Posts by Lisa Sinicki
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Juicing again
What Free Range Brain means to me
A Free Range Brain is a brain that’s been given permission to wander, explore, and play—without self-imposed limits. It’s what happens when you stop bullying yourself. It’s the way I’d like to experience the world.
Read MoreExperiments in animation
You know how it is when you want to do something but you just keep telling yourself “I don’t have time for this now?” That was me and leaning to create animation. Well I finally made time and you know what? It was much easier than I thought. At least to do simple stuff like…
Read MoreHow I named my Substack newsletter
Naming my Substack newsletter was a painful process. I considered dozens of options and then had to overthink each and every one before moving on. The following chart doesn’t have every single option I considered by it will give you an idea of my process.
Read MoreVacation in a bottle
In real life, I’m overwhelmed and anxious a fair amount of time. On vacation, I have no worries. There’s no cooking, no cleaning, no errands… I wish life were like that all the time. I also wish I could bottle that life up and bring it home. Since that’s impossible, I make due with the…
Read MoreIrish Inspiration 2025
Paintings from our trip to Ireland this spring. I challenged myself to paint what I felt, rather than what I saw. . .
Read MoreMuch ado about matcha
You would think drinking Matcha lattes to combat my vitamin D deficiency and osteopenia would be a great idea, but nothing is EVER as simple as it seems. I know Matcha good for me, but I can’t get past the fact that it tastes like ground up leaves mixed into skim milk. To be fair,…
Read MoreVacation inspiration: Ireland 2018
I thought you might like to see how various experiences and photos get translated into art. We visited Ireland in 201l The paintings and sketches were completed between then and 2024. The cow we caught pressed up against the barbed wire — making eyes through the fence at a cow in the next pasture.…
Read MoreMy 59th birthday gift to myself: more self compassion
Hello friend, My 59th birthday is coming up fast. Which, of course, has me thinking about my 60th birthday. What do I want to achieve between now and then? How can I, by the time I turn 60, become a better version of myself? Being The Queen of the Chronic Overthinkers as I am, I…
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