{"id":812,"date":"2016-02-21T10:01:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T18:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/?p=812"},"modified":"2016-02-21T10:01:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T18:01:06","slug":"push-pull-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/push-pull-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Push, Pull, Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last spring my friends Otts tweeted this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ha! Those with wigs &amp; those without. I&#39;m tired and should go to bed. Anyway, I&#39;m still trying to figure out who I am without that struggle.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Otts Bolisay (@ottsatwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ottsatwork\/status\/599077709629665281\">May 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That last line resonated so deeply for me. <strong>\u201cI\u2019m still trying to figure out who I am without the struggle.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We had a brief conversation on Twitter which led to a collaboration that I&#8217;m super excited to share with you. Otts is a visual artist, and I work in the medium of words. He encouraged me to write something up and said he would draw a comic based on what I wrote. I had never worked with a visual artist, and I didn&#8217;t know what to provide. I barfed up a bunch of words about resistance, righteous anger, defending the boundaries and self care. I don&#8217;t want to say too much about what I wrote, but instead share what he created:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Push, Pull, Release<\/p>\n<p><em>Panel 1<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jillbertini\/25147386016\/in\/album-72157664746591312\/\" title=\"Panel 1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1719\/25147386016_7905684feb_b.jpg\" width=\"615\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Panel 1\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Panel 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jillbertini\/24878081330\/in\/album-72157664746591312\/lightbox\/\" title=\"panel 2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1529\/24878081330_502f8c7b8a_b.jpg\" width=\"615\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"panel 2\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Panel 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jillbertini\/25055460322\/in\/album-72157664746591312\/lightbox\/\" title=\"panel 3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1646\/25055460322_59c49b2106_b.jpg\" width=\"615\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"panel 3\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Panel 4<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jillbertini\/25173728555\/in\/album-72157664746591312\/lightbox\/\" title=\"panel 4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1623\/25173728555_b0b446ccb1_b.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"panel 4\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Panel 5<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jillbertini\/25147384996\/in\/album-72157664746591312\/lightbox\/\" title=\"panel 5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1533\/25147384996_e52ea61bbb_b.jpg\" width=\"615\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"panel 5\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Panel 6<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jillbertini\/24543037464\/in\/album-72157664746591312\/lightbox\/\" title=\"panel 6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1698\/24543037464_90ddb89671_b.jpg\" width=\"615\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"panel 6\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Panel 7<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jillbertini\/25147384726\/in\/album-72157664746591312\/lightbox\/\" title=\"panel 7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1643\/25147384726_e06c78bde9_b.jpg\" width=\"615\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"panel 7\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Panel 8<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jillbertini\/24806009549\/in\/album-72157664746591312\/lightbox\/\" title=\"panel 8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1710\/24806009549_8073690fb6_b.jpg\" width=\"615\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"panel 8\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Otts shared his process with me, and I will post that in a couple of days. In particular, I love that he included the tea ritual in this piece, since many of you know what an avid tea drinker I am!<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple more examples of Otts wonderful work:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thecutdirect.tumblr.com\/post\/139249501835\/heres-the-final-animation-for-loopdeloops-theme\">Sisters<\/a> &#8211; animation for LoopDeLoop<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/155136678\">Motion Corpse No 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please let him know what you think! Personally, I think he is a wonderful person AND artist.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/button100x23.png\" style=\"border:0px; width:100; height: 23; \" alt=\"Share Button\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Reddit\",\"Print\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Push%2C%20Pull%2C%20Release\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last spring my friends Otts tweeted this: Ha! Those with wigs &amp; those without. I&#39;m tired and should go to bed. Anyway, I&#39;m still trying to figure out who I am without that struggle. &mdash; Otts Bolisay (@ottsatwork) May 15, 2015 That last line resonated so deeply for me. \u201cI\u2019m still trying to figure out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/button100x23.png\" style=\"border:0px; width:100; height: 23; \" alt=\"Share Button\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Reddit\",\"Print\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Push%2C%20Pull%2C%20Release\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[178,182,180,181,60],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slowbloom","tag-art","tag-collaboration","tag-comics","tag-selfcare","tag-slowbloom-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":816,"href":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}