Ok, so I might change my mind but the new Weekend album is pretty good. Dawn FM was a fun listen. I haven’t really been a fan of The Weekend. I’ve heard a few of his songs, and they were ok, but not really anything that caught my attention; however, one of the websites I frequent gave the new album a glowing review so I thought I’d check it out. I listened to it while running and ended up adding a few minutes to my cool down so I could finish it.     That was only one listening, so I might change my mind because it usually takes me a few listens to get a feel for an album. Some albums fall apart on that first listen, I’m looking at you Sonic Silk, while most have parts that bug me but I often soften to over time, DJ Shadow’s The Mountain Will Fall falls into that category. Often the latter become some of my favorite albums. So now that...

  I don’t know why but I’ve been really leaning into esoteric rituals and olde timey magics lately. I made black eyed peas for New Year’s, I’m back to quiet meditative drawing and I’ve even been taking vitamins. Not to mention, I’m starting to really embrace this whole sleep thing. I haven’t been drawing as much but I’m feeling pretty good.     I’m getting back into drawing but not like I was for a while there. I think I lost focus for a while but honestly that is just a bunch of navel-gazing. I’m trying to balance things out a little better. I made some big steps last year when it came to KnitDog and with those steps came some reevaluation. I’m still working through that but I’m making some progress. It’s that question I always struggle with, “What is an artist and am I really...