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It has been quite sometime since I wrote any blogs or shared anything substantial on social media. In 2020, I made the decision to leave Facebook, and have begun the process of slowly navigating away from Instagram, in search of new ways to show up as an artist online. Goodreads is one place I've been hanging out, and although I have a newsletter on Substack (dreamfield.substack.com), I've been a Read more of this blog post »

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