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Dogs and cats

I brought two dogs into the relationship, my fiancée brought two cats. A piece about living with someone who’s wired differently than you. And what dogs and cats have to teach us about people.

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The garden

A metaphor from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy about pulling weeds versus planting. And what Buddhism has to do with it.

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This is not for me

Four interviews into a process I’d already mentally quit, I finally said no. A short reflection on job searching in a tough market and knowing when to walk away.

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Hello World!

A first post is never just a hello. It’s an act of commitment. Here’s why I built this place and what I hope to put in it.

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Lulu

My first reduction woodcut. I kept it deliberately simple, printed in black and magenta in an edition of three.

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Caminho

I planned this woodcut as a reduction print. Then I fell for the image after the first color and couldn’t bring myself to cut the block down.

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Banho de lua

A woodcut based on a drawing my fiancée made of herself. I turned it into a block and I’m still chasing the right shade of purple for the first edition.

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Lazy monk

A small colored pencil drawing, and one of my all-time favorites.

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That was just a dream

A dream that kept looping. A highway, a blast on the horizon, the decision to stop running, and waking back at the start, reset and at peace.