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Today I finally felt like I’ve “arrived” because I passed my NY Master’s Social Work Boards. Now, I’m focusing on how I can combine art and social work. 💫This grassy green page was a quick and easy tape transfer to keep record of today’s milestone. I’ll be teaching the technique at my art class at this Saturday. Come by if you want to learn the technique! 💫 I also have a painting up at on view until Nov 18. 💫

September 2009. (4/4) Inkjet photos, acrylic, gouache, markers, colored pencils, pencils and pens.

I saw a documentary of an artist in front a huge canvas. They paused and applied a red line in the middle and stepped back speculating, and then satisfied. The final painting didn't even end up with the red line in it. In my head, the artist was accepting this is the way and the path to follow through with.

My favorite art pieces have a moment in the piece with a mark or brush stroke who's beauty hits me like a knock to my funny bone. It'd be cool to be able to paint something like that.

Sometimes, I'm working in my journal doing all sorts of nonsense (as you should know by now, a lot of fingerprinting). Then there's a moment where you make a mark and you're like "gooaaalll" like it's the super bowl. That's what drawing those red and purple scratchy lines felt like.

It gets kind of addicting. I used to be really hard on myself and interrogate, "why aren't you making more superbowls, Christine?"

Nowadays, I say Silence You Inner Critic You! That pressure won't be the reason I'm not making any "superbowls" in my visual journal or artwork... It'll be because of the fingerprinting. 😋