Jules
@looseleaf.bsky.social
I’m a fat, queer artist based in western North Carolina. I love mountains and waterfalls. I make quilts, knit sweaters & shawls, and weave tapestries. I make art on paper with graphite, colored pencils, and watercolors.
Yes! I am solidly in my “weird little drawings” era and I’m loving every fucking minute
I think most artists hit a point where they’re like, well if I can’t be the best artist, I shall be the most ME artist.
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Yes! I am solidly in my “weird little drawings” era and I’m loving every fucking minute
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What’s on my hand? Wait, it’s on my face too. And in my hair??? And my coffee cup! And that light switch?!! OMG check the cat!!! AAARGH!!!!!
Fucking Phthalo Blue: An Artist’s Lament
Fucking Phthalo Blue: An Artist’s Lament
September 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What’s on my hand? Wait, it’s on my face too. And in my hair??? And my coffee cup! And that light switch?!! OMG check the cat!!! AAARGH!!!!!
Fucking Phthalo Blue: An Artist’s Lament
Fucking Phthalo Blue: An Artist’s Lament
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This is correct. Examples:
Good good coffee: Kicking Horse, Dirty Girl
Good bad coffee: Most diners, McDonald's
Bad good coffee: Starbucks, most hipster places that look down on drip
Bad bad coffee: Taco Bell (most non-McDs fast food really), the Hotcake House by Milwaukie and Powell in Portland.
Good good coffee: Kicking Horse, Dirty Girl
Good bad coffee: Most diners, McDonald's
Bad good coffee: Starbucks, most hipster places that look down on drip
Bad bad coffee: Taco Bell (most non-McDs fast food really), the Hotcake House by Milwaukie and Powell in Portland.
So @caseyplett.com has this theory that there are four quadrants of coffee: "good good coffee"; "bad good coffee"; good bad coffee" and "bad bad coffee" and idk if this is true but it is def true of red Bordeaux
September 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Successfully got my Covid vax today! My doc had to write me an Rx, which he faxed to the pharmacy, then I made an appt online. All good, but then found out my insurance company would not cover it?!? Luckily I was able to pay the $194(😳) out of pocket. Will file an insurance appeal tomorrow
September 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Successfully got my Covid vax today! My doc had to write me an Rx, which he faxed to the pharmacy, then I made an appt online. All good, but then found out my insurance company would not cover it?!? Luckily I was able to pay the $194(😳) out of pocket. Will file an insurance appeal tomorrow
I had the hot air balloon one! And I didn’t take any notes during my first class of 7th grade (geometry) because I was nervous to make so much noise with the velcro
September 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I had the hot air balloon one! And I didn’t take any notes during my first class of 7th grade (geometry) because I was nervous to make so much noise with the velcro
Eagerly awaiting the horror movie adaptation of this book, starring Julia Roberts
look, clearly the cut has perfected running a certain style of self-aggrandizing, faux-searching but ultimately breezily exculpatory personal essay but oh my god www.thecut.com/article/eliz...
My Once-in-a-Million-Years Love Story
When my best friend was diagnosed with cancer, I promised to be with her until the end. Then all hell broke loose.
www.thecut.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Eagerly awaiting the horror movie adaptation of this book, starring Julia Roberts
There was a team trivia event today at work. Organizers used AI to generate questions AND answers. Many answers were pure hallucination. Tempers flared when correct answers were marked as wrong. Organizer doubled down and asked AI “is ___ a good answer for ___” and was surprised by weird results
August 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
There was a team trivia event today at work. Organizers used AI to generate questions AND answers. Many answers were pure hallucination. Tempers flared when correct answers were marked as wrong. Organizer doubled down and asked AI “is ___ a good answer for ___” and was surprised by weird results
Wholeheartedly agree! Please don’t make me comfort you while I’m trying to receive a compliment
please don't drag yourself down when you want to compliment someone's art (or anything, really!). saying "this is so cool" is way better than "this is so cool, i could never do this :("
it really doesn't make praise better, quite the opposite!
it really doesn't make praise better, quite the opposite!
