Bright Little Things

Dear Friends,

It's been just an emotionally exhausting week. Nothing major happened in external terms, but things got pretty intense in therapy and that has taken a lot of my energy. I'm so grateful for the space to do this work, but it is not easy sometimes. 

Today when I came out of my second therapy session in three days it was like my body and mind hit a wall and said, "Alright. That was craziness. Dude, We have GOT to slow it down now. Let's just chill for a sec, OK?"

Hm. Did not know that my subconscious talks like a surfer dude from some cheesy TV show, but hey--it's therapy--I'm learning all KINDS of new things about myself!

My Freelance Journey: Goodbye Fancy Website

The minute I announced I was a freelancer, I felt the pressure to create a rad, sleek website. Sheldon and I spent hours and hours making www.lucyrosetillcampbell.com. On the site I had most of the basic things you expect from an artist's website: An About Me Section, a portfolio of my art, a contact page and I also had a place for people to sign up for my zine-selling business. 

Crying During Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse

Whew. That was weird. I just started tearing up while watching the movie Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse. I got to the scene where Peter Parker dies and Miles Morales buys a tacky costume from a shop owner, who is actually played by Stan Lee, the creator of the original Spider-man comics. There's an emotional song playing in the background. Miles, who has just started having Spidey powers and is feeling really scared and lonely asks, "Can I return it if it doesn't fit?" Stan/the shopkeeper says with a knowing look, "It always fits...eventually."

Some Changes

Dear Friends,

In my last post I mentioned how this blog feels like a safe space to me. I feel like I can be myself here and I won't run into judgement. But as soon as I wrote that I started to question whether I really do feel the ability to be vulnerable here. I have found it hard to write posts recently.

For a few weeks I had a good streak going where I was keeping up with my Friday series on freelancing, but once again I stopped. At first I just blamed my own laziness, and while I still don't rule that out, I have been wondering if another answer might be at the root of why I haven't felt able to post right now.