The Preface

12/8/2025

Obligatory Intro

    My name is Shug, I am an Artist, and Creative. I have many interests and I work in many mediums. I have lived in the box of Jewelry Artist for years and while that is my first love and where I feel most at home, I am more interested in how my creative exploration can contribute to my mastery, than the mastery of one medium. I am a huge advocate for creativity, curiosity, and imagination. I teach visual arts to children and creative workshops to adults to help them rediscover or enhance their creativity through hobbies. My relationship to social media is almost non- existent, and complicated! I don't have any social media apps on my phone and when I get on via my laptop it's usually for restaurant/ event recs, and to check the hilarious things that my friends send me. I can get SUCKED in quickly so I try to keep my visits brief and intentional. I am a former tumblr gurly and read fashion and art blogs religiously in college so I feel very at home here in the long form world.

In this blog, you will find musings about living a creative life, an ever evolving exploration of curiosity, imagination, and creation, and overall, my thoughts perspectives , and feelings on creative themes. I don't plan on focusing on current events and trends but just really thoughts that pass through my mind and things I've been observing.

The Real

    I’ve had the idea for this blog for about 3 years. I’ve struggled with how I want to structure it, if it’s a good idea, its purpose ect ect. I am in constant recovery from being "Golden Child" and while I have burned my pedestal,  it is hard to do things if I don't deem them to be perfect, which most times stops me from doing anything at all. So here it is. Welcome to Artis Entries. I have not written in long form since college so I'm sure there will be grammatical errors so forgive me but honestly, I'm writing for myself, for my Son who is also a visual Artist and for my Daughter although she seems to be leaning towards dance and music. I had my Sister who is Writer read this and in true form she said "you need to be more vulnerable" BUT I figure, every entry hence forth will be bearing my tender soul so why not go light on the intro.