Ashley Sue focuses on building her own artistic spirit through playing with media and looking for inspiration.
Another year has passed away, and a new year bursting forth. This could mean nothing less than time for reflections, reevaluations, and cliches about “another year gone, and a fresh new year here”. Except, this time, I decided maybe Marc and I should approach our resolutions differently this year. All the years before (when I have coerced Marc into formulating some sort of trite list), we accumulate a half-hour’s worth of ideas onto a...
Who Are You? Who do you want to be? I ask you not to confuse this with what you do. If your initial reaction was to answer with your profession, I ask you to rethink yourself. Granted, what you do can be a tell-tale indication of your nature. Then again, it may not. Your career, however, is not who you are. Most of my closest friends are certainly not defined by their profession, though...
I have several projects going on right now, and a fabulous company I am working toward working for. With everything going on, I am planning a personal “blog challenge” for this site. Blog challenge. That seems to be what the cool kids are calling it on the web these days. Thirty days. Thirty posts. Each post pre-planned. This very much is not my style, but at the same time, I figure it may challenge...
(Post Subtitle: How Useless Can My College Degree Be?) Mes Amis, If you could wake up tomorrow, and your life could be what you wanted to make of it, what would it look like? Without the ever-closer wedding looming, but instead happily behind me and full of joyful memories, I have time to think again. Maybe dwell is a more accurate word. I look at the house and all the work we need to...
Dear Hopeless, Trapped, or Confused, If you feel lost professionally, or even personally, maybe this question can help you figure out more about who you are: What are your top three dream jobs, real or completely made up? No judging yourself. No looking at my answers until you think of your own. No second guessing your gut. Trust me, it would be easy to think, “Shouldn’t I shoot for something loftier?” I made the...
A while back when this was my Twitter and FB profile pic, a friend and colleague questioned, “I don’t get it. What’s with the purple hands?” Honestly, I never dignified her comment. This friend knows me well, and I revel in creative expression. Paint on my hands should be expected rather than second-guessed. Besides, in the words of Judy Chicago, “You shouldn’t have to justify your work.”* I love my hands. Take a moment...
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