Lisa Kellogg

When i was a kid, i hated the sound of my alarm clock. Hmm, i don’t think i’ve ever heard of anyone who loves the sound of their alarm. Maybe the president of an alarm company or an alarm clock designer? Before i was old enough to go to school, i would wake to the

Sometimes as i draw, it becomes busy and starts to get muddled. i think i’m headed there with this one. So i drew again, intentionally aiming for a simplified more abstract variation. Stream write: Shelf . Shelf, a place to set things in some sort of order, books, papers, objects have a form to them,

Day 173 of daily drawing. i am aiming for 365. As i consider the frequency of this blog, i have learned there is a way to tailor it so you don’t have to get it in your mailbox everyday, even when i post a drawing everyday. i haven’t learned how to do that yet. i

When i finished this drawing i thought the letters in the center looked a little like Dream and it spurred another stream write. Dream Fan, a magic fan, when turned on to rest in front of, with its gently cooling breeze, wonderful wild and fun imagined worlds enter your mind through your skin as its

Angel wing stream: . Angel wing, is it a plant leaf or an actual angel wing? The part of an angel, if you believe in angels, that lets you know there’s an angel around you, to see their wings. i imagine if angels are real and not just metaphors, they are mysterious beings that skirt

Contexts have impact. When i was posting in The Creative’s Workshop participant message boards, it was a pretty safe space, only other participants and coaches. At first it was uncomfortable and then i got used to posting daily drawings, even ones i wasn’t crazy about. Some of my inner judging parts had to be convinced

Today i’m adding in a stream write. A slightly edited auto write session. i like to call them streams as it seems to invite a continuous flow of writing more than automatic writing does. Heat yes, i feel the heat both physically it’s in the 80s and humid steamy heat, and the pressure cooker heat

i feel challenged today as i’m about to travel. It seems harder for me to settle, focus, draw… Is it really or is that a story i tell myself?