Category: Writing

What I’m Thinking Now: My Body Already Knows How to Move

satsumaart's avatar 30 September 2019

I love to move. So why is it so hard to make myself do it?

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An adult and a kid's hand next to each other, both with a cat hand stamp

What I’m Thinking Now: Second Week of Preschool

satsumaart's avatar 18 September 2019

Preschool has begun. Before this, I had a vague understanding that the start of the school year meant parents got …

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A light-skinned person takes a mirror selfie in a pane of glass so shattered their face is obscured

What I’m Thinking Now: Fundamental and Irrelevant

satsumaart's avatar 11 September 2019

On sharing central pieces of our identity.

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Double watercolor self-portrait of an Asian woman with very short hair and glasses

What I’m Thinking Now: Reclaiming Androgyny

satsumaart's avatar 6 September 2019

The person evolves, the look evolves.

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Toddler in a red sun hat

What I’m Thinking Now: Preschool Starts Soon, Part II

satsumaart's avatar 4 September 2019

Our first steps into co-op life.

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What I’m Thinking Now: Preschool Starts Soon, Part I

satsumaart's avatar 3 September 2019

It's really that time.

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Three-color ink sketch of a river in Alaska

What I’m Thinking Now: My Art Is Going “Nowhere” and I’m OK with That

satsumaart's avatar 31 August 2019

Sometimes I feel like I need to seize any creative momentum I can get. Other times I know I need …

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