Author: satsumaart

Creating, thinking, writing, drawing, painting, loving, living.

Red blossoms at the gates of history!

Returning to the topic of memoir, I consider the pitfalls of writing a Chinese or Chinese American memoir.

A book on painting skin tones inspires me to try two color studies and create my best self-portrait to date.

In today's discussion-based Open Mic, let's talk about creativity and how it shows up in our lives.

I reflect on society's young-tall-white-and-thin ideal as it affects myself and my art.

I look carefully at my computer-use patterns, and realize the food police do double-duty as work police. Who knew?

Today's discussion-centered Open Mic asks us about our challenges.

I add a standing call for Open Mic guest posts to the top navigation menu of the blog.