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Kat Reilly
@thepaperkat.bsky.social
Artist. Designer. Cat mom. Theatre nerd. Gamer.

Recovering perfectionist & learning to let good enough be good enough.
Let it go. Let it flow. (Collage, acrylic, ink and marker pen | 2024)

For this one I stopped worrying about what it would be and let it develop on its own. My hand and pen was guided by whatever caught my eye, and went wherever I felt the piece needed something.

Turning brain off sometimes good.
June 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My worldview is melting…
June 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Honeymoon in Italy: Bologna, Imola, Cinque Terre & Parma
June 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
22 hours retaining the floor. Keep going Sen. Booker!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Reposted by Kat Reilly
I made this one a couple years ago. One of my favorites. #berniesanders #feelthebern #embroidery #tougherthantrump
January 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Just switched to #Storygraph after losing access to GoodReads (which was connected to my now deleted FB account 😆).

Really like it and knowing it’s more values-aligned with me makes me like it all the more. 🙌❤️
Ok #booksky, let’s talk.

👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.

👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
January 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A thank you sign I made for everyone that brings something to our doorstep.

I always hope it brightens someone’s day. At the very least, I hope it helps those serving others feel a little more appreciated.

If I haven’t said it enough, thank you to all the delivery folks out there.
January 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I love love love the library! Thank you to all who make it such a welcoming, supportive and restorative place of knowledge and community. ❤️📚
Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚

Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
January 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Artists who flocked here from IG, how are you finding BlueSky?

#artisttoartist #fineartist #artistssupportingartists #newtobluesky
January 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Sold & ready for its new home: “Roadside Poppies” is a mixed media collage inspired by poppies I saw springing out of the sidewalk near my home.

Seeing nature still persist despite getting continually torn down never ceases to amaze me.

Made with painted junk mail and discarded paper.
January 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Toby is a kiss monster with the gentlest eyes. So sweet and relaxed, just wants to sit next to you.

Adopt Toby at Peninsula Humane Society in San Mateo County. 🐶

#peninsulahumanesociety #adoptdogs #animalshelter #animalsheltervolunteer #dogavailableforadoption #sanmateocounty
January 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Why are some projects so difficult to finish?

Perfectionism and fear are the usual suspects here.

Instead, I’m trying to let “good enough” be good enough.

We’ll see how it goes 😊

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ROADSIDE POPPIES, 2024
Acrylic, junk mail, cardstock, cardboard
© Kat Reilly
January 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
#caturday sponsored by the best free box supplier for a cardboard artist and her kitties
January 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM