THE JOURNAL

Letters from the studio.

Notes on slow making, the people we make for, and the small rituals that hold a life together.

  • Let the Magic in

    JOURNAL · MAY 19, 2026

    Let the Magic in

    Let the magic in. Leave room for it. Magic is searching for you, even while you worry it may never...

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  • Why do we react like this?

    JOURNAL · MAY 05, 2026

    Why do we react like this?

    Hi, I keep writing these newsletters because it feels like a way to stay alive inside my own experience.  I...

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  • Finding Strength in Vulnerability

    JOURNAL · MAY 05, 2026

    Finding Strength in Vulnerability

    Hi, Every life leaves a wake. This is the nature of passion, inspiration, heartbreak, and error, the residue of choices...

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  • SLOW down

    MORAL CENTER · FEB 14, 2026

    SLOW down

    Hello from Hell,   I wish I were joking. I’m writing this the morning after eating some questionable lettuce at...

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  • Onward We go - Late Sunday Afternoon

    FAMILY GREW · JAN 04, 2026

    Onward We go

    Happy New Year.   Not in the fireworks-and-resolution sense.More in the blink-and-suddenly-it’s-gone sense. This year moved fast. Faster than I...

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  • YOU-GET-WHAT-YOU-GIVE Late Sunday Afternoon

    CHICAGO · DEC 14, 2025

    YOU GIVE WHAT YOU GET

    THANK YOU, CHICAGO!!! This is a love letter to you. I want you to know how deeply you warmed my...

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