Jessie

New Year, New Piece

Because I was working on my Christmas album for the last couple months of 2017, I haven’t learned any new “real” piano pieces in a long time. The last piece I learned was Chopin’s Prelude in A Major (listen), and that was months ago. SO! I am now back on the classical music/official piano repertoireContinue reading “New Year, New Piece”

Watercolor Pencils

Despite my claim in my last blog (that Christmas for me isn’t about presents but presence), I got quite a haul of creative goodies this year! Brian’s parents, BJ and Mike, were particularly gracious in getting me Arches watercolor paper, two Winsor & Newton Series 7 kolinsky sable brushes, and a Daniel Smith watercolor dotContinue reading “Watercolor Pencils”

Since I’ve been GOOOOOOOOONE! Pt. II

As promised, here is week two of my past few months of 2017 retrospective. You can read Part I, here. Here are some photographs from my various travels in 2017. Some of these shots are continuations of experiences that I documented, here. Other shots are essentially color redos of shots I’ve taken before. Still otherContinue reading “Since I’ve been GOOOOOOOOONE! Pt. II”

Chronicles of a Creative Christmas

Despite completely abandoning my Saturday blog posts (and without even a note saying goodbye, tsk tsk), December was a creative month for me. It was also an insanely-busy-but-don’t-get-caught-in-the-holiday-stress-and-modern-day-grinchyness sort of month. I relied on creativity to keep focused on the real reason for the season, which isn’t Christ for me, or presents, but PRESENCE, theContinue reading “Chronicles of a Creative Christmas”

Since I’ve been GOOOOOOOOONE! Pt. I

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! I AM BACK! I did a lot of creating during my blogging hiatus! Over the next few weeks I will show you all what I got into the last few months of 2017! It was LIT! Or, at least lit adjacent . . . First things first! My major project overContinue reading “Since I’ve been GOOOOOOOOONE! Pt. I”

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!

By the time y’all read this, I will have had my tree up for nine days. However, I have been solidly in the Christmas spirit since mid-October. CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!! SPARKLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last year, I decided to make Christmas my favorite holiday. So, I got FULLY IN THE SPIRIT and put up a Christmas tree! I wentContinue reading “O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!”

Seattle Art Museum Musings

I was in Seattle last week and spent an afternoon in the Seattle Art Museum (SAM). This was the first time I’d visited an art museum in at least a decade. Let me be upfront: the art world often confuses and intimidates me. While I can ruminate forever on definitions of creativity, the word “art” isContinue reading “Seattle Art Museum Musings”

That time law ruined my creative flow…

So, in the shenanigan that is my life, work has taken over completely. Though the next couple months will provide me with ample opportunity to grow professionally (e.g. my first trial . . . in front of a judge . . . in an actual courtroom . . . with an actual client . .Continue reading “That time law ruined my creative flow…”

Under Water: Community Art Project

Below you will find the creations we received for our inaugural Community Art Project! Projects are shown in the order we received them to ensure absolute 100% unbiased presenting, so congratulations to Mike for being our earliest contributor and thus getting the not-previously-coveted-but-perhaps-now-coveted cover spot on the front page. We loved seeing how each ofContinue reading “Under Water: Community Art Project”

Vision Needed

Right now I am working on a secret project.* I am on draft 17,000,000 of a part of my project (not even the whole project!) because I can’t decide how I want to move forward. I am continually tweaking and then changing my opinions on the tweaks. I am a pretty indecisive person generally (IContinue reading “Vision Needed”