August 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Wholeheartedly agree! Please don’t make me comfort you while I’m trying to receive a compliment
Behold, my art fair booth! Tomorrow morning I will fill it with art!
If you’re in WNC, stop by and say hello Sat 9-4, Sun 11-4. On the lawn outside the Shelton House in Waynesville, NC
If you’re in WNC, stop by and say hello Sat 9-4, Sun 11-4. On the lawn outside the Shelton House in Waynesville, NC
August 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Behold, my art fair booth! Tomorrow morning I will fill it with art!
If you’re in WNC, stop by and say hello Sat 9-4, Sun 11-4. On the lawn outside the Shelton House in Waynesville, NC
If you’re in WNC, stop by and say hello Sat 9-4, Sun 11-4. On the lawn outside the Shelton House in Waynesville, NC
This soothes my brain
Hey ding-dongs, let’s have a chit-chat about 'Ablaut reduplication.'
If you have three words, the order usually goes 'I-A-O.'
-tic-tac-toe
If there are only two words, ‘I’ is the first and the second is either ‘A’ or ‘O.’
-click-clack
-King-Kong
If you have three words, the order usually goes 'I-A-O.'
-tic-tac-toe
If there are only two words, ‘I’ is the first and the second is either ‘A’ or ‘O.’
-click-clack
-King-Kong
July 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This soothes my brain
My employer’s new “Head of AI” just introduced himself to the company with an AI-generated illustration of himself in Studio Ghibli style. Shouldn’t an industry leader be familiar with how outspoken Miyazaki is against generative AI???
July 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
My employer’s new “Head of AI” just introduced himself to the company with an AI-generated illustration of himself in Studio Ghibli style. Shouldn’t an industry leader be familiar with how outspoken Miyazaki is against generative AI???
A lovely golden hour drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I live in the best place
July 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A lovely golden hour drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I live in the best place
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Late in life Van Der Zee photographed Jean-Michel Basquiat, who responded by painting the elderly photographer's portrait
June 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Late in life Van Der Zee photographed Jean-Michel Basquiat, who responded by painting the elderly photographer's portrait
At the cafe. Tried to purchase the last cookie but the lady in front of me had ordered it, they just hadn’t bagged it yet. No worries, just the latte please. Unbeknownst to me, she asked them to cut it and plate up half for me, then slid the plate onto my table as she sailed out the door. Magician.
June 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
At the cafe. Tried to purchase the last cookie but the lady in front of me had ordered it, they just hadn’t bagged it yet. No worries, just the latte please. Unbeknownst to me, she asked them to cut it and plate up half for me, then slid the plate onto my table as she sailed out the door. Magician.
Going to bed on the first air conditioned night is 👩🍳’s 😘
June 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Going to bed on the first air conditioned night is 👩🍳’s 😘
Working on some very satisfy art studio reorganization. #artstudio
June 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Working on some very satisfy art studio reorganization. #artstudio
This hurricane season will be terrifying.
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This hurricane season will be terrifying.
Yep, this is how I feel
May 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Yep, this is how I feel
Happy Murderbot Eve to all who celebrate!
May 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Happy Murderbot Eve to all who celebrate!
Why yes, Mr Hot Fudge, I’m smiling too!
May 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Why yes, Mr Hot Fudge, I’m smiling too!
I just want to make little drawings, knit things, play with my cat, eat pastries, sew quilts, look at the mountains, tend to my flower garden…isn’t that enough?
May 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I just want to make little drawings, knit things, play with my cat, eat pastries, sew quilts, look at the mountains, tend to my flower garden…isn’t that enough?
Still thinking about the rose bushes perfuming the air as I walked into (and out of) the doctor’s office yesterday. They were like an additional threshold, a curtain of fragrance, easing the transition between spaces
May 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Still thinking about the rose bushes perfuming the air as I walked into (and out of) the doctor’s office yesterday. They were like an additional threshold, a curtain of fragrance, easing the transition between spaces