[{"id":220954951848,"handle":"its-okay-its-art","title":"It's Okay. It's Art.","updated_at":"2021-01-04T13:52:11-05:00","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eIt's OK. It's ART. runs out of a small room in Hamilton, ON.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e At the end of 2015, I found myself in a new(ish) city, jobless, and alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIt wasn't exactly how I had imagined things.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDespite feeling as though I'd lost everything, I still had a few faithful standbys:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003emy cats, my salty humour, and a healthy supply of vino.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOne can really do a lot with those.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI decided to fully embrace my #catlady ways,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eand one night, fueled by shiraz, candlelight, and my own unresolved feelings,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eI created my first colouring page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt said \"F*@\u0026amp; You\" in puffy, uneven script,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eand to this day it remains half-coloured with lime green marker,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ein a moldy moleskin under my bed (where else?).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBut great ideas have to start somewhere, and I figured I was on to something.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/4451\/5398\/files\/Workspace_-_Edison_Helps_480x480.jpg?v=1560470320\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"209\"\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/4451\/5398\/files\/20180208_163754_480x480.jpg?v=1560470221\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"208\"\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/4451\/5398\/files\/IMG_20170122_155158_480x480.jpg?v=1560470247\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"208\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBelieve it or not, in the past, I was never a huge fan of the adult colouring craze.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eI love art; I hate meditating. Adult colouring seemed way too 'zen' to me.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eI knew a few things:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eOTHER people LOVED colouring,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eI liked creating things,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eand EVERYONE loves swearing (Admit it. It's OK.)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eI figured, \"heck, why not just mush it all together and see what happens?\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI'd been inspired by other sweary colouring art\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e(it's a whole THING, people)...\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003ebut I wasn't satisfied with just creating colouring pages.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eI wanted something more USEFUL. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/4451\/5398\/files\/20190603_212630-01_480x480.jpg?v=1560470882\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"188\"\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/4451\/5398\/files\/Colouring_Close_Up_480x480.jpg?v=1560470360\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"189\"\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/4451\/5398\/files\/Screenshot_20190603-211829_Amazon_Seller-01_480x480.jpg?v=1560470801\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"186\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSince I've moved about a billion times,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eI know how simple spaces can be transformed with a few well-curated throw pillows\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e(spaces can also be transformed with not-so-well-curated throw pillows, too. No judgments!)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eThrow pillows are super useful (and stylish).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eAngry, sweary colouring is useful for working through \"all the feels\"...\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eand so, spurred on by friends, felines, and various fine wines,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eI created \"It's OK. It's ART.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e[going to be]\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOK. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e[usually better with]\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eART. \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2020-09-07T13:17:58-04:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2020-09-07T13:17:57-04:00","alt":null,"width":540,"height":471,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0256\/9397\/8717\/collections\/Retail_Boxes_Full_Contents_540x_9a9eaae3-e6c3-44b3-ba84-07767fbb41a2.png?v=1599499078"}}]
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