Celebrating the Birds & Bats of Malawi + New Art

Today’s update is all about the birds and bats of Malawi. As much as I love them, I don’t always want them in my studio or classroom… I just recently added two new drawn “minis” to my site. They include, Trio of Squeezies: Guinea Fowl and...

You’re Moving Where? All Roads Lead to Malawi

I’ve Come Undone   For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.”...

4 Simple Ways to Practice Mindfulness in the Classroom

This is a guest post by Johanna Cider, an Educator and Freelance Writer from Wellington, New Zealand. —   Image Source: Unsplash How to Cultivate Mindfulness in the Classroom For teachers as much as for students, the classroom can be a stressful place. It’s...

How Not Getting What I Wanted Made Me Happy

It’s the end of the world as we know it. It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.” -R.E.M.     On Losing and Reclaiming My Identity as an Artist and Educator   In April I wrote about the death of American University of...