by christawojo@gmail.com | Sep 18, 2016 | Art Beyond Words, Blog, Uncategorized
I’m obsessed with Son Lux and all their side projects lately. They also have phenomenal videos. Make sure you watch this one till the end. There’s a twist in the tale. What did you think of this...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Jul 27, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized, Writer Crush Wednesday
This Writer Crush Wednesday, I’m sharing a passage from a book I finally read last year. Yes, last year! But this excerpt is so good I’m still thinking about these few paragraphs months and months later. I’ll probably always think about...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Jun 9, 2016 | Artist Dates, Blog, On Creativity, Uncategorized
I used to want to be a painter more than I wanted to be a writer. As high school graduation approached, my art teacher encouraged me to look at art schools moved me up to portfolio classes, but I gave up before I got started. I didn’t see a future in it. How...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Jun 7, 2016 | Cool Giveaways, On Creativity, Uncategorized
I’ve begun reading The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. This book is a workshop to discover and recover your creative self. All of us lose that dauntless creative spark as we get older, and I wanted to develop a creative lifestyle so that I would get into a...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 9, 2016 | For Writers, On Art, Uncategorized
I’m not sure who really said this. I’ve seen it attributed to Cesar A. Cruz and Bansky. Either way, it’s exactly what I believe art (especially writing) should do. What do you think?
by christawojo@gmail.com | Jan 27, 2016 | For Writers
Since I started writing a few years ago, I discovered a peculiar phenomenon – I’m often shocked at what happens when these fingertips hit the keys. I know many writers plot out every scene ahead of time. I thought that would be my way of putting a novel together. I am...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Oct 23, 2015 | For Writers, On Creativity
As a creative person and one who’s plagued by existential questions, I get trapped into that circle of thinking if what I’m doing matters. Will anyone read my writing? Will anyone care? Will I ever be able to make a living from it? Am I just wasting my time and energy...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Oct 16, 2015 | For Writers, On Art, On Beauty, On Creativity
I live in the Chiriquí highlands, a land of eternal spring that bursts with flowers all year long. My yard is full of countless colors and species. There are pinks, yellow, blues, reds, purples, fiery oranges, and blazing whites. There are orchids, daffodils, roses,...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Jul 22, 2015 | For Writers
Excerpt from Of Human Bondage by William Somerset Maugham. I finally finished reading Of Human Bondage. Honestly, I didn’t want it to end. It’s an amazing book that resonated with me on multiple levels. My copy has kept me company toilet-side for the past...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 29, 2015 | On Philosophy
This describes me (though I’m still working on shattering the world), my characters, my favorite artists and writers, and many of my creative contemporaries. Being ‘normal’ is the most unnatural and incomprehensible thing for us!