Mal Chick Art

Quote of the Note: “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” Scott Adams, creator of cartoon strip, Dilbert Hey Reader, My ‘guilty pleasure’ is self-help books. After a recent torrent of self-help consumption, I’ve recognized a pattern in myself: the pursuit of self-improvement is my most effective and insidious form of procrastination. Self-reflection makes me feel productive (my number one addiction) and it allows me to extend that blissful no...

Quote of the Note: “Wabi Sabi Spiritual Values: All things are impermanent…All things are imperfect… All things are incomplete.” Wabi Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren Hey Reader, This sculpture is 13 years in the making. I was 19 years old and a freshman in college when I learned the term “Kintsugi.” I fell in love with its meaning and got it tattooed onto my left bicep. Kintsugi is a pottery technique rooted in the Wabi Sabi philosophy*. It is when a...

Quote of the Note: “Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught.“ Leslie Feinberg (Author of Stone Butch Blues) Hey Reader, Welcome to the very first edition of my newsletter! I’ve been hesitant to start this because it feels very intimidating. Sharing my art is one thing, but putting the thoughts and emotions behind that art in writing? Well that’s a whole different beast. But here it goes… I’ve always felt drawn to the human figure, be it athletically,...