The artist tag is used similarly to my art tag and the Tiffany Joy tag. However, this tag is specifically to highlight the artist side of me.
Come to me o ocean breeze. Gently Dance your way under and over the midnight sea. Come take away all my stress release my anxiety. Come to me oh ocean breeze.
If you would like to read more of my poetry please take a look at my portfolio. You can also watch a few of my poetry readings.
As you take risks, embrace change, and achieve your goals, reflect regularly on your journey.
Some times it’s hard to be aware of your progress and track valuable milestones. Creating goals often and assessing the goals may not be enough. It is easy to lose track of your overall progress and forget how far you’ve come in your art journey.
We all start somewhere with our creative life and we can get caught up in creating that we forget that we’re making progress. I started with art and writing as a passionate hobby. It would rub me the wrong way when someone called it a hobby, but that is what it was. My desire was for my creativity to be more. However, at the start of my journey it was only something I did in my free time.
I then took actions and plan more time around my writing and painting. The act of planning my time around my creative was the first actual step in my artistic career. It was not my last step, though. I shifted my life more and more so I could make it a business and my career. I’m still working on making it a successful business, but I have been meeting wonderful milestones.
One way I track my milestones is to write achievements in a notebook. This way when I’m unaware of my progress, I can look back at all the wonderful stuff I’ve done. Some milestones are things I can control, like publishing “To Love.” Other milestones are outside my control, like making $100 from “To Love”. It is a wonderful practice to track both what your actions and the actions of your audience.
In the recent past, I’ve also used time tracking apps to see how I’ve increased in my time spent on different projects and on my art business.
My personal journal also has notes on my artist journey. When I journal, I do reflect on how my art has changed and looking at how I feel my goals and dreams are going.
I do also have an art business notebook where I take notes on ideas, research, and plan out my business and career. I can go back and examine how my business has morphed and changed over time, which is helpful in keeping me moving forward.
All this regular reflection has kept me motivated and recharges my inspiration. I have evidence written down that I’m already making progress, so I want to keep going.
This is part of Tiff’s Tips a blog series. I have also done a goal setting video series on YouTube.
I've been in battle with the word all my life. The hard distant pews were too hard of seats for me. It meant too much then too little. I saw the rules as chains so it's funny that when my soul breathed church is where those chains were broken and I was truly set free.
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Let me be in the warm summer air hugged by loved ones with their children near. Let me be in the lovign garden without a single care with smiles on the faces of those I hold dear. Let us be together for now and always.
I wrote “Let Me Be” in July 2020 while I waited for my delayed summer vacation. I was missing my family and longing for our annual summer vacation, which is always a time to relax and be surrounded by love.
If you would like to read more of my poetry please take a look at my portfolio. You can also watch a few of my poetry readings.
I’ll wait is a poem I wrote in 2014 and a throwback video. It performed well on my site, so I did a poetry reading recording of it for YouTube. It then did pretty well on YouTube and is one of my throwback posts.
My throwback posts are my attempt to highlight some of my older work to display my growth, while making sure the work is properly promoted.
I will wait for inspiration to come for thoughts like a word bubble to appear above my head. I will wait until my mind is ready and my brain turns on like a computer boting up. I will wait until my body tells me it is time to write and then when patience is no longer needed and inspiration comes I will write. I will write watever my mind tells me to write. My mind whispers to my fingers and what is scribbled in the thought bubble above my head. When I know what to write I will ready my body unleash my mind and write but until then I will wait.
If you would like to read more of my poetry please take a look at my portfolio. You can also watch a few of my poetry readings.
I remind myself Breathe. Close your eyes if you must but breathe. One, Two, Three. Inhale the exhale. Your heart doesn't need to beat so loud. Breathe. There is no real danger, nothing to truly fear, so breathe. Breathe in with the peace that surrounds you out with the anxiety that built. Breathe in with the love we share out with the bottled up fear. Breathe sometimes I need to remind myself to breathe.
If you would like to read more of my poetry please take a look at my portfolio. You can also watch a few of my poetry readings.
God, where are you when the world seems dark? Lord, where are you when I've lost my way? Savior, where are you when I feel alone? My King, where are you when your throne seems far away? Father Above, where are you when my heart breaks and turns numb? Father Above, My King, Savior, Lord, and God where are you in this day? God, you are the light of a new day. Lord, you are the dim lamp that lights my way. Savior, you are the one holding me up. My King, you are by my side. Father Above, you are hugging me tight. Father Above, My King, Savior, Lord, and God you are with me making day from my night.
Typically, I publish my poetry towards the end of the month not in the middle of it. However, I really loved how Where Are You came out and couldn’t wait to share this poem with the world.
Sometimes you can’t see God and feel alone. However, He is always there. Most of the time you just have to look for Him. Know He loves you and He is with you.
If you would like to read more of my poetry please take a look at my portfolio. You can also watch a few of my poetry readings.
Don't agree with me
when you know we can't be.
Don't stand too close
when my religion feels lost.
Don't buy my heart
when you know one day we will part.
For cuddling seems to near
and that is one thing I fear.
Having the possibility
of home among your arms,
not wanting to release you from my own.
I forget my reasoning,
the excuses are dispearing.
I am alone with the thought
that my heart you may have already bought,
with your laughter and joy
with your friendship and smile
with your intelligence and being loyal
and that would mean all my plans are foiled.
Because the list of how you bought my heart,
well, that could go on for miles.
Don't agree with me
when you know we can't be
So don't buy my heart
when you know one day we will part.
If you would like to read more of my poetry please take a look at my portfolio . You can also watch a few of my poetry readings.
Title: Purple Cartoon Flower
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Size: 4 inch by 4 inch
Date: May 1, 2020
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This is a fun and fast painting I did one day. I wanted to try out a new style as an experiment to see how it would work. It turned out cute and delightful painting of a purple cartoon flower. I enjoy the black border and thick outlines on the heart flower and hills. Although it is more of a cartoon style it still has my style in it, which I of course also like.
On YouTube I do have a playlist dedicated to sped up paintings. I also have a section on this site where I share my visual arts portfolio along with my painting portfolio.
Also if you are interested in purchasing prints of my work you can find my shops on Redbubble and Threadless.
In April 2014 I took a day to relax and paint. I decided to record myself as I painted outside on a lovely day. I created my painting “New Day,” on that lovely day. Once I finished the painting I took the recording and sped it up so that about 2 hours of work fit into under 3 minutes of video. It’s fun to see the painting come to life right before your eyes.
Tile: New Day
Size: 10″x 12″
Medium: acrylic paint on canvas panel
Reason: This was painted in one session and is simply the sun rising on a new day.
On YouTube I do have a playlist dedicated to sped up paintings. I also have a section on this site where I share my visual arts portfolio along with my painting portfolio.