2025 Artist Blog

A Journey of Uncovering and Exploring Life, Love, and Art

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BOB HICOK

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Sometimes I find myself craving a change. Out with the old, and in with the new.

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I did not look because I did not want to see.

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I collected some Balsam Poplar buds today that I'll be using to make my annual balm of Gilead batch!

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Sometimes my mind is foggy. I've lived in that fog, and it seemed to be a place outside of my own being... but the thaw has come, and it is now spring.

[emilyaillustrates]

🌟a Bake-Kujira (or ghost whale) 🌟

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On days like this,

It feels good to pause,

To pause,

To take a moment to be still,

A moment to find peace,

A moment to rest and look inwards,

What is the dream that lives within?

What am I longing for in this life?

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Flowing river in early spring carries along the scent of the cedars, ice, and a breath of fresh air. The river begins to thaw as does my heart, both have been caught by a warm presence. The first in the form of the elements, the second in the form of a kind soul.

[zegalba]

Kazutomo Fujino: Abstract Basketry (1964)

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I love how the sunlight illuminates the snow on the leaning cedars, little winter sunlight magic.

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Little blood drop and veins on home tanned leather.

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Creating Place no.1

What does it mean to create place? I'm on a mission to find out. I'm talking about the place for one's self to just be one's self. Maybe that's a little heady. I'm talking about making space to be your self. Not anyone else's definition of you, not anyone else's expectation of you, just you. You're neruodivergent? A space to be neurodivergent. You're queer in a straight cis mans world? A space to be queer. You're quiet? A space to be quiet.

We all need space to be ourselves. If we don't have this space, we fall into a rude idea. An idea that is forced and not our own. Sometimes we have to, sometimes we have to conform to others standards, we have to act in ways to please others and stay safe ourselves. This is totally normal and ok. Conforming is not all bad, and in a lot of cases it's really helpful and 100% necessary to get by in a world that's not built for you.

But don't forget you need a place for you to be just you too. <3

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Self-Efficacy

A person's belief in their own ability to preform a task, or to go through with an idea from start to finish successfully.

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Moved my things into the new digs today. It'll be fun to see how it evolves!