Yeah that’s true 😵‍💫 damn is it difficult to function in this society

Hey Mat ;-; shit has been so hard lately. You always know what to say and I appreciate you. There is a ton of grey and nothing is ever straight forward. Objectivity can’t negate subjectivity- they both must exist at the same time.

Things and still recognize the bad at the same time. Pat will not have much time left on this earth but I will surely carry these things with me until I can’t anymore. Love doesn’t have to be one way or the other. Love is complex.

I appreciate the trips we had with her, the dirty marble games, the Maine summer days at the cottage, the lobster dinners, the repeated views of The Princess Bride, her booming laughter, the strolls around the Florida retirement park, and all her little phrases (YESSAH!). We can keep the good…

A woman who does love us and wants the best for us despite how she has shown it. She’s never had a tenderness to her. Tough as nails and all hard edges. I’ve learned a lot from her and I’ve learned a lot about letting go of things to be in the here and now. I appreciate her generosity…

That even if a person has a cruel core personality, it doesn’t mean that they haven’t done good things in their life for other people. My grandma is a complicated woman. Shes not the same as she was back then - she’s frail and 88 and afraid. I have to view her as a different woman now..

… even if those things are true. But as I’ve been exploring the dualities of life, you can criticize people and still not want them to suffer at the same time. Family is so complicated. Elderly care is a web of problems and solutions that is so messy I can’t even wrap my head around it. I am seeing

My grandma was admitted to the ICU after hitting her face in the night. She is MAGA, and I’ve had a very hard time with her cruelness, beliefs, political views, and abuse put onto my mother. I’ve had a hard time with who she is and when this happened, I regretted the things I’ve said about her…

I’m happy to see my perfume “advertisement” getting some attention 🤣 thank you 🙏🏻

I felt this

One of my favorite simple collages with digital illustration ✂️ sometimes I will make a physical collage with some space around it, scan it, and draw on it in ProCreate! Always experiment and use the tools around you to play with your art 🌟
#collage #mixedmedia #eastcoastkin #blueskyartist #artwork

Ah well. I’m poor and don’t see Japan in my near future 😅 but I love sushi, ramen, chicken katsu, takoyaki.. I’m a sucker for most Japanese foods

Heheh exactly

Thank you 🥺 us artists have hearts on our sleeves and it’s never a bad thing. This is how we view the world and with a sensitive lens, we can really zoom in and appreciate things in a way that others miss.

I do like food and hidden gems 🌟

Ayy thanks! I really loved my time in Shibuya. I always wish I could go back 💯

A lot of my art is an expression of the person I want to be or the person I am inside. I have no shame in sharing that I cry, am a mess, have anxiety, and have a yearning to be stronger. Bolder. Braver. Art is not my cry for attention, but a form of therapy and it has helped me deeply.

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The Scent of F*ck Off - self portrait about marketing products designed “for women”
#selfportrait #fujifilm #classicmono #bnwphotography #portraitphotography #eastcoastkin

Yes one day we wake up to a president threatening genocide and the next minute there’s a “ceasefire” - nothing makes sense and I see the unpredictability of it all. We can see some things coming but we can also be thrown off at any given moment. This includes justice as well..

the abstract portrait disaster · after the collision with the elephant

#markokoeppe #art #kunst #analogart #handmade #collage #abstract #outsiderart #collageart #contemporary #paperart #mixedmedia #color #doubt #anarchy #blueskycollage #cutandpaste #the_truth_is_dead

You have any advice to a budding activist? 😅

My job is like that 😢

Yes 🙌 we need retired people to keep the momentum, plan and organize, contribute ideas/wisdom from what my generation (millennials) and younger haven’t lived through AND we need young energy, perspective, power, and numbers. We need each other.

There absolutely should be a safety net 😬 AND exceptions to the rule.. support local business. Stay educated and organize at the same time. Support your neighbors. Don’t evict people for being late on rent because they made the sacrifice not to work and give back instead. Shame ppl aren’t protected.

10/ My friend added another valid point:

People losing their jobs and homes and healthcare will even be more at a disadvantage to fight back and have less power.

9/ but I do know that asking people to take the day off, risking everything in a day, and rally and march and return to business as usual the next day is not going to hit the pillars of power the way we want it to. I’m on the fence! Help me out here!

8/ I think that we should protect political resistance. I think we should provide funding to the people who can’t lose it. I think landlords and companies should allow a grace period. I think we need to put pressure on the right places. THEN the rest will follow. I’m no politician, idk how to do it

7/ those at the top. Those at the top will not even break a sweat from people’s one day off from shopping and working. People need to be paid to live. This is capitalism at its finest. So what the fuck do we do?