Sketchnotes – Organizational Anti-Racism Practices
This week, I attended a really thoughtful session through the University of Alberta on Organizational Anti-Racism Practices. The session was created and hosted by Angelique Bulosan and Julian Wilson. Here are the sketchnotes from that session. Sketchnote Explainer Angelique introduced a new ...
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Winter Sunset Linocuts – Art Prints and Cards
One of the things I love about both the prairies and the mountains are the sunsets. They provide me with such solace and hope. One day, I was driving down the QE2 highway between Edmonton and Calgary and I had a brainwave for a set of linocuts. They are one part my prairie upbringing and the other part ...
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Baker Lake in Banff National Park
This past summer, we went hiking up to Baker Lake. It's a hiking area near the infamous Skokie Lodge in Banff National Park. Our three day hiking trip started with a challenge - a huge rainfall after 3 weeks of wildfire smoke from B.C. We got 5mm of rain throughout the whole day and everything, ...
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2021 Reading Review and Favourite Titles – “Self-help doesn’t help”
Pandemics aren't good for much but it has been good for my reading levels. This is the second year in a row that I've read 50 books or more. Every time there is a change in pandemic restrictions, I find I have a little panic and go straight into looking for books to read, either from the library or ...
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Creative Interventions – Collage Self Portrait
At work, I like to organize a fun meeting called "Creative Interventions" to keep our creativity muscles in good shape. I got the idea from an article by Gil Gershoni. They are completely voluntary and we have about 4 meetings per season. We've done them since Fall 2020 while working from home and ...
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Leaning Into Your Curiosity – The Way In Podcast
I was a guest on The Way In to Fulfillment and Joy - a podcast hosted by my friend Morgan Cox. She and I have been artistic collaborators for years and I was so happy to have a long chat with her about curiosity, art, well-being, and confidence. I also talk about my Sober Summer comic, recalibrating my ...
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Going (virtually) to TCAF 2021
TCAF 2021 Poster by Cole Pauls Have you heard of TCAF? I hadn't until I discovered the comic book world. It's the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) and it is like THE gathering place for Canadian cartoonists/illustrators and publishers... maybe even North America. Especially, for Indie comics. I ...
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