … Read more

Fascist Pickles

I ate the pickles you made today in your fascist kitchen, your fascist house. You might be a fascist if you think I don’t have a right to my own body. It’s none of your fucking business what I decide to put into it. You might be a fascist if you listen to pondets say … Read more

She is…

She is a very pretty girl. I think her life is perfect. But, it is not. She carries pain and wounds unseen by us. Disappointment sits beside her, gently whispering, “It doesn’t matter. It will never happen.” And she listens. She listens too much. And her heart breaks every day with every broken promise. So, … Read more

Water

When you tell me I have no passion, my heart breaks a little. Because, you do not see it. I am not a rain torrent. Nor am I the ferocious sea with wave after wave of destruction and noise. No, I am the tear drop, A slow, constant drip on the stone that will wear … Read more

Do You Know Your Heart?

I gotta let this out…I am so confused. I see us dividing, it concerns me greatly, and I’m wondering why it’s happening. Is it perception? Is it fear? Is it greed? Our country is inflamed with anger and passion. We, literally, are at a tyrannical impasse. What do we do? The first thing that comes … Read more

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