Radiant Rebellion is around reclaiming aging. I am not a worrier over aging so I wasn’t sure I should request this book but I have read books by and taken classes from Karen before and I knew there would be wisdom here I’d appreciate. And I was right.
This book is full of stories, wisdom, insight, and practical steps you can take. But what I appreciate the most is how much Karen encourages you to go within and to be intentional with your life. She had great journaling questions to help the reader do her own exploration.
Loved this one.
with gratitude to edelweiss and Broadleaf Books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
I loved this book. I love Lange’s writing and I love this character-driven story of a family trying to make things work as each of them hides fears and secrets and are battling their own daemons as they look out for each other. Loved it.
Wow what an unusual book this was. I don’t really even know what to say about it without spoiling anything. Let’s just say John meets a woman in a cafe who turns out to be more enigmatic than he originally thought. There’s a retired sumo wrestler and a peculiar dog.
There’s a future where deep fakes are so common that it’s causing regular disruptions in the world economy. There’s quantum coding. There’s so much in this unusual, interesting book that you’ll have to pick it up and check it out yourself.
with gratitude to Orenda Books and edelweiss for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
I seem to have liked this much less than most of the people. I thought it was good, just didn’t think it was great. Also didn’t love the ending. But others loved it more so i am the outlier on this one.
Sketching: it was pretty late and dark as I drew this one last night (the days are getting shorter ?) so it doesn’t have a lot of detail but I didn’t want to skip sketching two days in a row.
Lettering: just had a little fun with this one. It says “holding on is believing that there’s only a past. Letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” I loved the sentiment and I wanted balloons to represent letting go. Even though it looks like markers the balloons are painted with watercolor. I’m so grateful to @willa.wanders for her #loveyourimperfectletters class that really inspired me to practice lettering daily. I cannot recommend it enough.
Watercoloring: (gouaching really) a few weeks ago I bought a set of 6 @beampaints gouache set that came with some wonderful black paper that I kept seeing in my Instagram ads and I fell in love with them instantly. Last night, I challenged myself to paint a scene using only those paints. I only added the free deeper yellow they added as a present (!) and white/black. I love how pastel they are and I love the depth of the color. Doesn’t it look magical?
