Elayne Crain, Writer of Childish Things
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📌 Home, At Last
I’m sure it’s not at ALL weird that I have taken lots and lots of pictures of tumbleweeds over the years, and so, it was genuinely hard for me to select just one for a self-portrait here. 😂
Just as most people seem to fold their hometowns...
📌 Little Elayne's First Art Museum Visit
I wish I remembered more about the circumstances that led to my first visit to a real art museum—the Dallas Museum of Art (though I do remember a remarkable amount about the exhibit, even all these years later!).
What I do recall: we were...
📌 The Head and the Heart for Creators
One of the many lessons I’ve taken a while to really learn is that whatever I let march repeatedly through my head invariably seeps into my creative work.
How it feels sometimes.
So, while what—or who—I give attention to can be all too e...
Video Tour of My First-Ever Illustration Portfolio
Are you someone, like me, JUST finally pushing yourself to put together your first illustration portfolio? Or maybe you just like hearing about other people’s creative angst to help normalize your own (as I sometimes do) 😂?
Well, you are...
💌 Apr. '26: Monthly Wrap-Up
Saw a mama coyote this month, and man, I really SAW her. “Same, gurl. Same!”
Dear Friend,
Ten (plus) things to remember as “pros” when weighing them against the cons of the month.
- I’m now convinced this is exactly how the mammogram m...
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