a seat at the dinner table, 2024, woodcut on kozo

8 x 10.5 in.

i haven't done digital art in a while--it's not that i gave up on it, it's more that i stumbled into taking a ceramics class and then was subsequently peer pressured into doing a visual arts associates degree. i've done crazy amounts of ceramics, drawing, oil painting, printmaking, and vector art since then, and even took on a student job in curating a hallway art gallery at the school. i'll work to post my art soon.

i don't know what's in store for me art-wise, in the future. i love, LOVE art, so much. it's my therapy, my gateway to community, my intellectual stimulation, my love. but i know that it's not a sustainable future for me: an art business is out of the question, and i'm not sure about an MFA yet. i considered pursuing something in archaeology, but the thought of writing a thesis and staying in academia sounds devastating. hopefully i can find a job with my environmental science degree. really, i'm just at a crossroads between four things i love most (throw wildlife conservation in the ring!!), and needing to decide which path to go down. i think i need to take time to evaluate why an art MFA sounds so scary to me.