Venice was pure nourishment for the artist senses—water, light, architecture, gilded interiors. Like stepping into another time.

Pigment + water = magic

I was in London in February, gathering inspiration (and Covid!)—with the Chihuly sculpture and the extraordinary interiors of the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Field note: Watching watercolor dry is its own kind of meditation. The edges bloom, the center settles, and the whole thing becomes a small weather system.

The UPPERCASE Encyclopedia of Inspiration — GLUE — is out now.

“Poetry, at its best, is the language your soul would speak if you could teach your soul to speak.”

— Jim Harrison

My recommended use for this particular journal: to write someone (or yourself) a love letter in it and layer in your own beautiful poems and findings.