Repository 235: Re-launch, Re-Imagine, Re-Consider

#50days50choices Catherine Haley Epstein, 2023

“I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

- Albert Einstein

Relaunching my blog to encompass all of the work I do, in all the dizzy array. I am proud, confused and excited to share all of my work in one place. Over the years I have been told to edit more - do BIGGER, though do less. This well meaning sentiment makes sense, though to illustrate my art practice which lies heavily on using art to explore and understand challenges of today on a personal and broader social level is messier and profoundly chaotic.

I will return to writing in my blog more regularly, as I feel it has served as a way to connect with others, and allows for longer thinking that more platforms have become allergic to. I was tempted to go the “sub stack”route where I might have been able to charge people for longer essays and more researched articles. This too felt disingenuine - so I will return to the “old fashioned” blog post, carrying all the typos, honesty, blindspots and feeble though heartfelt attempts to connect with others using art as the vehicle. In art we realize our shared humanity. My personal route to social justice and healing for society is centered on art: art that is de-institutionalized, re-considered, re-imagined and disengaged from the institutional systems.

Thank you for being with me on this journey, and please be in touch.

With love and gratitude,

Catherine