Time Slipping

Currently, I am quasi-homeless. I’ve been a vagabond since April 2026 while my little tiny cottage awaits insulation and walls and windows. If I could afford to rent another place to live while the renovations are haltingly happening, I wouldn’t be living in the tiny cottage to begin with. (Side note: Because I’m so rural, I have had to continue paying for internet even though I’m not there. Monopolies are evil).

My paintings and all my belongings are in a storage pod and a van. I am grateful I have safe places to stay, and, I also miss my community and making art and overall stability. I hope I will have my home back before autumn. I have been doing this dance of discontinuity since moving back to New York in 2021.

I have tools for dealing with (constant) change: meditation, yoga mats and blocks (if I can find the space to practice yoga), running shoes, journals to write in, my cell phone, a laptop, tarot cards, one-cup pour over coffee maker, cats. I don’t drink or do drugs. I’ve been making art of disruption – Forbidden Words is a slow burn longterm daily practice, Big Star Project (which is now on hold, I need some place to work) began in earnest in 2022 while I was caregiving for my mother, Divine Love ~ Aham Prema was an anchor when I first arrived.

Writing, music and art making are a way to time travel. Coming across these posts from the past help keep me moving toward the future.

I wrote the post below in 2016.

I did some time traveling with The Psychedelic Furs. The first time I saw them was in 1986 at the Pier in New York City, the second time in 2016 at Pepsi Ampitheater in Flagstaff, Arizona. The singer, Richard Butler, is also a painter.

The post all about creative process over a lifetime. And since then, my “drawing for another time” drawing turned into a painting! In 2020, I turned it into The Rebirth of Icarus.

The time is always now, even all the “another time” times. (July 16, 2026 – Salem, MA)

Psychedelic Furs in the High Mountain Desert

I love Richard Butler even more after seeing him perform last night. He looked so happy and sounded better than ever – and he had so much vigor!

In the video below he talks about his process of painting and the process of touring his music . He’s a delight!

Thanks for your creative soul, Mr. Butler!

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I know the feeling of not having the chance to paint because of other creative projects. I’ve been going through stacks of journals and finding quick drawings that I saved for a later time. The time is now. Below is one of my “for another time” drawings.

This post was originally created:
July 16, 2016
Flagstaff, AZ

image of Richard Butler from rbutlerstudio.com