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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
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
Nov 2, 20212 min read
You Deserve to be Happy
"Do what you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life." Maybe, but probably not. From our earliest childhood, society asks...
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Loveday Funck
Oct 26, 20212 min read
Epiphanies in Self Love
Most artists love their studios. Our art supplies live there. Our finished work lives there. Our work in progress lives there, but I...
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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
Oct 12, 20212 min read
Self Love and Self Care
What was the last thing that you did just for you? What act of self care have you performed in the last week or even the last month? Or...
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Loveday Funck
Oct 5, 20212 min read
The Butterfly Effect of Frida Kahlo
A butterfly flapping its wings, according to Chaos Theory, can create a devastating tornado in a few weeks time. Frida Kahlo boarding a...
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Loveday Funck
Sep 28, 20213 min read
When Did You Become a Misfit?
On Saturday, I set up at the New Orleans Art Market in Marsalis Harmony Park (formerly Palmer Park) at the corner of Claiborne and...
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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 24, 20212 min read
Smells like Teen Spirit
Are the young happy? I don't remember feeling particularly happy or joyful in the midst of my youth or my teen years, but I like to think...
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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
Jul 20, 20213 min read
The Sweetest Love of All
As Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe lay dying in his final days, he said, "“No one has ever properly understood me, I have never fully...
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Loveday Funck
Jul 13, 20212 min read
Between and Betwixt
When it came time to sit down and write this blog post, I was feeling more than a little blocked. What message have I received? What...
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Loveday Funck
Jul 6, 20211 min read
No Piece of Art is every Finished, Merely Abandoned
I've reached the tipping point of the Oracle deck that I've been working on. I knew this is the perfect time to take a honest look at...
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Loveday Funck
Jun 28, 20212 min read
The Power of Story: Where Do You Belong
We've passed the tipping point. The deck is well on its way. I will be taking the next week or two to re-work a few of these that I'm not...
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Loveday Funck
Jun 21, 20212 min read
Celebration! I see you and acknowledge you!
I understand completely how important is to be seen, to really be seen. I spent years feeling invisible, even reinforcing that emotion by...
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Loveday Funck
Jun 14, 20217 min read
A Big Psychic NO THANK YOU from me
I actually wrote out this week's blog post on Sunday morning, pleased with myself that I was ahead of schedule and that I was bringing...
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Loveday Funck
Jun 8, 20214 min read
Give Yourself the Gift of True Friendship
True friends have your back. They support you and help you when you are struggling. They nurture your dreams and give you the...
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Loveday Funck
Jun 1, 20212 min read
Working Hard, Not Smart
What kind of secrets do we keep? From others? Or, most importantly, from ourselves? In Week 10 of "The Artist's Way", we're recovering a...
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