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See you in 2020.

Published December 4, 2019December 6, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process
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Sometimes I feel detached… journal entry, Dec 3, 2019

Published December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Journal
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I had a strange dream last night.

Published November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Journal
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William March’s Company K (1933) studies- ink, watercolour, coffee, salt

Published November 22, 2019November 23, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Bookstore, creative process, Event, Inspiration, Visual Storytelling
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Inktober Oct 1-12, “Morfar’s Klass.” Old family photo studies.

Published October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, creative process, Visual Storytelling
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For my aunt Siv

Published October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Journal, Women who inspire
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Dear Camille, I regret…

Published September 14, 2019September 15, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Journal, Women who inspire
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I don’t bleed anymore. Finding solace in journal pages.

Published September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Journal, Meditation, Visual Storytelling
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Pausing at the well.

Published August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in 5 minute portraits, creative process, Journal, Meditation
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“All you have to do now is allow…” Sabbatical reflections.

Published August 26, 2019August 27, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Event, Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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Turn the page- visualizing fading memory

Published August 11, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, creative process, Journal, Quote, Visual Storytelling
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Quick sketch: Young gull at English Bay

Published August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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Here were valleys filled with tiny trees and minuscule, tangled vines…

Published August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Crafts, creative process, Inspiration, Visual Storytelling
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There are times of no ideas… – Lynda Barry (but there is always process)

Published July 29, 2019July 31, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Meditation, Visual Storytelling
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Connecting with the journal everyday. Even if just to copy…

Published July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Graphic Novel, Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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Psaltriparus minimus playing in a tree…

Published July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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So what is the relationship with the blog? It begs to show more of your life in it…

Published July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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Stream of consciousness #writing and #drawing as #anxietytool

Published July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Visual Storytelling
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Drawing process- trefoil knot found in the wolf

Published July 13, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, creative process, Education, Portrait, Visual Storytelling
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RIP Freddie Jones

Published July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, creative process, Inspiration, Portrait, Visual Storytelling
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I am at home in the mosses…

Published July 10, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Journal, Meditation, Visual Storytelling
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I am allowed to think freely. Stream of consciousness journaling

Published July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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The importance of doodling…

Published July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Journal, Meditation, Visual Storytelling
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Hi-a-tus from Facebook and Instagram to rejuvenate my creative process

Published July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Journal, Quote, Visual Storytelling
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I am happy among my books – I am not happy without them. – Anne Lister

Published July 1, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Bookstore, Inspiration, Meditation, Quote, Women who inspire
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Man klarar sig i många år på ett ögonblick…

Published June 30, 2019July 20, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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There is that one thing I must do before I die.

Published June 8, 2019June 8, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Meditation
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There is one moment in Pippi Longstocking that nailed it for me…

Published June 1, 2019June 1, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Bookstore, Inspiration, Journal, Quote, Women who inspire
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The Sparrow’s Nest

Published May 25, 2019May 25, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, China Marker Portraits, Crafts, Quote, Visual Storytelling
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I am not depressed today.

Published May 18, 2019May 20, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Journal, Meditation
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I keep the broken bits. They illustrate the subtext.

Published May 18, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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Ut Pictura Poesis- the narrative potential of the drawing

Published May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, China Marker Portraits, creative process, Graphic Novel, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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One must not be too romantic about madness…

Published May 7, 2019May 9, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Bookstore, China Marker Portraits, creative process, Graphic Novel, Quote, Visual Storytelling
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Silent interiors…

Published April 21, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Facepaint, Inspiration, Meditation, Quote
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Visual notes: Patient No. 6, Psychiatric Diagnosis, 1959

Published April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, China Marker Portraits, Graphic Novel, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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Sunday pause. Sunday paws.

Published April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Journal, Meditation
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The sparrow is mightier than the machine

Published April 8, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, China Marker Portraits, Journal
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“Poke the spot hard till the sore bleeds on your finger”… journaling out the crap.

Published March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Uncategorized
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Drawing 3-D eyes and the human face.

Published March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in China Marker Portraits, creative process, Education, Portrait
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SOLD: “I saw the angel in the marble.” (Drawing on marbled paper)

Published March 10, 2019March 11, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, China Marker Portraits, Event
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Give yourself the opportunity to discover your own imagery

Published February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, China Marker Portraits, creative process, Journal, Quote
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Did the song of the sparrows trigger a genetic memory?

Published February 9, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Meditation
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“This Look That Was Only Yours,” a short film of my creative process

Published February 6, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artists, Artwork, China Marker Portraits, creative process, Visual Storytelling
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Nature moves through carcasses…

Published January 19, 2019March 10, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Bookstore, China Marker Portraits, Crafts, creative process, Graphic Novel, Visual Storytelling
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“Retreat mode”

Published January 17, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Journal
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Relaunch and new look: my online graphic novel “Molly, a True Crime Analysis, the third draft”

Published January 13, 2019April 2, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Bookstore, Event, Graphic Novel, Visual Storytelling
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Bird spotting with a yellow legal pad and a walk in the park.

Published January 11, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Inspiration, Visual Storytelling
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I get this ways sometimes.

Published January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Journal, mind mapping
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The importance of being specific. Collage for 2019.

Published December 30, 2018December 30, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Crafts, creative process, Visual Storytelling
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Vision 2019: COURAGE

Published December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Meditation, Quote
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It’s not that I don’t know what to do.

Published November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in China Marker Portraits, creative process, Graphic Novel, Inspiration, Quote, Visual Storytelling
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Potato Nose Diaries (1977): Instalment 9- Torpet

Published November 26, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Bookstore, Graphic Novel, Inspiration, Journal
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The birthday card, 1942.

Published November 11, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Indiegogo, Photography
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60 years ago my mother became a mother. (Karin Kristina Orwald 1936 – 2008)

Published November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling, Women who inspire
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Tuesday November 6, 1947

Published November 6, 2018November 6, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, China Marker Portraits, Graphic Novel, Visual Storytelling
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Potato Nose Diaries (1977): Instalment 8- The Letter

Published November 3, 2018November 3, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Bookstore, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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Inktober 2018: 31 studies of Truman Capote’s IN COLD BLOOD

Published October 31, 2018November 8, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Bookstore, creative process, Event, Gallery, Inspiration, Portrait, Visual Storytelling
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Potato Nose Diaries (1977): Instalment 7- Grad and the Party

Published October 21, 2018October 21, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Bookstore, China Marker Portraits, Graphic Novel, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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Father, daughter, Fenrir, Gleipnir and “Drawn Together”- the book: 6 years later.

Published October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Artists, Bookstore, creative process, Drawn Together, Inspiration
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Admit it- you crave simplicity.

Published September 30, 2018September 30, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Journal
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