Reese
@joyfulartist.bsky.social
Joyful artist, painter, collage-maker, designer, amateur photographer, nature-lover, writer, reader, traveler, empowerer, inspirer. charrisemccrorey.substack.com
My latest. Photo credit in link.
Almost Free
An intimate peek inside grief, loss, and freedom that is not free.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
My latest. Photo credit in link.
I wrote the words of my poem, Holy Moments, into the print I made with a Gel Plate.
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I wrote the words of my poem, Holy Moments, into the print I made with a Gel Plate.
A short poem, written and read by me here:
“My shadow is a toothache, deep in my soul.
My shadow is a well, from which wisdom is pulled.”
“My shadow is a toothache, deep in my soul.
My shadow is a well, from which wisdom is pulled.”
The Secret Life of My Shadow
Whispers from the dark, and how the light looks when it returns
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November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A short poem, written and read by me here:
“My shadow is a toothache, deep in my soul.
My shadow is a well, from which wisdom is pulled.”
“My shadow is a toothache, deep in my soul.
My shadow is a well, from which wisdom is pulled.”
Today’s tiny collage.
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today’s tiny collage.
A story about love, loss and keepsakes.
What She Left Me to Hold
A story of love, loss, and the language that remains.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A story about love, loss and keepsakes.
A letter to the future. Hopeful and inspiring. Photo credit in link.
Even in the Darkness, I Keep Planting Seeds.
What it means to love, create, and rebuild during dark times
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October 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A letter to the future. Hopeful and inspiring. Photo credit in link.
The essay at the link might give you hope. This is also original artwork.
Lava and Heat Lightning: Ancestral Sparks
I didn’t always think about them.
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September 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The essay at the link might give you hope. This is also original artwork.
September 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
August 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
August 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Day 26 of 100. Original tiny collage on wood panel. Self portrait made of watercolor, painted papers, catalog paper and ink. #collage #100daysofcollage #joyfulartist #selfportrait
August 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Day 26 of 100. Original tiny collage on wood panel. Self portrait made of watercolor, painted papers, catalog paper and ink. #collage #100daysofcollage #joyfulartist #selfportrait
Redemption. My latest essay.
Redemption
The Price We Must Pay
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August 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Redemption. My latest essay.
Day 16 of 100. Original tiny collage on wood panel. Made from large shredded wheat envelope, old stamps and portraits drawn on old sewing patterns #100DaysOfCollage #collage #art #joyfulartist
August 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Day 16 of 100. Original tiny collage on wood panel. Made from large shredded wheat envelope, old stamps and portraits drawn on old sewing patterns #100DaysOfCollage #collage #art #joyfulartist
Day 15of 100. My birthday si I made a birthday goddess. Original tiny collage on wood panel. #selfportrait #100DaysOfCollage #collage #art #joyfulartist
August 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Day 15of 100. My birthday si I made a birthday goddess. Original tiny collage on wood panel. #selfportrait #100DaysOfCollage #collage #art #joyfulartist
Day 14 of 100. Original tiny collage on wood panel. #selfportrait #100DaysOfCollage #collage #art #joyfulartist
August 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Day 14 of 100. Original tiny collage on wood panel. #selfportrait #100DaysOfCollage #collage #art #joyfulartist
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August 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I wrote about the full moon.
We Are Held
Full moon magic.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I wrote about the full moon.
August 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
August 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Full moon story.
We Are Held
Full moon magic.
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August 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Full moon story.
August 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Day 9 of 100. Original tiny collage on wood panel. Full Moon Fire Dance
#Watercolor #paintedpaper #twine #100DaysOfCollage #collage #art #joyfulartist
#Watercolor #paintedpaper #twine #100DaysOfCollage #collage #art #joyfulartist
August 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Day 9 of 100. Original tiny collage on wood panel. Full Moon Fire Dance
#Watercolor #paintedpaper #twine #100DaysOfCollage #collage #art #joyfulartist
#Watercolor #paintedpaper #twine #100DaysOfCollage #collage #art #joyfulartist
August Sturgeon Moon
Flirts above the tree line
Hello, gorgeous, she says
#photography
#SturgeonMoon
#moon
#lake
#joyfulartist
Flirts above the tree line
Hello, gorgeous, she says
#photography
#SturgeonMoon
#moon
#lake
#joyfulartist
August 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
August Sturgeon Moon
Flirts above the tree line
Hello, gorgeous, she says
#photography
#SturgeonMoon
#moon
#lake
#joyfulartist
Flirts above the tree line
Hello, gorgeous, she says
#photography
#SturgeonMoon
#moon
#lake
#joyfulartist