Elayna Alexandra

Listen, there are so many sounds. There are sounds in every color: blue and green sounds soft, growing, water, these are nurturing sounds. There are black, grey and even red sounds, they are loud sounds, noise, cars, horns. There are yellow sounds, happy bird chirps, children’s voices, a dog snoring. All these colors, all these [...]

My first week of school is coming to a close and I am quickly realizing that I really must become more organized so that I can have some time for myself to rejuvenate or I will run myself into the ground. I find that drawing circles can be very relaxing and fun. I drew these [...]

I am reading Christine Mason Miller’s book. My mom bought a copy and sent it to me, thank you mom, thank you, I have wanted this since the moment it was printed, and thank you Christina for writing it. Near the first pages of the book Christina writes about how we are expected to do [...]

School has started with a vengeance. Non-profit leadership, it looks like a great class and I am excited about it but as usual a ton of work, a lot of writing and lots of reading too. After four days off work was a rude awakening this morning and I am finding myself dragging this evening.
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I am so happy to have this website done, well there are a few little glitches still. Like I don’t think my mailing list function is actually working… but they are working on it. While I do finally have the site done, it seems new huge projects are falling in my lap, new desires, wants, [...]

This time is about learning to think first. Thinking about how what I say will be taken. Remembering that people don’t always need to know my opinion, and that there really are a lot of times when things just don’t matter, or are not worth etc.. It is a learning experience, fun and frustrating at the same time. [...]

Ever realize you should have just bit your tongue instead of talking? It seems this year so far for me is about figuring out when I should let things go, not always fight for what I believe. To just let other people be, to let them believe what they want to even if I sometimes [...]

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Welcome to my new website. It has been a long process to create this site and it couldn’t have been down without the great help and skill of Utopian. The new galleries on this site offer me a new and easy way to upload new artwork as it is created so these should stay much [...]

I have enjoyed origami since a young age. I only make a few things frequently. Butterflies, iris (as pictured), cranes and hearts with a two dollar bill. Folding is fun, it is amazing to take something that is flat and turn it into something with dimension. I actually created these irises for my husband as [...]

The stories of our lives, a knotted buddle, a spider web. Experiences so different then others and yet also so similar. Stories that in their reading bring us great understanding and insight to our own lives. Listening Is an Act of Love, a book created out of the storycorps project is an amazing collection of [...]

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I was very excited to get interviewed at the Goodyear Art in Civic Places exhibition and the woman was very nice and wrote a nice article about my artwork that was published in the West Valley View.

Part of my short Holiday vacation was spent at the Getty. It was incredible. 

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Rachelle Mee-Chapman, writer