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Loveday Funck
Apr 25, 20225 min read
The Iris Blooms
Over the weekend, I participated in my first Maypole Dance. I think only half of it may have been woven properly. It was frantic and...
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Loveday Funck
Mar 7, 20223 min read
Follow the Wind
As the sky gently shifted from darkness to light, I began to set up at a local market. The weather was warm but a gentle breeze blew...
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Loveday Funck
Feb 28, 20223 min read
Is it Time to Create our Own Stories?
(25% of all sales of my Bloom Where You're Planted artwork for the next month will go directly to the Voices of Children Foundation in...
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Loveday Funck
Jan 24, 20222 min read
The Weirdest Person in the Room
I've spent a lot of time feeling like the weirdest person in the room even though I think that I don't necessarily look like the weirdest...
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Loveday Funck
Jan 10, 20222 min read
Why the Side Hustle? Or, Was your Cat Royalty in a Past Life?
Customize your pet here I try to stay positive, optimistic, and hopeful. Time and again, I've been willing to believe that the worst is...
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Loveday Funck
Dec 27, 20212 min read
Should We Treat Artists as if They Are Real People with Feelings?
On the Saturday night of Luna Fete, the weather turned cold and rainy. Not many people remained to watch the show or to explore the...
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Loveday Funck
Dec 6, 20212 min read
Is Frida Kahlo a Great Artist?
What makes an artist great? I was scrolling through google recently an article title leaped out at me: "Why Frida Kahlo Still Isn’t a...
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Loveday Funck
Nov 29, 20212 min read
Feel the Energy Of Louis Wain
As a lover of Victorian ephemera and cats, I discovered Louis Wain many years ago. At that time, information on his life was hard to...
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Loveday Funck
Nov 23, 20212 min read
Believe in the Possibility of You
I dreamt last night that I needed to go back to school, starting with an Alice in Wonderland Theater Class. Of course, from my initial...
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Loveday Funck
Nov 16, 20213 min read
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...
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Loveday Funck
Oct 19, 20213 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...
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Loveday Funck
Sep 21, 20211 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...
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Loveday Funck
Sep 7, 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...
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Loveday Funck
Aug 10, 20212 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...
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Loveday Funck
Jan 26, 20213 min read
The Schoolyard Bully Grows Up and Goes to the Art Market
It happened. It finally happened to me. I've been hearing about this legendary figure for years. I've read about and heard a dozen...
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Loveday Funck
Jan 16, 20215 min read
Who are you?
Somehow this feels a little bit like cheating but I couldn't quite get my head around the topic for the week: Preference. In Victorian...
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Loveday Funck
Jan 12, 20214 min read
Forgotten Love: When I veer in strange new directions and talk Sex and the City
I am going off in a strange direction for me: talking pop culture. While I was working on this week's card, I reflected on "Forgotten...
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Loveday Funck
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Juggling Creative Spoons
It's ten days until Christmas. The darkest night is looming before us. I keep trying to focus my energies and start a new project but my...
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Loveday Funck
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Pushing the Boulder Up the Mountain
I've had a recurring dream of late. I am sloughing through deep snow in a dark forest. My feet are garbed in heavy boots. I am wearing a...
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Loveday Funck
Dec 1, 20202 min read
The Gratitude Attitude
I spent almost two years working on my Deck of the New Orleans Tarot Cats. I blogged weekly as I finished a card and shared aspects of my...
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