- held a kick ass zoom party for my 42nd birthday with friends from all over the world performing and showing art, since I never had a 40th party
- did several paintings including this new one from September 2021
- performed a few songs live at the Armory with Parama and Steve
- helped elect a new president
- high school reunion on zoom
- many zooms events for Jam’n Java and Soulkore open mics
- hosted 2 more zoom open mic art parties, all successful
- found a record bookcase in the trash and collected records to fill it
- designed 22 major arcana tarot cards
- worked on designing web site Wicked Cliche Art and Books, including page for creative friends
- learned web site marketing techniques to get the site seen
- picked out and framed 25 old drawings and 25 old photos for a 2 part art show with 2 successful in person shows
- did some political activism, mostly fighting for accessibility in the local art community (Sign a petition to help save Out Of the Blue Gallery)
- wrote “I Write the System” (autobiography)
- wrote and illustrated “Be The Best You” (children’s book)
- started major rewrite on the godchild (memoir trilogy)
- designed a cover for my book
- learned about amazon advertising and other ways to get my book seen
- had stickers and business cards made
- hand-made hundreds of stickers including a couple I put on a utility box over racist graffiti
- sent out over 100 press kit announcements
- did several paintings
- designed and sold t-shirts and other merch
- bought art from a few friends
- created a home gallery
- did major cleaning
- put several pieces of furniture together
- edited “I Write the System” 17 times
- wrote query letters to about 75 publishers
- got a bite on my book from a publisher but would have taken months to years so I decided to self publish again
- found, created, and cooked new recipes
- lost 50 pounds
- visited with koda
- went swimming
- walked in the woods
- went to Robin’s Farm Park to take photos
- went to the graffiti spot a few times
- created new digital art
- sold a couple pictures and some stickers
- participated in a spirituality group
- practiced meditation
- broke up with a sort of toxic boyfriend
- better learned how I want to be treated
- talked to a friend about maybe wanting to know them better
- wrote a few songs and poems, including a poem about “The Godchild”
- spoke up about mistreatment in a number of health care and housing situations
- had my apartment inspected and rejected several times and dealt with the fear of having to move, which would have been a huge downgrade most likely if not homeless
- visited my parents a few times
- made many new friends
- saw a few good movies and shows including “Ma Rainy’s Black Bottom”, “Kid90”, “Disclosure”, “Legend of Korra”, “Summer Of Soul”, “His Dark Materials”, “Cobra Kai”, “13th”, “Da 5 Bloods”, and now trying “Sweet Tooth”
- tried all kinds of new delivery places I loved
- learned to start wearing masks or face shields when i went places despite the anxiety attacks
- got vaccinated
- dealt with severe mental health symptoms and all kinds of extreme stress, daily triggers, and so on, and I am still here
- started learning keyboard and got a little better at bass
- published two books
