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Close Up of Waterfall in Yoho National Park
Abstract Mountain scene of the Baker Creek in Lake Louise
Watercolour landscape of Baker Lake. Mountains in the background and a river and trees in the foreground.

Baker Lake in Banff National Park

This past summer, we went hiking up to Baker Lake. It's a hiking area near the infamous Skokie Lodge in Banff National Park. Our three day hiking trip started with a challenge - a huge rainfall after 3 weeks of wildfire smoke from B.C. We got 5mm of rain throughout the whole day and everything, ...

Policemans-Creek-in-Winter-2021

2021 Reading Review and Favourite Titles – “Self-help doesn’t help”

Pandemics aren't good for much but it has been good for my reading levels. This is the second year in a row that I've read 50 books or more. Every time there is a change in pandemic restrictions, I find I have a little panic and go straight into looking for books to read, either from the library or ...

collage self portrait of a woman and her insides over a macro shot of nature.

Creative Interventions – Collage Self Portrait

At work, I like to organize a fun meeting called "Creative Interventions" to keep our creativity muscles in good shape. I got the idea from an article by Gil Gershoni. They are completely voluntary and we have about 4 meetings per season. We've done them since Fall 2020 while working from home and ...

Quote from interview "And that's the negativity bias I think a lot about. They say that humans generally latch onto more negative experiences than positive ones. And then those negative experiences become your backstory."

Leaning Into Your Curiosity – The Way In Podcast

I was a guest on The Way In to Fulfillment and Joy - a podcast hosted by my friend Morgan Cox. She and I have been artistic collaborators for years and I was so happy to have a long chat with her about curiosity, art, well-being, and confidence. I also talk about my Sober Summer comic, recalibrating my ...

Going (virtually) to TCAF 2021

TCAF 2021 Poster by Cole Pauls Have you heard of TCAF? I hadn't until I discovered the comic book world. It's the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) and it is like THE gathering place for Canadian cartoonists/illustrators and publishers... maybe even North America. Especially, for Indie comics. I ...

Creative Responses to Crisis, MacEwan University March 18, 2021

Sketchnotes: Creative Responses to Crisis

Back in March, MacEwan University in Edmonton asked me to be the graphic recorder for their interdisciplinary forum, "Creative Responses to Crisis." This was my first LIVE sketchnoting event over Zoom and I learned a lot. There were 5 panelists with varied backgrounds in the arts and science. You ...

Rising from Failure Sketchnotes

I recently did some sketchnotes for the University of Alberta, Faculty of Business. They hosted a great session with two players of the Edmonton Football Club about Rising from Failure. You can rewatch the talk on their link and there's a fun Spotify playlist too! Watch the talk Here are ...