"Taking to the sea for exercise means you are having to respond to nature directly every day, and in the end, this started to feel like a metaphor for painting. At the same time, coping with the intensity of the elements in new ways called me back to Homer, thinking again about ideas of separation from family, inner resourcefulness, and transformation, what we’re going through now, as well as adventure. These kinds of thoughts fed into my Midnights series via Homer earlier this year, so I wanted to bring the elemental experience of the ocean into the work even more directly, with a similarly restricted palette but on a much larger scale."Nigel Cooke

a humorous list of every type of online article I've read

A list of some thoughts that go through my head during the stress of midterms

Thank you for all that you are and all you are yet to be.

Time to curl up with some hot chocolate and some popcorn

Problems that keep many Christians from regularly attending church.

I turned my lifelong dream into a reality and I couldn't be happier.

Turning passion into action can be a challenge for many of us.

gifs to describes the feelings of answering questions in class

Red means stop, the solid white line means do not cross, and texting should is not allowed when driving.

The journey and inspiration for why I love science

Here are thoughts that may enter ones mind while watching various athletes compete in the Olympics.

If only you lived in Stars Hollow people would have your ways figured out by now...

Here's to strong women. May we know them. May we be them.

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Pinch me, I must be dreaming.

A list of things you can't find at any other university.

Once you go one time, you'll never want to leave.

How being prone to wander in college had led me back to Jesus.