The In-Betweens
In between the moments of writing or painting or drawing, I get scared too.
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Serving up stories about making art to nourish our hungry hearts
by artist Nicole Sylvia Javorsky
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.
Dec 5, 20223 min read
Interrelated Opposites
Duality, how opposite things exist together, is a central theme of my art.
Dec 4, 20222 min read
Movement in Stillness
I'm noticing how often I find clarity after I take a pause.
Dec 2, 20221 min read
Sadness Without Fear
When we allow ourselves to freely grieve what we’ve lost, whether in our own lives, in our histories, or on this planet, we’re able to more
Nov 15, 20223 min read
True Colors
I can be a little different depending on where I am, but I'm always me.
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.
Oct 29, 20226 min read
Leave Your Heart to Wander
We can choose to wander guided by our hearts rather than by fear of the future and the unknown.
Oct 20, 20224 min read
Underneath My Silence
Children are meant to be seen AND heard.
Sep 15, 20224 min read
If We Let Our Tears Water the Soil, What Will Grow?
After years of protests, sharing their stories, and speaking up to keep another polluter out, RISE St. James prevailed.
Aug 18, 20222 min read
Time to Thaw
Inside of my frozen parts, there was always deep sadness and grief waiting to be felt when the thaw came.
Aug 9, 20227 min read
Starting Somewhere
I want to keep trying starting from where I am. You have to start somewhere to go anywhere, right?
Jul 25, 20224 min read
Start and Stop (and Start)
As long as we've alive, nothing is ever over and infinite possibilities remain.
Jul 12, 20227 min read
Wild Child of Mother Earth
I want to do what I can to make this world less lonely and the way I know how to do that is through being honest with my art.
Jun 24, 20224 min read
We Deserve Body Autonomy
Rights are rights, regardless of whether a government recognizes them as such.
Jun 1, 20223 min read
Soul Portrait
In the process of art-making, all subject matter is filtered through the artist herself.
May 5, 20224 min read
To Be (or Not to Be) Truly Seen
Embedded in being truly seen is the "as I am" part.
Feb 24, 20225 min read
Tales of Grief and Grace
By remaining open to the many possibilities of living, maybe we avoid a little less and live a little more.
Dec 26, 20214 min read
Into the Light
An excerpt from my book, Into the Light: Traveling between peace and pain.
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