I DID IT
I have officially completed my second annual Dry Feb in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. Midnight on Wednesday I suppose is when I would have been finished but that was also the conclusion of what seemed like a long month, so you will excuse me for not setting an alarm to crack the cork on my first beverage.
The Hollywood Reporter
It’s been several weeks since I worked on the website. This saddens me because it is still something I strongly believe in. So in the spirit of creating a community about celebrating the awesomeness of being a Geek I have made the difficult decision to open up about my absence while hopefully not droning on too terribly. Also in true fan style my geek love proved a vital component of my antidote.
A few months ago, Neil Gaiman released a collection of essays and other works of non-fiction. This work, called The View From The Cheap Seats, was hotly anticipated by many fans, myself included. I was lucky enough to have a copy gifted to me, by a then-stranger (Steve Cleff, a kind human being and an amazing artist). The work is filled with insightful, interesting, and sometimes humours essays and observations on the world. However, the main draw for me, and the work I re-read time and time again, is Make Good Art. Make Good Art is the text of a commencement speech given by Neil Gaiman in 2012. The whole speech/transcript is filled with quotable phrases, but one in particular stands out:
Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life an din love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all the other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do.
Make good art.
A glimpse at my collection
So I recently have been trying to declutter our home.
And I have read so much about Marie Kondo’s Life Changing Magic of Tidying UP, in fact I am currently reading it. But my tee shirt drawer always made me feel so much grief when it came down to deciding if I love a shirt or not. Continue reading
It’s no great secret that things have felt pretty miserable lately. Despite the brief passage of time, many of us (Geeks in Art included) are still mourning Carrie Fisher’s death. Fans admired and drew inspiration from her writing and advocacy. For many, she is the Princess who saved herself and later became a General instead of Queen. She was what happens when bravery and wit meet sheer talent.
Looking to the future for optimism is becoming harder for many to do. Whether it’s a vague sense of gloomy fear for the world in general, or a specific anxiety about your future, willing yourself to be more optimistic isn’t easy. This is why self-care is incredibly important. Self-care, in practice, means doing the things you need to do, even when they are hard or unpleasant, in the best interests of your own mental health. Things things include showering, cleaning, and eating on a regular basis. Self-care can also include things you do to comfort yourself when the world gets to be too much. Here are a few other self-care tips for geeks. Continue reading
