Some recent stuff….
Read MoreHappy New Year
It’s been a while since I last posted, about a year and half. As I said I would in my last post, I took some time off…from everything. A lot has happened. But, I am still here. So, moving onwards, a couple of pics. One the first illustration of the year, and the other…a project of sorts. Happy new year everyone, peace and love to you all. Lorrie xx
Read MoreTabula Rasa
A clean slate. I started off the year with some big ideas and intentions, and life took over. I took a big break from social media, specifically my website, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, though stayed relatively active on Twitter as that has mostly a political focus for me rather than artistic. However, I am done with Twitter for the moment as it’s so toxic. I plan by the end of the year to delete my Facebook profile altogether, as I have a ghost account to maintain my art page. Eleven years of Facebook is long enough, and it’s become a dull and vacuous wasteland.
Read MoreFabulous Women Prt. 1
In a week that has thoroughly pissed me off with living in a country that seems to value only what is young, new and happening, with its insidious, invidious ageist youth culture, and one that has reduced one of my oldest friends, who was always the most vibrant and vivacious woman ever I knew, to now feel irrelevant and ‘invisible’, I thought it was time to redress the balance and to do a post illustrating that you don’t need to be under 30 to be fabulous. In fact, some of the most fabulous women out there are well over 60, and here are some!
Read More2018 Creative Challenges
I blogged very little last year, or the year before that. Few other artists I know blog as much as they used to, and some only use their blog/journal sections now as a ‘news’ conduit. In truth, I now read far fewer blogs than I used to. More people are posting on Instagram using long form writing in their captions, and sites like Medium are attracting those who want a wider audience for their articles.
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