Okay, I’m… fried. I have to turn my attention to more optimistic and hopeful things I should be doing so I can undermine and counteract all the horrible atrocities happening lately.

So I’m off to work on getting things listed on my wholesale site, so maybe my art can reach folks I can’t, and maybe they’ll feel a little bit of positivity and connection with others as they write pretty greeting cards.

So much that is happening is indefensible. And calling them out is just the beginning. So, in the face of that, I have to be proactive in the way only I can be proactive: my art.

Every act of hope is one of defiance. My acts aren’t the kind one can wield in overt ways. But unless we connect the dots for others and create a direct line of purpose from creator to creation, the point can sometimes be lost. My art is my defiance.

And maybe I’ll work on making some more obvious pieces. But for right now, I think we’ve lost our capacity to be empathetic, gentle, and respectful of each other. Power is not everything, much to the chagrin of most of our oligarchic authority figures.

Hope and dignity are small, and they’re the fuel for everything else.

Here’s a phone wallpaper to brighten your day.

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