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Serving up stories about making art to nourish our hungry hearts
by artist Nicole Sylvia Javorsky


Apr 28, 20233 min read
Naming is a Vital Part of Healing
Yes, something so cracked can survive. I know that now.


Apr 19, 20235 min read
What is Free Will?
Oh, the dualities of decision-making!


Apr 10, 20236 min read
I Won’t Hide What I’ve Been Holding Inside
I choose honesty over sugar-coating and looking the other way.


Apr 1, 20238 min read
Free Yourself
For a while, I think I wished I could just enter some cocoon like a caterpillar and emerge a butterfly one final time. Dearest Doodle...


Mar 25, 20233 min read
True Lightheartedness
Life is lived in the in-betweens, in the messy, in progress, in the here and now, one moment at a time.


Mar 25, 20233 min read
Believing is Brave
To choose to believe in something in this enigmatic universe, so much unknown, takes courage.


Mar 11, 20234 min read
Does Anybody Know?
Making sense of existence.


Mar 7, 20236 min read
Processing the Space Between
After our wedding day, I'm processing the grief interwoven with my happiness.


Feb 15, 20231 min read
What Is Life?
A poem by Nicole Javorsky


Feb 10, 20235 min read
Just Floating Around
Digging has its place. Brick-laying has its place too. And so does floating.

Feb 10, 20231 min read
Why Buy Art?
It's more than obtaining a physical object. It's an act of support.


Feb 3, 20232 min read
Embracing My Interdisciplinary Intricacies
The truth is this is just me being me and I bring who I am to what I do, no matter what I do.


Feb 2, 20233 min read
I Believe in Magic
There is magic in moving through the darkness. And when I say there’s beauty in struggle, I don’t mean that it always feels beautiful.


Jan 15, 20232 min read
Letting Go: Reflection Questions
Each passing moment is living proof of our power to savor the bittersweet and regard our lives as precious.


Jan 5, 20232 min read
What Is the Meaning of Life?
We create meaning. And at the same time, there is a vast, unlimited expanse of what we cannot see, grasp, quantify, or describe.


Dec 21, 20223 min read
The In-Betweens
In between the moments of writing or painting or drawing, I get scared too.


Dec 15, 20222 min read
Uneasy Street: Reflection Questions
How can you find what you’re looking for emotionally, spiritually, or for your unique path in life by looking at art?


Dec 14, 20223 min read
The Depths
Grief pulls me deep down under and I let it. And I stay here as long as I need.


Dec 10, 20224 min read
Progress Not Perfection
My perfectionism was never about the surface level worries looping over and over in my mind.


Nov 9, 20224 min read
Painting the Intricacies of Being Alive
Every day I get to be here on this Earth, I’m paying attention.
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