HaikuCat Creations

  Does every creative person have a pile of projects that were started but never finished tucked away in some unseen corner (or many corners)? Maybe it’s just a sign of a mind that’s always churning with ideas or with enthusiasm for the next new thing. Or maybe it’s undiagnosed ADHD, I don’t know. All I know for sure is that I recently decided I wanted to tackle the monumental task of cleaning and organizing my art and craft supplies and in doing so I came across several projects of that sort of my own.  There’s a simultaneous feeling of both excited discovery and disappointment in myself whenever this happens. It’s one part “oh wow, I forgot about this one, can’t wait to get back to it!” and one part “damn, it’s been 3 years, Stephanie, where is your ability to see things through?” I think, overall, it’s better for my mental health to entertain the former sentiment and let go of the latter. Regardless, I made a decision that I was going to make good on all my former starts an...

 I think it's traditional to say how long it's been since you last posted whenever there's a long period between posts. It's been more than a year. I would apologize, but why? I want to focus this entry on my art goals for the year and how things are going with that so far (one month in). But first, just to touch base with the last post I made, I am still in college at ASU (Online). I'm currently taking a Spanish class and a Creative Writing (non-fiction, sadly) class. I am on track to graduate at the end of this year, as long as the classes I need/want are available when I need them to be. So that's that. For better or for worse I've kind of attached my art goals to Instagram posting. See, I've slacked off on posting to Instagram regularly every since I started back at school. Partly because school was keeping me busy but also because when it came to Instagram, I just wasn't feeling it. It felt like a losing game in too many ways. But I'm not en...