Musing

• Let’s start with a question. Are you feeling the drag of the holiday stressors? Perhaps you are already there.
  Social obligations, memory making, reminiscing, resolution creating, vision boarding, closing of one year and beginning of another year require participation without consideration of emotional toll. The sticky taffy residue creates overwhelm and emotional let down instead of joy and wonder it’s meant to inspire in me.
  Nature hunkers down for a few days and rests during Yule. Have you observed this mosaic of stillness? The collective breath and a welcoming light into the darkest night of the year provides comfort. Hope. Expanse. It’s a brief moment of recharge I covet. I suggest looking up hurkle-durkle and adopting it this winter season. Consider this my offering to you.

Makeup (also known as work)

• Since my last dispatch, contracts have been signed, people are getting back to work, and all signs point to green lights abounding. Take off has been slow, as it often is with a recalibration. Work has been steadily picking up but per usual, the hustle never f*cking stops and your girl never rests. My new demo reel, edited by the exceptional, multi-hyphenate filmmaker Hunter Nickless is a banger. There are projects in the can from 2024 and several slated for 2025. That being said, I’m based in LA but my bags are easy to pack and I’m ready to work. LFG!

Mix Tape

• The playlist. I mentioned in a past post that I have a 20+ hour playlist. I’ve chosen some cuts for a Moonlight Mix. It’s eclectic and you’d expect nothing less from me. Lend me your ears and kick back with a dram. You might make a new station off a song or two and see where it takes you. Please share your travels with me. Some of these tracks are from my mix tapes of old. Some are tunes I picked up this summer. The DJ has arrived, milk crate not included.

Magic (also known as art)

• A couple of my dioramas were featured in a gallery show in the CA desert in the fall. A mixed media series titled The Witches You Could Not Burn has been completed. Next up will be a show of all nine. Watch this space. The point here is follow your bliss and put it out there, my loves. My studio mates at The Hive and a select group have been instrumental in making sure these pieces exist. This is me, rooting for YOU!

Musts and a Message

• During this time when we are tasked with giving, are you giving to yourself? Let this be your friendly reminder to be kind to yourself. Years ago, I saw a therapist, Sherri. She was a take no guff kind of  lady. She had three rules:

1. Eat when you’re hungry

2. Drink when you’re thirsty

3. Sleep when you’re tired

• I said, “It can’t be that simple”. She replied, “It is, because it requires you to listen yourself”. The thing is, if you are truly listening to yourself, you will know what you really need. UGH!!!!! SO simple. But deceptively difficult, if you are used to tuning yourself out. I hope you are listening. You deserve to be heard. By yourself more than anyone. To be honored. Most of all, to be celebrated. You are one of a kind.

The name is the recipe. Have Kit, Will Travel.