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How to Pick a GOOD ART Event from a BAD ART Event
The emphasis here is on the event being good or bad, not on the art. As the veteran of a hundred odd art events, I've learned a bit about...

Loveday Funck
Nov 16, 20213 min read


Making Play a Priority
The unpainted cottage possess all the potential. No colors, no expectations, just pure possibility. Is that what children are? Blank...

Loveday Funck
Nov 9, 20212 min read


You Deserve to be Happy
"Do what you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life." Maybe, but probably not. From our earliest childhood, society asks...

Loveday Funck
Nov 2, 20212 min read


Epiphanies in Self Love
Most artists love their studios. Our art supplies live there. Our finished work lives there. Our work in progress lives there, but I...

Loveday Funck
Oct 26, 20212 min read


New Orleans without the Art and the Music
What would a New Orleans look like if it were inhabited by nothing but responsible adults? What if we made all the dreamers leave? What...

Loveday Funck
Oct 19, 20213 min read


Self Love and Self Care
What was the last thing that you did just for you? What act of self care have you performed in the last week or even the last month? Or...

Loveday Funck
Oct 12, 20212 min read


The Butterfly Effect of Frida Kahlo
A butterfly flapping its wings, according to Chaos Theory, can create a devastating tornado in a few weeks time. Frida Kahlo boarding a...

Loveday Funck
Oct 5, 20212 min read


When Did You Become a Misfit?
On Saturday, I set up at the New Orleans Art Market in Marsalis Harmony Park (formerly Palmer Park) at the corner of Claiborne and...

Loveday Funck
Sep 28, 20213 min read


Rolling on the Mighty Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second largest river in the United States, conjoined to the largest, the Missouri. The Mississippi nourishes...

Loveday Funck
Sep 21, 20211 min read


New Orleans Fairy Tale: Surviving the Storm
It's been a rough couple of years: the fluctuating number of Covid cases determining whether I'd be able to work from one month to...

Loveday Funck
Sep 14, 20212 min read


Why New Orleans?
On the evening of September 29th, Hurricane Ida swept through southern Louisiana, knocking power and knocking over trees; destroying...

Loveday Funck
Sep 7, 20212 min read


Smells like Teen Spirit
Are the young happy? I don't remember feeling particularly happy or joyful in the midst of my youth or my teen years, but I like to think...

Loveday Funck
Aug 24, 20212 min read


The Whims of Social Media
Every time I think that I'm finally understanding or getting the hang of the latest social media craze, something newer, something...

Loveday Funck
Aug 17, 20213 min read


Is this the New Normal?
As 2021 began, I was full of cautious optimism. As soon as I could, I received both of my vaccines and began to reengage with people that...

Loveday Funck
Aug 10, 20212 min read


Speak Your Truth
My new desktop is slowly but surely filling up with my cloud back up. The process is taking a good bit longer than the promised few days...

Loveday Funck
Aug 3, 20211 min read


The Tarot and the Gatekeepers
Wherever I seem to be on social media lately, I keep being confronted with the Gatekeepers, or more accurately: the grumps, the grouches,...

Loveday Funck
Jul 27, 20214 min read


The Sweetest Love of All
As Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe lay dying in his final days, he said, "“No one has ever properly understood me, I have never fully...

Loveday Funck
Jul 20, 20213 min read


Between and Betwixt
When it came time to sit down and write this blog post, I was feeling more than a little blocked. What message have I received? What...

Loveday Funck
Jul 13, 20212 min read


No Piece of Art is every Finished, Merely Abandoned
I've reached the tipping point of the Oracle deck that I've been working on. I knew this is the perfect time to take a honest look at...

Loveday Funck
Jul 6, 20211 min read


The Power of Story: Where Do You Belong
We've passed the tipping point. The deck is well on its way. I will be taking the next week or two to re-work a few of these that I'm not...

Loveday Funck
Jun 28, 20212 min read
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