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Drawing as a way to fix our attention span
Multitasking, once a lifesaver, is now my nemesis.
Jan 21
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Jenna Park
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This art is not for you
What is art without an audience?
Oct 1, 2025
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Jenna Park
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What Nabokov’s butterflies can teach us about science and art
Butterflies, biomaterial experiments, and why the Liberal Arts matter again.
Aug 6, 2025
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Jenna Park
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Junk collage summer and lessons in surrender
Art dates, cathartic messes, and endless surprises.
Jul 2, 2025
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Jenna Park
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Art matters, but nobody wants to fund it.
Is art a luxury or a necessity? Artistic freedom and the politicization of cultural legacy.
May 14, 2025
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Jenna Park
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Draw like nobody's watching. On quieting your inner critic.
Approaching art making with my designer mindset. Basically, I'm making ugly drawings.
Mar 19, 2025
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Jenna Park
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The end of the multi-hyphenate
In art, context often matters. How revisiting an old project gave me an understanding of my artistic paralysis.
Oct 23, 2024
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Jenna Park
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What does it mean to be an artist?
Dreams vs. reality, art vs. craft, and rhapsodizing the romantic myth of being an artist.
Apr 10, 2024
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Jenna Park
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The extraordinary in the ordinary
In another big year of change, I learn how to sit in cafes and sketch.
Jan 3, 2024
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Jenna Park
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On quitting and returning to art 32 years later
Did I peak as an artist in high school? Stories from an art school dropout Ep 3.
Dec 6, 2023
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Jenna Park
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Writer's block and leaving something you love
Stories from an art school dropout, Ep.1
Feb 15, 2023
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Jenna Park
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