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LAHL: Egon Schiele and My Issues with Nudes

This week’s inspiration on Love Art, Happy Life comes from the short-lived artist Egon Schiele.  I love the way the guest instructor, Roxanne Coble, gives some context to Schiele and his work through...

Board Gamers: Settlers of Catan

I love board games!  I never thought I would be a board gamer and spent most of my life actively avoiding situations in which board games would be involved.  I did have a brief stint with Magic in my early...

Procrasturbation and Temporal Motivational Theory

In searching for the formal definition of the word mash procrasturbation, I found a neat article from Psychology Today on the subject which introduced me to Temporal Motivation Theory (TMT).  I was intrigued...

15 Minutes to Awesome!

I am ambitious.  I procrastinate.  I think I am pretty normal in both of those assertions. What am I on about today?  Well, often one reads about a way to keep the house clean, workout, eat better, do whatever...

Crock Pot Split Pea Soup. Nomz.

When my grandmother was younger, she would make and freeze the our family’s favorite soups and serve them to us when we came to visit.  She has since moved to an apartment with a much smaller kitchen and...

The Rockwell Museum and Alley Art

Today’s adventure is a blend of two earlier posts, my 2016 food goals and one on being a tourist in your own town. The plan was to hit the Rockwell Museum of Western Art, see the sponsored Rockwell Alley...

Attack of the Japanese Beetles!

Every year, like clockwork, I end up battling beetles.  They are the literal scourge of my weeping pussy willow and cherry trees as well as my beautiful roses.  I tend to blame the former occupants of our home...

Necronomicon Art Journal Project: Massive Reconstruction

So. Turns out that not all paper is watercolor friendly, no matter the poundage.  I did not know this when I bought the art journal I started to transform into my very own Necronomicon.  I think I may have...