waysailor
@waysailor.bsky.social
Former documentary video maker living with moderate MECFS. Finding a way, one sketch a day. 🏳️🌈
Love how Tuffnut snuggles in for a nap. House cats have life pretty well figured out.
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Love how Tuffnut snuggles in for a nap. House cats have life pretty well figured out.
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Was able to sit at the beach this summer and do a few sketches! A lot to learn in watercolor, and I am impatient. And arms get tired quickly. Reading about JMW Turner and how fast and furious he was with stunning results. So wish we could see him in action! #mecfs #watercolor #oceanscapes
September 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Was able to sit at the beach this summer and do a few sketches! A lot to learn in watercolor, and I am impatient. And arms get tired quickly. Reading about JMW Turner and how fast and furious he was with stunning results. So wish we could see him in action! #mecfs #watercolor #oceanscapes
Haven't been able to draw in a while. This sketch I have mixed feelings about. I liked remembering the sounds and smell and feel of this place. I am trying trying trying to simplify, but my hand-eye wants to blend and blend. The cresting wave looks like an iceberg 😂 #sketch #disabilityvisibility
July 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Haven't been able to draw in a while. This sketch I have mixed feelings about. I liked remembering the sounds and smell and feel of this place. I am trying trying trying to simplify, but my hand-eye wants to blend and blend. The cresting wave looks like an iceberg 😂 #sketch #disabilityvisibility
Year 4 for me with moderate ME/CFS. People tell me I "look great" but have no idea that multiple systems are malfunctioning in my body & I'm disabled & in pain. This devastating disease is grossly underresearched & misunderstood. Please support us, the #millionsmissing. Visit meact.net & omf.ngo
May 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Year 4 for me with moderate ME/CFS. People tell me I "look great" but have no idea that multiple systems are malfunctioning in my body & I'm disabled & in pain. This devastating disease is grossly underresearched & misunderstood. Please support us, the #millionsmissing. Visit meact.net & omf.ngo
This week I learned that watercolor can be a multi-day affair. I'm new to really trying to learn the medium. And I love female red cardinals, but so far getting her subtly blended feathers was most difficult. Values still off on her lower back. Progress not perfection. #birds #sketchbook #watercolor
May 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This week I learned that watercolor can be a multi-day affair. I'm new to really trying to learn the medium. And I love female red cardinals, but so far getting her subtly blended feathers was most difficult. Values still off on her lower back. Progress not perfection. #birds #sketchbook #watercolor
Sketch through the window from the winter. Trees are starting to leaf out now! Coming up on four years of disabling #mecfs tho I have probably had it mild for much longer but didn't know/wasn't diagnosed. #sketchbook #inkart
April 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Sketch through the window from the winter. Trees are starting to leaf out now! Coming up on four years of disabling #mecfs tho I have probably had it mild for much longer but didn't know/wasn't diagnosed. #sketchbook #inkart
Actions & their consequences -- even after years with #mecfs, it's still devastating to crash after trying to pace. I took my new (used) wheelchair to Dalton's Tulip Farm (NJ) with my family. It was so fun & Dalton's staff were amazing in support & accessibility. Still too much. In the dark now.
April 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Actions & their consequences -- even after years with #mecfs, it's still devastating to crash after trying to pace. I took my new (used) wheelchair to Dalton's Tulip Farm (NJ) with my family. It was so fun & Dalton's staff were amazing in support & accessibility. Still too much. In the dark now.
