Peery Creative is a small studio inside a motorhome parked in the Sonoran Desert, where I make hand-drawn art and publish studio notes about creativity and unconventional paths

Evidence that trying things beats overthinking them (or so I’m told)

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When my brain does this, I use that

If your brain runs 12 tabs and forgets what it opened the first one for, this free guide is for you. I’m AuDHD and these are the 10 tools I use every day.

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It starts in a motorhome called The Diesel Apartment, where I draw between coffee refills and desert sunsets. If you’re the kind of person who has twelve browser tabs open and still somehow managed to start another side quest, you might have just found your favorite corner of the internet.

about the studio on wheels
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The undiagnosed, creative person in tech to burned out, late diagnosed pipeline is strong 😅 #adhdburnout #audhd #latediagnosedadhd
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I have a folder on my computer called "Stuff to Learn" that I haven't opened in eight months. It has 31 items in it. Webinar replays, free guides, a worksheet about my "ideal client" that I filled out exactly halfway through and then abandoned. All very organized. None of it was useful. For a long time, I thought I was being responsible. Getting ready. Building a foundation. But I was just hiding. If you're a neurodivergent creative who keeps signing up for free things but can't start them, it's probably not a knowledge problem. You already know enough. You're just more comfortable collecting than creating. And that's one of those creative blocks that looks like productivity from the outside. What are you pretending to learn right now instead of getting started? No judgment. #neurodivergentproductivity #adhdparalysis #creativeblock
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I'm five months into an art business mentorship program, and part of that is getting my illustrations onto physical products I sell myself. A refrigerator magnet sample arrived today. I held it for about four seconds before I saw that it'll stick to your fridge, and that's where its ambitions end. It's not holding a grocery list, a postcard, or a takeout menu, which is pretty much the entire job description of a refrigerator magnet. I've been making art my whole life, and nobody encouraged it. So I learned to make myself small and useful in other ways. This is the first time I've had the space to make art seriously, sell it honestly, and find out what I'm capable of as an artist. The search for a refrigerator magnet worth selling continues.
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In 2017, I sold my house, crammed my life into a motorhome, and hauled ass from Indiana to Tucson. One casualty was studio space. My art zone went from a whole-ass room to whatever corner of the motorhome I could wrestle away from the rest of my crap. Ruthless supply cuts were made. Over time, I figured out the difference between what I need (a small palette, paper that fits in a drawer, brushes I can roll up and throw in a bag) and what I thought I needed (seventeen brush sizes, every color of paint ever made, and one of those fancy wooden easels that makes you look like a “real” artist). Now the whole kit fits in a packing cube the size of a chihuahua and works pretty much anywhere I plop my ass. Save this for the next time you want to pack light and not turn bringing art supplies into a full-blown circus. Or send it to that artist friend who keeps leaving their creativity at home because packing feels like prepping for a moon landing. #portableartkit #artonthego #smallspaceart #sketchbookpractice #watercolorportable
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I present, for your doom scrolling pleasure, a drought tolerant wildflower mix from my yard. Good for one (1) dopamine.
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Hiding your weird is a full-time gig with a terrible benefits package. I did that for most of my life because being weird wasn’t safe. But I’ve now transitioned to a strict weirding people in, not out policy. The paperwork took 30-something years, but it’s signed, stamped, laminated, and looks more official than my high school diploma.
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"Just start journaling" is advice that assumes your brain works a certain way. For a lot of us, it doesn't. Here are three neurodivergent-friendly notebook methods that work with how your brain operates, not against it. Which one are you stealing first? --- Most notebooks look like they were designed to sit politely on a conference room table. Mine look like they belong in a canvas tote with a pen that leaks and a brain full of ideas. Getting one for yourself supports an independent artist and guarantees your notebook won't look like everyone else's. 🤘🏼nicolep.me/shop #neurodivergentcreative #neurodivergentlife #notebookaddict #independentartists
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I resent that going on a stupid walk for my stupid mental health works. I'll just be over here walking around the desert in circles until my brain backs off. #midlifecreative #creativeburnout #neurodivergentadults