Notes on Paul Simon /
Notes on Mr. Simon's concert: a list.
Read MoreStart Over Over and Over /
In the toughest time, going back to being a beginner can feel like a failure. Really, it's one of the greatest strengths man is capable of.
Read MoreDon't Choose Happiness /
The idea that happiness is something you should choose is damaging in a lot of ways. Luckily, there's an alternative.
Read MoreWhat Now? /
Summer is upon us, and you might deserve some rest. Take it where you can get it; but then get up and get back to work. This world needs you, and you need it right back.
Read MoreLast Days /
Live every last day like it is a day.
Read MoreHere Is What I Learned When I Drew All The Birds In North America /
I decided to draw every single bird in North America as my final graduate school project, and it taught me more than I thought possible.
Read MoreSavoring /
This is one of the busiest times of the years. Here's a suggestion on how to manage it.
Read MoreLike Me Like Me Like Me /
Everyone wants to be liked. There is nothing unique about that, or really wrong with it, either. But I’m beginning to realize that when I come home from a short party more exhausted than I feel after a long run, it’s because I am spending a lot of my energy performing.
Read MoreEveryone You Love In A Pile /
It can be alarmingly easy to forget how important it is to find a family.
Read MoreHow To Enough /
Some thoughts on what to do with that feeling that you need something more, something else; that something is going to satisfy an itch or a need or a hunger; but nothing ever does. It’s the thinking associated with, “I can’t stop doing this”; or, “Just one more, I swear.”
Read MoreThere Are Altogether Too Many Ways To Live A Better Life /
The trick actually has little to do with how you distribute your energy, and everything to do with how easily you can accept that you cannot do everything; and with how readily you can be gentle with yourself when it seems everyone else can. I
Read MoreThe Year of the Rooster /
On spending quite a lot of time with quite a small number of artworks you wouldn't normally see.
Read MoreNorman /
We got a new cat.
Read MoreYesterday, An Owl /
The most perfect possible bird ushered out this dark year and let me let go into the next one.
Read MoreA Christmas Kiss /
The longest love story of my life, resurrected every Christmas Eve.
Read MoreThis Belongs to the Famous Sophia Lucido Johnson, 1999 /
Eighth grade was the beginning of the rest of my life.
Read MoreThe Book of Jean /
Jean Baptiste Lucido Johnson Hoar de Galvan: November 2015 - December 2016.
Read MoreJohn is Very Sick /
One of our cats collapsed extremely suddenly last night. Things are still up in the air.
Read MoreProcess and Materials for Two Watercolors /
Three-step paintings.
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