The banality of evil. I felt compelled to capture this glib smirk as she helps everything burn, including ethics and common decency towards fellow humans. The planet? Read Naomi Klein's brilliant new article in The Guardian. #productofprocrastination
April 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The banality of evil. I felt compelled to capture this glib smirk as she helps everything burn, including ethics and common decency towards fellow humans. The planet? Read Naomi Klein's brilliant new article in The Guardian. #productofprocrastination
Whiskers Wednesday? Snowfire says hi as he attempts his best whisker-flaunting pose
March 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Whiskers Wednesday? Snowfire says hi as he attempts his best whisker-flaunting pose
Spring Equinox -- the birds are active, insects buzz around the red maple tree flowers. Just dark at 7:22 and the robins still sing. Life through the window. #mecfs #chronicillness
March 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Spring Equinox -- the birds are active, insects buzz around the red maple tree flowers. Just dark at 7:22 and the robins still sing. Life through the window. #mecfs #chronicillness
Happy to see the dark-eyed juncos at my feeder. There's something I love about their sweet disposition & patiently inquisitive eyes. They'll fly north for summer lovin'. I'm practicing showing very imperfect drawings, putting them out there, partially because nothing seems finished ever 😂
March 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Happy to see the dark-eyed juncos at my feeder. There's something I love about their sweet disposition & patiently inquisitive eyes. They'll fly north for summer lovin'. I'm practicing showing very imperfect drawings, putting them out there, partially because nothing seems finished ever 😂
A sketch from an infusion day. Through the window, behind the curtain, I'm always looking for my friends, the trees. Haven't been able to draw for a while, stuck in a rough patch. Life with #mecfs #invisibledisability #artsky
March 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A sketch from an infusion day. Through the window, behind the curtain, I'm always looking for my friends, the trees. Haven't been able to draw for a while, stuck in a rough patch. Life with #mecfs #invisibledisability #artsky
Really encouraged to see all the protests today around the country! I did my part online as I must. For once I wish my view was of City Hall so I could see and hear the energy. I do miss in-person activism and volunteering. Maybe someday. #chronicillness #mecfs #disabilityvisibility
February 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Really encouraged to see all the protests today around the country! I did my part online as I must. For once I wish my view was of City Hall so I could see and hear the energy. I do miss in-person activism and volunteering. Maybe someday. #chronicillness #mecfs #disabilityvisibility
A drawing today. I wanted to feel some space, so I worked from a photo of mountains of Nepal by Sergey Pesterev (Unsplash). Got a little too focused, perhaps not the best use of my spoons. Whoops. Hello darkness my old friend... Life with #mecfs
February 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A drawing today. I wanted to feel some space, so I worked from a photo of mountains of Nepal by Sergey Pesterev (Unsplash). Got a little too focused, perhaps not the best use of my spoons. Whoops. Hello darkness my old friend... Life with #mecfs
"I am not an angry girl
But it seems like I've got everyone fooled/ Every time I say something they find hard to hear/ They chalk it up to my anger and never to their own fear" -Ani Difranco
Somehow coming up for me today. When I am not in a representational mood, this is what often happens
But it seems like I've got everyone fooled/ Every time I say something they find hard to hear/ They chalk it up to my anger and never to their own fear" -Ani Difranco
Somehow coming up for me today. When I am not in a representational mood, this is what often happens
February 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"I am not an angry girl
But it seems like I've got everyone fooled/ Every time I say something they find hard to hear/ They chalk it up to my anger and never to their own fear" -Ani Difranco
Somehow coming up for me today. When I am not in a representational mood, this is what often happens
But it seems like I've got everyone fooled/ Every time I say something they find hard to hear/ They chalk it up to my anger and never to their own fear" -Ani Difranco
Somehow coming up for me today. When I am not in a representational mood, this is what often happens
Also USAid worked to support the end of apartheid in South Africa, which may have upset Lone Skum. (Can someone save this page before it's deleted?) 2012-2017.usaid.gov/news-informa...
February 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Also USAid worked to support the end of apartheid in South Africa, which may have upset Lone Skum. (Can someone save this page before it's deleted?) 2012-2017.usaid.gov/news-informa...
"Walls turned sideways are bridges." -Angela Davis
Today's sketch turned into a watercolor -- haven't gotten those out in a minute! My view out the window, living with #mecfs #disabilityvisability #chronicillness #millionsmissing
Today's sketch turned into a watercolor -- haven't gotten those out in a minute! My view out the window, living with #mecfs #disabilityvisability #chronicillness #millionsmissing
February 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"Walls turned sideways are bridges." -Angela Davis
Today's sketch turned into a watercolor -- haven't gotten those out in a minute! My view out the window, living with #mecfs #disabilityvisability #chronicillness #millionsmissing
Today's sketch turned into a watercolor -- haven't gotten those out in a minute! My view out the window, living with #mecfs #disabilityvisability #chronicillness #millionsmissing
My view today, all day. Too many of us have to stay in darkness and silence for too long. Holding on to that little bit of light. Living with #mecfs #invisibledisability #chronicillness
February 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My view today, all day. Too many of us have to stay in darkness and silence for too long. Holding on to that little bit of light. Living with #mecfs #invisibledisability #chronicillness
I see you, it's so miserable and isolating. Sending virtual hugs and hoping you get thru it soon ✨ here's a picture of my goofy cat
February 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I see you, it's so miserable and isolating. Sending virtual hugs and hoping you get thru it soon ✨ here's a picture of my goofy cat
Quick sketch today, that's all I got! View out my window. #mecfs #disabilityvisability
February 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Quick sketch today, that's all I got! View out my window. #mecfs #disabilityvisability
I'm going to try doing a little drawing or painting a day. I'm inspired by Cezanne to do the same subjects over and over; that's because I am mostly housebound with moderate MECFS. There will be days that it won't be much. This is the houseplant across from my bed. Please join in if you can!
January 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I'm going to try doing a little drawing or painting a day. I'm inspired by Cezanne to do the same subjects over and over; that's because I am mostly housebound with moderate MECFS. There will be days that it won't be much. This is the houseplant across from my bed. Please join in if you can!