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NEXT WEEK I’m doing a virtual TEEN LIVE Author Talk with @nypl @nyplteens 🗣📚 We’ll be talking about The Dark Matter of Mona Starr, mental wellness, and creative practices. All teens invited!🌠 Plus it will also be broadcasted live in-person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Libary’s Teen Center where there will be a special secret Artner surprise…🤫 More info & free registration is in my blog, link in bio.👈 . . . #newyorkpubliclibrary #authortalk #teenlive #lauraleegulledge #thedarkmatterofmonastarr #comics #graphicnovel #yalit #graphicmedicine #mentalhelath #wellness #creativepractice #librarycrush (at NYPL The New York Public Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVOfD-xlZpe/?utm_medium=tumblr

NEW ART! 💙Making & holding space in my life for the unknown sometimes makes me feel "lacking” if I compare myself to others. 🕳 So I decided to reframe the empty begging bowl as a BEARING BOWL instead.⭐️ For me this means visions, the gifts I receive and then offer back to the world. But I also really love how the bowl here can represent the womb. 💧As I was drawing, the tail suddenly appeared and I became a mermaid--which was both a pleasant surprise and yet not a surprise at all! 🧜‍♀️ Mermaids to me are those who swim in the river of consciousness, so this one's especially for all you magically gifted women out there.🙏 (This is made with colored pencil & gouache, cut-out & layered so there's a wonderful 3-D effect with the river recessed.) . . . #art #illustration #gouache #lauraleegulledge #personalart #coloredpencil #3dayartwork #quickvision #selfportrait #riverofconsciousness #rivermaiden #arttherapy #visionaryart #offering #giftme #bearingbowl #possibility #joyfulservant #cosmicmermaid https://www.instagram.com/p/CQMngBJleyk/?utm_medium=tumblr

…and here’s the final page of HIKE BREAK! 🏃‍♀️🍃I hope you all enjoyed my new contemplative comic experiment this week as I try new things both artistically and in how I present the work. Perhaps I should explore this topic more?? Hmm…🤔 (I don’t have this available in print form but you can read it all together in my blog, link in bio) 🌿 . . . #hikebreak #comic #graphicmedicine #contemplativecomic #lauraleegulledge #autobiocomics #blueink #graphicnovelstyle #selfcare #singingtothetrees #rivannarivertrail #naturelover #hiking #getoutside (at Rivanna Trail, C-ville) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP_y9SQI8ng/?utm_medium=tumblr

HIKE BREAK page #4 interacts with nature through movement and imagination, two of my favorite languages to connect.⚡️👣🌿For walking the same path again & again never gets old when you let yourself really SEE all the layers of life unfolding around you. 👀✨ . . #hikebreak #comic #lauraleegulledge #mindfulhiking #keepitsimple #naturelovers #dancingwithtrees #woodwideweb #mycelium #walkingwithancestors #monacanland #virginia #roots #vision #gpfrequency #gratefultobehere https://www.instagram.com/p/CP9Jfc4FefK/?utm_medium=tumblr

Open the magic door and you’ll find... COMIC ZINES! 🌈🌟*Limited* free copies are available at @thebridgepai in the awesome RAD PRESS boxes (shown off here by @coco.1.1.1 ) plus they’re available for purchase around town with Artner Allies @telegraphcomics @bowerbirdbakeshop @thevirginiashop @jbirdsupply @mcguffeyartcenter @lodgercville as well as through my blog (link in bio).👈 . . . #minicomic #comiczine #selfpublish #minibooks #lauraleegulledge #charlottesville #charlottesvilleart #radpress #freepress #smallpress #spreadlove #shareyourstory #artforall #thebridgepai #wearethebridge (at The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative) https://www.instagram.com/p/CN3PJkTFUWA/?igshid=bdudcvhjk6m1

Book baby family outing! 😋💕Feeling extra proud of Mona because she’s been nominated for the Black-Eyed Susan Book Award by the Maryland Association of School Librarians.🌟 What an honor! So grateful for the librarian love...as well as these fun pics from a lil’ shoot earlier this week with @annafoxryan 🙌 . . . #thedarkmatterofmonastarr #lauraleegulledge #bookbabies #bookmama #familyouting #authorlife #booklove #blackeyedsusanbookaward #masl #maryland #schoollibrarians #librariansrock https://www.instagram.com/p/CNvc30VFKfX/?igshid=sa4mlllg22cr

Presenting GOOD GRIEF, my new (mini) comic exploring the (big) topic of grief. For there’s been a lot to grieve this past year on many levels, so I thought I’d try processing some of my feelings in cartoon form. ✍️💕The two-page spreads are chopped up sharing in this format, so I’m also including a flip-through of the printed version so you can see how those look. ENJOY! 😋💭(And YES the title & cover are a nod to Charlie Brown heh) . . . #goodgrief #lauraleegulledge #comic #comiczine #minicomic #blueink #charliebrowninspired #autobiocomics #grief #grieving #movingon #lettinggo #healing #loveheals #covidcreations #quarantineart #introspectionalert https://www.instagram.com/p/CNs0lfxlplY/?igshid=1pl9q6009hnax

🎉BIG (little) NEWS: my new comic zines are AVAILABLE NOW locally and online!🎀 This series was made the past year in quarantine and have been a fun & healing experiment exploring a range of topics from Artnership to grief to slice-of-life. 🌈✨I’m also excited to share the Artner ally spaces around town where you can find them—like @thevirginiashop run by Will & Whit musical Artner @tifdsmith who was our original Aunt Ella! 💖I’ll be sharing more info here (like my cute MAP) but if you want to see the full scoop & purchasing info you can check out my blog, link in bio.👈 . . . #minicomics #comiczines #comics #lauraleegulledge #selfpublishing #babybooks #covidcreations #charlottesville #artnerlove #selfcare #dearsadme #movingagain #loveisforgiving #wealthworth #goodgrief #covidmoments #newrelease #hotoffthepress (at The Virginia Shop) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnztqoF3My/?igshid=vq8ea2tmn3nv