connection.

this is borrowed from miss marissa and I think it's pretty appropriate to what's going on in my brain right now:

"'An astrologer once told me, 'You suffer from what's called a geographic.' A geographic is when a person walks around thinking that where he lives will make his life better. The astrologer said, 'Let me tell you, life is about an emotional connection to people and things and it doesn't matter where you are on the globe.'"

Sarah Vowell, The Partly Cloudy Patriot

though I can't call myself 'a geographic' per se, I can relate to the sentiment that your surroundings can't fix what's going on inside.

I've been thinking about moving this year to really commit myself to 'making it' as an illustrator, but it's made me realize I'm partially using my location as an excuse to put my dreams off. the circumstances have to be right. I can 'make it' right here, I can 'make it' anywhere, it's about the effort and the push, not about where I am. duh. I love cleveland, and for however long I'm here, I have to just make it work for me, make it my bitch. and stop whining. exciting things are to come.

major bummer

hey friends.

so, little kink my hobby niche. I just started a job at American Greetings as a line designer, and since you know, they're a huge corporation, etc etc I can't compete with them. duh. but apparently, my selling of handmade cards on etsy/elsewhere is, um, prohibited? so I've since removed all card listings (aka, everything) from my etsy shop, which is why the links on my sidebar will no longer work. not that anyone cares, because I've only sold cards to family and friends (ha) but just thought I'd announce that. I'm bummed, and I guess I'll keep making cards for personal use, but I can't have that back up and running until the time comes that we part ways.

so now I have this empty etsy shop...what the hell should I do with it?? I'll figure it out.

xo