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Work hard. Be nice.

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Lisa

A few years ago, I read this book — The Talent Code — about how our brains work and what it takes for us to get really-eally good at certain things. One of the chapters talked about a charter school … Continue reading →

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I painted my sister’s dog.

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Lisa

I made my sister a painting of her dog for her birthday.  This isn’t a great picture of the painting (I know it’s kind of blurry), because I forgot to take a good photo or scan it before I mailed … Continue reading →

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Robot painting: I am doing better.

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Lisa

A few years ago, I was going through a pretty big depression.  Sometimes when there’s too much going on in my head, I paint, and it helps.  Robots are sort of my default subject when I’m not sure what to … Continue reading →

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A hand-painted cardboard sign I’m holding up for you

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Lisa

Sometimes things (paperback books, mostly) come in the mail with extra pieces of cardboard, and sometimes that cardboard looks up and me and says “Paint something on me, Lisa,” and sometimes I do.  

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My Stitch-inspired 2011 holiday card

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Lisa

I didn’t make any holiday cards last year (I bought supplies and then got too busy), but I did make a little drawing of my dog in a Santa hat.  I picked up that same notebook this year to sketch … Continue reading →

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Little robot painting: “Feel Better” bot

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Lisa

A few months ago (or maybe longer), my friend and I walked by a garage sale that had already ended.  There were boxes of stuff marked “free,” and we spent a while digging through them, because, hey… free stuff! One … Continue reading →

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Robot painting: The Bunnybot

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Lisa

This is a little robot I painted last year for my friend Ken.  When I met him, Ken was wearing fuzzy bunny ears with blinky LEDs inside. (We were at a spring-themed rollerskating event, so bunny ears weren’t quite as … Continue reading →

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Little robot painting: Maybe the balloon is a metaphor

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Lisa

I woke up with this image in my head today, so I figured I might as well paint it.  A lot of stuff is changing in my life, and it’s got me feeling adrift.  I sort of want to embrace … Continue reading →

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I robot-ified a big ol’ painting.

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Lisa

Once upon a time (earlier this summer), I was visiting my sister and her husband.  In the garage of their big old farmhouse, I saw a painting that had belonged to the previous owners. It was big — about five … Continue reading →

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Cloud view

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Lisa

That’s the view from my window seat on an early morning flight the other day. The pretty sky kinda-sorta-almost made up for the fact that my flight the night before was canceled.

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