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What We Love | Artist Turns Thrift Store Finds Into Wonderfully Weird Paintings

August 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

Artist David Irvine creates hilariously surreal art by inserting pop culture characters into paintings he finds in thrift stores, and we’re sort of obsessed. Weird, [...]

How Tattoos Tell Our Stories

July 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

I used to have a bumper sticker—fortunately, never affixed to my car’s bumper—that read, “tattoos: not just for sailors and whores anymore.” The sex worker-shaming [...]

“When Death Comes” | A Tribute to Mary Oliver

January 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

I found out this morning that one of my all-time favorite poets died. Mary Oliver, the badass pen toting poet died. I’m still processing and my heart is in shock. Her work [...]

Sweatpants & Creativity | Inspire Your Heart with Art

January 30, 2017 // 1 Comment

It’s been said, and though some scoff at it, it is certainly true, everyone’s an artist. You may not think you have an artistic bone in your body, but more likely you [...]

Creativity Break | Writing the Change

April 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

By Rebecca Lawton Welcome to Creativity Break, Sweatpants & Coffee’s new inspiration column. Based on the re-release of the popular guide Write Free: Attracting the [...]

Hard Truths about the Creative Life

February 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

By Jerusha Gray There will always be someone who is better than you. Always. This is irrefutable. It doesn’t matter how many hours you’ve logged. It doesn’t matter how [...]

An Open Letter to David Bowie

January 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Jerusha Gray Dear David: I first met you as a tiny girl. My eldest sister introduced us. She and I danced to your music pumping through the cassette deck in her room. [...]