Pattern & Pickle Blog

How a Cupcake Set Me On a Path to a Creative Life

I’ve had pockets of a creative life over the last 45 years. If you were to tally them up, they wouldn’t amount to anywhere near the majority. However, I like...

The Mistake Mindset

Mistakes are simply practice and we all know practice makes better. I think a lot of people struggle with mistakes because it’s not really their expectation to be perfect, but...

Art is...

To believe everyone is an artist is to believe everyone is worthy of understanding. To believe everyone is worthy of understanding is to build bridges with our eyes and ears,...