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There is a very sweet dog who has shown up in my yard 3 times in the past 48 hours. I'm familiar with this dog. He has visited several times before. …

Grief is purple. 

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I wasn't into the whole Alt/Grunge thing when it came around in the 90s.

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The cool thing about making art that's inspired by music is that I am always one web search away from discovering a new favorite song. 

As I create more themed collections of my art, I am provided with more and more opportunities to explore bands and singers I have overlooked in the past, sometimes with delightful results. 

And sometimes not. 

I am very much a creature of habit when it comes to my music. 

This makes a certain sense, in a way. Visually for me…

When do we become "real" artists?

This is a question even many long established artists sometimes struggle with. After all, it's not like the Blue Fairy is going to come tap us with her wand and declare us real. (On the upside, it also means she isn't going to come hex us for bopping little field mice on the head, but you probably shouldn't do that, anyway. Mice are, after all, an essential part of nature.)

But seeing as we lack any kind of official ceremony or…

There's an old tv trope I've seen play out many times over the years. 

An anxious woman, a calm and practical salt-of-the-earth type man.  She's pacing. He's sitting at a table with a sandwich. 

"How can you eat at a time like this?" she asks. 

He shrugs and points out that not eating isn't going to fix whatever problem they're facing. Then, for a laugh, he'll ask if they have any mustard. 

And the age old battle of the sexes wages on. 

Is she neurotic…