The Storialist Turns Four

It’s strange and wonderful to think that I’ve been posting every weekday since July of 2008:

July 2008
July 2009
July 2010
July 2011

I wanted to you let know that you (readers, writers, artists, creative thinkers, bloggers, supporters) are part of the reason I’ve kept at it. Making art is not very glamorous. It is dirty and painful and tedious and frustrating and scary and draining. But, as we also know, it is also transcendent, generous, compassionate, healing.

Thank you for reading.

To my fellow makers of art (in any medium or genre): thank you for the beauty that you put into this world. Keep doing it.

The Storialist Turns Three

Three years ago, I started The Storialist. Since then, I've been posting poems (and multimedia experiments!) every weekday. Here's The Storialist on July 20 in:
2008
2009
2010

You probably know by now that I am rather sentimental. For today's Storialist-linked artist, I revisited an early muse.

I feel so lucky that you are reading this--more than ever, I'm so appreciative of my readers, the artists and writers I've met here (look at my updated blogroll to see some of their work!), my friends, my family. Thank you to everyone in my daily life who asks about my writing or reads my work or encourages me (especially you, oh husband o'mine!).

To anyone who is considering writing or making art: Yes. Start right now.
To anyone who is creative and shares what they make with the world: Yes. More, please!

Thank you. Yes, you. You inspire me.