Not my heart.. but a pretty cool looking one, right!? You know who you are. I want to thank you for your financial contribution and being a part of the team that sends me financially. I appreciate your donations, your encouragement and your support. And your prayers. Your heart is special and …
Sweet Addictions
Confession from a coffee addict: This is not my mug. BUTI like the concept a LOT. Coffee at night feels so right to me. Better than any other times. I’m a bit of a rebel. I like the bend the rules: Breakfast for dinner is far tastier than in the …
Tick-tock, Click-Clock
For the next 12 hours I am going to be hanging out with God. Praying. Worshiping. You might be thinking, “Carla, why? What’s up? And what’s going on?” I am praying for a myriad of things and will mention them as I go with periodic (I can’t say hourly!) updates. This …
Creating for the Creator
It’s now September, which means I’ve been in Thailand for about 8 months, but for some reason (that reason being abundantly clear to some), I have never been to any of the elephant camps. On my way to Mae Hong Son I caught a glimpse of some of them at …
Things Aren’t Always as they Seem
I’m a pretty fast runner. I help lead an art school. But not just any art school– we have our eyes on God and as we learn new skills we are focused on missions. What does art in missions look like? We recently got to go on a trip to …
Wake Up
The Visual Arts for Missions school that I am helping run had a talented Thai artist come and teach about using mixed media. This week was to be the culmination of all our hands on artistry from weeks prior. Pan has a vibrant and flourishing art ministry near Bangkok where …
Filmmaking and Soul Searching
Because life isn’t as simple as one would think, things don’t happen in boxes. As such, I cannot separate two seemingly separate events in my life into different posts. Therefore, this post has two parts, sorry for any inconvenience! Part 01: Filmmaking So this year is really working itself out …
Hey Artist!
Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to …
Hollywood
Hollywood has a formula for success. Did you know that? It’s based on a three character model and three act layout. With these elements Hollywood has found THE recipe for success. A blockbuster. Understanding the structure help me know where to begin when I’m making something. Knowing where to start …
Persons and Princes of Peace in a world that understands naught of discussion over food.
Lately I’ve had an exceedingly large amount of birthdays going on, ever since my own on the 18th through to today, they have flown thick and fast, with very little time to give enough to each individual. How does one spend time with someone, when two others also deserve all …