Introducing the Archive of Becoming, a Companion Guide for the Inner Child Artist Oracle
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The Unfiltered Inner Child
The Inner Child Artist Oracle and guidebook by CooptyLew is designed to help users process childhood experiences and reclaim personal power. The guide includes detailed, multi-part entries for each card that combine personal testimony with creative, non-dominant writing exercises to facilitate psychological transformation and artistic expression.
How Inner Child Artist Oracle Came To Be: The Progression of the Process is Sticky Sometimes
My inner child is truly enjoying herself now! The deck started out small, and was meant for personal use only, but it transformed itself many times as I went along. It soon became huge and MESSY!!! And that is OK, as the process for creating it felt huge and messy. There was lots of scribblingContinueContinue reading “How Inner Child Artist Oracle Came To Be: The Progression of the Process is Sticky Sometimes”
Heal Your Inner Child
Inner Child Artist Oracle, An Oracle Deck That Promotes Healing The Inner Child Through Non-Dominant Art-Based Activities and Journaling Coming to Kickstarter February 15, 2023!
Inner Child Artist Oracle is Done, Diddly-Un!!!!
After four years of work, it is finally finished! This deck is a culmination of everything I’ve ever done in my entire life, from teaching elementary school art , to messing around with graphic design and websites, marketing and advertising, to storytelling and journaling, to card creation, etc.! I have had so many random opportunitiesContinueContinue reading “Inner Child Artist Oracle is Done, Diddly-Un!!!!”
Dude, this is happening!
I have to finish editing 22 stories in the guidebook for Inner Child Artist Oracle. The stories are from my inner child’s perspective, and some of them are not easy to write, and even harder to read. The guidebook. We all have our stories. So this is me, wearing my heart on my sleeve, asContinueContinue reading “Dude, this is happening!”
Inner Child Artist Oracle
A deck for changing your story… Y’all… I have been working on an oracle deck called Inner Child Artist since early 2018. I got the promo deck on the day my father passed. Needless to say, I had to put it down for a while until my heart could handle it again. I miss myContinueContinue reading “Inner Child Artist Oracle”
Drawing is the perfect distraction!
What in the hell would I do, on those days when my head spins and spins with shit I can’t control, without art to distract me? I would definitely be on lock down somewhere, just sayin’. Me and my Dad It’s also a good reminder. We can thank God for our creativity on the daysContinueContinue reading “Drawing is the perfect distraction!”
Inner Child Artist: The How’s and Why’s
Does the child within us actually ever really grow up? These are my drawings in response to the cards in my Inner Child Artist deck. It’s hard to say which I prefer: the initial imagery or the elicited imagery… Inner Child Artist was created over the many YEARS I spent teaching elementary art. Much ofContinueContinue reading “Inner Child Artist: The How’s and Why’s”
Drawing it out… 😭
My dad has been in ICU for a week now. He has to a have a defibrillater implanted into his heart tomorrow morning, while his blood pressure stays at a very low rate. I’m worried. I am so fucking scared of facing life on Earth without him. I can’t stand the thought of losing him,ContinueContinue reading “Drawing it out… 😭”
Characters just fall off my brush!
This is a video of my artwork from 2016 to present.
“Baby, you’ve been prolific!”
“Even when you’re not working, you’re working.” Although I always try to see the good in other people, sometimes it is necessary to defend yourself with truth. The proof is always in the pudding. According to one person, (whom shall remain unnamed and unseen): “Since when do you work?! You’ve been busy sitting around andContinueContinue reading ““Baby, you’ve been prolific!””
I Drew Me and My Pops!
I drew me with my dad! And I loved it! I need to draw more of these because these make my heart sing. I need to find one from when I was a little girl, and draw it! How fun!!!! Step 1 And here I am with my mama!
Introducing Siena and Lucy!
I’ve had nothing, but time, since my surgery and today I completed this portrait for my doctor! This is his niece, Siena. ❤️ And this is his niece, Lucy! ❤️
Sigil for a Successful Surgery
Magical manifesting through art is my thing. I made a sigil for my safe and successful surgery. I am cured after this, for real! If you want to know how to create a sigil, leave a comment on this post and I will teach you! I love them and find them to be very fun!ContinueContinue reading “Sigil for a Successful Surgery”