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A Little About Me

A Little About Me

Hello fellow artists, daydreamers, designers, creative folk, thinkers, and everyone in between who gives a damn about what I have to say. My name is Michelle. Miche for short (pronounced Meesh). I've rewritten this introduction more times than I expected to. It's harder than I thought to explain who I am in a way that actually feels true. Most of the time, I don't feel like one clear thing anyway - more like a mix of interests that I keep cycling between. The one thing in my life that has stayed consistent is creating things. Whether it's art, writing, videos, or larger builds, I always be creatin'. My art is mostly mixed media - collage, paper, paint, old materials that already have a history to them. I like using things that already exist, layering them, altering them, and transforming them into something new. It is easier for me to start with something than from nothing. And it's really satisfying to give life to things that would otherwise be thrown away. I also write and journal, mostly to make sense of what I'm doing and why. I have a personal digital garden that I periodically post publicly (you can view that here: Digital Garden for Mindfully Miche "Home note for Digital Garden for Mindfully Miche"). I don't follow a rigid routine or structure; I have more unfinished notebooks and bullet journals than I'd like to admit. But writing helps me notice patterns and understand myself a little better over time. A lot of that naturally ties into how I think about my life in general. I've always been really into trying to better myself. I don't want to just exist and call it good. I like building routines, planning systems, and trying to organize my life into something that feels like it's actually working. Executing any of that consistently is another story. I'm still figuring that out! This blog is where all those things overlap. I see it as a place where my creative work, my thoughts, and my attempts to figure things out can all live together. I'll be sharing what I'm working on, what I'm trying, and what I'm learning along the way. There will be art, especially collage and process work. There will be notes on how I organize things and (attempt to) manage my space. There will be writing that's still in progress and not fully figured out. And there will probably be photos of my pets, because they're always around while I'm doing all of this. I don't have a perfectly defined goal for this blog. I just want a place to document what I'm making, how I'm thinking, and how things change over time. If you're here, you're probably doing something similar in your own way. — Miche