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Welcome to my blog.

If you like to read about process and stories, my Instagram posts are the place to find most of the stories behind my artwork.I don’t have comments turned on, but if you like what you read or you want to chat about it, please do feel free to reach out via email. You can reach me at alana@ofloveandlight.org. I’d love to hear from you.

Blog Posts

A Note on the Blog Archive and Content

A Note on the Blog Archive and Content A note on the blog archive and content: Many of the blog posts you see below were written in 2018, at a time when I was just beginning to shift into dedicated time for "my own" creative impulses. After many years as a shadow...

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Guest on the Art Friend Show, Hosted by Annamieka Hopps

Guest on the Art Friend Show, Hosted by Annamieka Hopps

Watch: Guest Interview on the Art Friend Show with Host Annamieka Hopps I had so much fun being a guest on the Art Friend Show with host, artist, mentor, and community builder Annamieka Hopps. Annamieka is hosting live Instagram interviews and solocasts for 100 Days,...

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Listen: Creative Unearthing Podcast, Episode 34

Listen: Creative Unearthing Podcast, Episode 34

Listen: "Holding Space" on the Creative Unearthing podcost with Host Emma FreemanĀ  A couple months ago, I had the true pleasure of being a guest on the Creative Unearthing podcast with host, artist, writer, and my dear friend Emma Freeman. We talked about holding...

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Out of the Shadow: Artist and Writer

Out of the Shadow: Artist and Writer

The artwork above was included in Radical Revolution, an art show hosted by Siren Nation PDX in downtown Portland, Oregon in 2019. It was inspired by the song "Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan. Artwork sold and in a private collection. For a long time, I was a shadow...

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Rise Up with Andra Day

Rise Up with Andra Day

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Naked Soul: Bare Creativity

Naked Soul: Bare Creativity

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I Am… Ready. Valued. Here.

I Am… Ready. Valued. Here.

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Creativity Defined

Creativity Defined

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