Balancing Darkness With Light: Two Tools That Helped Me Find Myself

This is an article about how I used astrology and personality typing to understand myself better.

INFJ: Rituals and Practices to Be Healthy

INFJ personality type is rare, and very misunderstood, but they can be beautiful!

Does Inner Child Artist Oracle do what I say it does?

To be perfectly honest, this project has given me more than I could’ve hoped for. Over the four years that it took to create, (avoidance, maybe?!?), I healed so many past traumas, many of which were beyond my own conscious awareness. I’m happy to say that I’m not the girl that started this project anymore.ContinueContinue reading “Does Inner Child Artist Oracle do what I say it does?”

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 by CooptyLew

I am back to work on my new Oracle deck! I’m back at it! Coming to Kickstarter so soon!

Inner Child Artist: WIP!

Are you happy? Were you happy as a child? Do you know how to be truly happy? 🥰 Emotions are intrinsic, and must be created from within. Happiness is something you become. It can’t be found in other people, in relationships, in travel, in work, or in luxury belongings… Happiness is something that you mustContinueContinue reading “Inner Child Artist: WIP!”

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”

#NewBeginning2020: Reparenting Your Inner Child for a New Beginning

Join me as I show my new deck, INNER CHILD ARTIST, and show you how I use it to CONNECT WITH, CONVERSE WITH, and ultimately REPARENT my inner child! https://youtu.be/8U0KgwrBIFs

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!””

Inner Child Artist

Introducing Inner Child Artist, an art therapy deck to heal the wounded inner child. The Prototype This is the new deck I have been working on. It is called Inner Child Artist, and it is for healing the wounded inner child that hides inside of all of us. This is an art therapy deck thatContinueContinue reading “Inner Child Artist”

Commissioned Worker, I am…

Hey Guys! I love drawing people and I have gotten good enough that I am able to catch a likeness to them. When I show people my work, I always get asked to draw for them. It is flattering and it is a lot of work! But, I do like it (as my work!) andContinueContinue reading “Commissioned Worker, I am…”