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Serving up stories about making art to nourish our hungry hearts
by artist Nicole Sylvia Javorsky


Feb 10, 20235 min read
Just Floating Around
Digging has its place. Brick-laying has its place too. And so does floating.

Feb 10, 20231 min read
Why Buy Art?
It's more than obtaining a physical object. It's an act of support.


Feb 3, 20232 min read
Embracing My Interdisciplinary Intricacies
The truth is this is just me being me and I bring who I am to what I do, no matter what I do.


Feb 2, 20233 min read
I Believe in Magic
There is magic in moving through the darkness. And when I say there’s beauty in struggle, I don’t mean that it always feels beautiful.


Jan 15, 20232 min read
Letting Go: Reflection Questions
Each passing moment is living proof of our power to savor the bittersweet and regard our lives as precious.


Jan 5, 20232 min read
What Is the Meaning of Life?
We create meaning. And at the same time, there is a vast, unlimited expanse of what we cannot see, grasp, quantify, or describe.


Dec 21, 20223 min read
The In-Betweens
In between the moments of writing or painting or drawing, I get scared too.


Dec 15, 20222 min read
Uneasy Street: Reflection Questions
How can you find what you’re looking for emotionally, spiritually, or for your unique path in life by looking at art?


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 30, 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 21, 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.


Sep 2, 202210 min read
Sing With Me
Too many of us have been silenced and might not be fully aware of it yet, but we don’t have to stay quiet.


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.
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