As a member of the slash economy (painter/website builder/marketing dept/shipper/schlepper/art educator/student), life sometimes feels like a vortex of work-related errands that leaves art making the last thing on the to-do list. The last five weeks of the year are almost guaranteed to fall into this category. This year along with traditional holidays, non-traditional pandemic, a birthday and an anniversary, I also have the honor of moving into my first "real" studio space. T