Of all the artists we saw on our trip to Paris & Basel, the one who touched and inspired me the most was not hanging in the Louvre, the Musée Orsay, or the Pompidou Centre, but @agneeesskipper. I fell in LOVE with her paintings, and because I got to meet her, and spend a couple of hours with her and her partner, Joachim, at their beautiful Spektakel Atelier Numas Igra in Basel, I fell in love with HER, too—her energy, her being, everything! 🖍
This doodle is directly inspired by a series of paintings Agnes created inspired by photographs of rocks. The photos and paintings were displayed side by side in an exhibition in June, which I wish I could have seen! You can see a few pics, and a video tour through the gallery, on @agneeesskipper’s Instagram feed.
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Our time with Agnes & Joachim made me long to paint on big canvases! To have a gallery and host wild events like they do! Yet Agnes was intrigued by the things I do that she doesn’t. 🖍
It was a good reminder that each of us has gifts and strengths, and we get to revel in each other’s gifts while embracing our own. It’s not a competition, it’s a party. 😊
You get to be you, I get to be me, and we get to revel in each other. ❤️
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The latest from the Paris trip: Part One of the Achilles Tendon saga that started yesterday. 🖍
I haven’t had time to document the rest, which basically happened today, but suffice it to say I now own a pair of French crutches (to match the pair living in the closet at home… sigh… as if I needed another pair of crutches… but in fact, I did—RIGHT NOW!)
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The good news is I’m in less pain with crutches. At least my left Achilles is. The bad news is it’s a PITA to get anywhere! But on a positive note, I’m getting some fabulous exercise and a good upper body workout with every step! 😉
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To be continued… .
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#Sketchnote of yesterday’s kickoff to our #vacation: the Polaris Lounge in SFO! Followed by a transatlantic flight in Polaris Business class!
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This had been a lifelong dream of mine (or at least as long as Polaris Business has existed!): to fly business class across the Atlantic, ideally on points. Which, quite accidentally, is how it transpired!
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It was pretty sweet. And.. at the end of the day, flying is still a PITA. Polaris just filed the edges down and makes it slightly less painful; it doesn’t actually eliminate the pain entirely, alas… 😜 Still, given my druthers, I’d take it over Economy any day of the week (as if somebody’s asking! 😂 .

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Snapped in our Lyft on the way to SFO! My #sketchnote story of our #lastminuteluck that landed us in #polarisbusinessclass seats to Paris today!!!!! #squee !!!! 🖍
I was always afraid of #artjournaling, keeping a #sketchbookjournal and so on, due to my terrible #perfectionism. 😜 Now that I’m an intentional #imperfectionist, however, I’m starting to discover things like #sketchnoting and #artjournals for the fun of it (I.e., letting it be crap! 😊) 🖍
Turns out, when you let your #originalart be crap, it takes the pressure off, so it becomes fun again. You learn stuff along the way, too, so you can’t help but get better at it. 🖍
Funny how that works. 😊
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Starting off my travel journal/sketchbook the day before the trip. Because you gotta test out the materials and make sure they work, right? Plus the getting ready IS part of the whole experience, after all!
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Now it’s off to run all my day-before errands! Gaaaahhhh! Tomorrow, Paris, here we come! I’ve been wanting to visit the City of Lights forEVER, andPlanning this trip for a year. I cannot believe it’s finally here! 😆😆😆
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