If you've been sitting on the idea of starting a newsletter, this week's episode walks you through where and how to actually begin. 🗞️
Link in bio. 🖤🎧
04/24/2026
Hot take: your art doesn’t need to be original to matter. It just needs to be honest. 👀
Photographer Mei Tao has heard the overnight success stories. She doesn't believe them. What she does believe in is patience, the kind that sticks around even when the work is hard and the results aren't there yet. And finding a love for what you do that's deep enough to keep you going through all of it. 🫂
That's what she'd tell her younger self. That's this week's episode. Link in bio. 🎧🖤
04/22/2026
A question for you: what are you done accepting? 🤔
Be patient and find the deep love. That's it. 🔥
Photographer Mei Tao says success is less of a straight line and more of a test (one that keeps asking you how much you actually want it😉).
Tune in to hear her full conversation with Martine. Link in bio. 🎧💛
04/20/2026
What feels small now, might shape everything later. 🤗🌿 Go ahead, thake those small steps. They add up.
04/18/2026
📚 We're doing a GIVEAWAY and I need your stories.
Three copies of Wash Day by are up for grabs! This is a gorgeous book about the rituals and love passed down through natural hair care. (She won an NAACP Image Award for it. Yes, it's that good.)
Was it Saturday mornings? Sunday afternoons? Were you told to stop moving? Was it your mom, your auntie, your grandma?
I want to hear all of it. 💯🔊
Send your best wash day memory to [email protected] with the subject line: WASH DAY GIVEAWAY. We'll pick our favorites and share them on our social media. Handle your story with the same care your hair was handled. 🤲🏾💝
📚✨ GIVEAWAY ALERT!
We're giving away three copies of 's beautiful book, Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Natural Hair.
You know the scene. The chair or the sink, the combs and Mom's or Auntie’s hands millimetrically sectioning your hair . There might have been tears, but there was definitely love. 🪮💖
That's wash day for you. And Tomesha captured all of it in her book.
To enter, send your wash day story to [email protected] with the subject line WASH DAY GIVEAWAY (all caps!). Tell us who was there, what it felt like, and what wash day meant to you.
Every entry counts, and our favorites get shared across our socials. 📲
When did you last update your website? 👀 If you have to think about it… It's probably been too long. Your contact info, your portfolio, and your personal work, make it easy for people to find you and hire you. You're too good to be invisible. 💻✨
Listen up, everybody! It's time for you to dust off the old web page (or make one if you haven't). We start on Monday, be ready. 🌐🎨
As an artist to how do you balance your love of creating for the fun of it and creating for the purposes of your job. ✍🏾✨
In this conversation, Eve L. Ewing reflects on the balance between improving her craft and creating as a professional writer.
🎧 Tune in to the full episode of This Is How We Create. learn how both desires can co-exist in your life.
04/03/2026
Closing out March with a full heart and a camera roll to prove it. 📸✨
This month, every corner I passed was full of magic, so naturally, I wanted to share these moments with you all.
Enjoy the view!
See you in April. 🧡
1. I always love a break from the Chicago winters. A short jaunt to sunny to see palms trees swaying in the breeze was all I needed.
2. ICE in Chicago. No, thank you!
3. Did you know that my hubbie is an Aussie? While we didn't have shrimp on the barbie, we did have some snags this month. We also managed to play Aussie Monopoly.
3B. Attended a jumping competition in Florida. The riders are so talented.
4. On writing days, love to find a cozy spot with good view and deliscious food.
5. Wash Day!
6. My favorite cafe makes a yummy gluten free desserts. Yes, please!
7. See ya next month, friend.