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Partner #chevruta with @evapesk in Tehillim class

Partner #chevruta with @evapesk in Tehillim class with @a.r.k.ofthecovenant at @torahstudio has my brain still noodling about this psalm as such a great journey through the eternal wrestling with HaShem, with human evils, with remembering to rest. I’ll be revisiting it often during the class break. Thank you for holding such thoughtful, enthusiastic, expansive, and welcoming space for my newish to Jewish brain, Lexi. One of my favorite parts of the week. ♥️

Therapeutic art over the weekend. Donations to @re

Therapeutic art over the weekend. Donations to @reprolegaldefensefund: also therapeutic.

#reprorights #abortionishealthcare #fundabortionbuildpower #jewishart #digitalart #visualnotes #prochoice

And yet we aren’t grasshoppers, no matter the si

And yet we aren’t grasshoppers, no matter the size of the giants we face. Perception of self in the face of formidable opposition seems worth working on for the days we’re living in and the days to come.

Psalm 5 came to mind today and I was reminded that

Psalm 5 came to mind today and I was reminded that I’ve never shared the art I made from that week of tehillim class with @a.r.k.ofthecovenant at @torahstudio. Those who would take away bodily autonomy and eagerly the plot future theft of freedoms are exactly the sort who possess the wrongfully empowered throats to which the truth goes to die.

This grasshopper is destined for more art things b

This grasshopper is destined for more art things but I need to let my brain rest after tonight’s torah study with Liana at @torahstudio.

The mob that gathers in order to devour that which

The mob that gathers in order to devour that which threatens the mob’s group mentality. Inspired by Psalm 35:21, which had me thinking of an army of assimilation, determined to destroy dissent through a false clarity and a cacophony powered by sheer noise rather than wisdom or righteousness.

#digitalart #jewishart #procreate #psalms #tehillim

Tehillim notes for this week. Psalm 35 really hit

Tehillim notes for this week. Psalm 35 really hit a certain way this week. Reaching for the source of all things and for those who pursue justice while surrounded by a mob so desperate to devour the psalmist that the reasons don’t need to be true. Brings to mind angry internet pile-ons, the outcast, the othering of those who are “too difficult” to instead understand, the black sheep in a dysfunctional family who is hated for being free. There are too many people who suffer from the center of a circling mob to not feel anger in reading this psalm, but if I feel pain then pain is part of the fabric, and the tapestry of my prayer frequently includes raging at all of it.

Thanks to @a.r.k.ofthecovenant at @torahstudio for the class, and classmates like @mmmjaysmith @leia_joy and @evapesk for group spaces that always so deeply expand these texts.

#visualnotes #tehillim #psalms #jewish #jewishart #graphicnotes #digitalnotes #psalm35 #chevruta #journaling #bujo #shiningline

Parshat Beha’alotcha. Notes from Wednesday parsh

Parshat Beha’alotcha. Notes from Wednesday parsha study with @torahstudio. ♥️

#parshastudy #torahstudy #behaalotcha #torah #visualnotes #graphicnotes #digitalnotes #jewishnotes #jewishart

Scene from a #bookannotating session on my breezy,

Scene from a #bookannotating session on my breezy, amazing deck on a quiet Sunday. Not pictured: Baxter napping in a perfectly dog-sized pocket of sun. Shavua tov. ☀️♥️

#bookannotations #annotatedbooks #annotatingbooks #annotating #annotation #annotations #bookworm #reading #amreading #whatimreading

It’s true for you, too. I promise. Related: Yo

It’s true for you, too. I promise.

Related: You know those stickers you’ve had for a really long time while you wait for the perfect moment to use them? Find some empty space and just use them all at once because you like them. I’ve discovered a new itch for stickering with chaotic abandon.

I’ve done SO much digital scribbling in the past couple of months, but main love will always be pens and paper.

#leuchtturm #a5 #bujo #bulletjournal #journaling #stickers

Parshat Nasso: In which I discover I am not great

Parshat Nasso: In which I discover I am not great at drawing scissors on the fly, but I am VERY skilled at swearing about it under my breath. Also in which I realize after posting that I misspelled nazirite in huge letters right in the middle of my notes. Also, chevruta with Grandma and Orly was so great, complete with bonus content. ♥️

#parshastudy #torahstudy #parshatnasso #nasso #visualnotes #graphicnotes #doodlenotes #digitalnotes #jewishart #procreate #ipadpro #applepencil

Really wrestled with this week’s psalm and loved

Really wrestled with this week’s psalm and loved getting to wrestle with some of my favorite chevruta partners. Lexi’s send-off might have been the highlight of the whole class though.

#tehillim #chevruta #jewishart #graphicnotes #doodlenotes #visualnotes #psalms

Chag Shavuot sameach! Best Jewish holiday EVER.

Chag Shavuot sameach! Best Jewish holiday EVER.

This is only my (Bran’s) second Shavuot. Last year’s was my first Jewish holiday on my path to conversion, so this holiday already held special meaning for me, but THIS.

What an amazing 24 hours, during which I got 15 hours of just the best teaching with the coolest people, and now I KNOW what I’m doing for Shavuot next year.

These are the last of my notes, with a special doodle of one of my favorite quotable moments. If you saw my head down on Zoom, it was almost always because I was trying to capture all of the best bits in digital notes.

Thank you to @judaismunbound and all of the amazing teachers and fellow students who made this the absolute coolest day I’ve spent in a long time. I have the deep fatigue (even with two naps) of a really successful slumber party and I can’t wait to do it again.

#shavuot #chagsameach #doodlenotes #visualnotetaking #jewishnotetaking #jewishart #jewishartist #digitalnotes #tikkunleilshavuot #nerdathon #visualnotes

I am fueled by caffeine, “cheese”cake, and FOM

I am fueled by caffeine, “cheese”cake, and FOMO at this point. So many great speakers, great discussion.

#shavuot #tikkunleilshavuot #doodlenotes #visualnotetaking #sleepy #visualnotes #doodlenotes #graphicnotes #digitalnotes

And so quickly and astoundingly, it’s day 49. Sh

And so quickly and astoundingly, it’s day 49. Shechinah/Malchut she b’Shechinah/Malchut. #countingtheomer

For day 49, sovereignty within sovereignty, I chose to do what I wanted with colors and I made art of me, for me, and I put the time-lapse video to my favorite happy dance song after spending way too long trying to find the perfect music to reflect the feeling of 49 days of self reflection and art coming to a close.

It’s been a revelation, my art chevruta with @mmmjaysmith and @leia_joy has been the bee’s knees, and Leia sent us TROPHIES. (I mean… 🏆🙀) Including my favorite days of art by both of them as well.

Now to taste test lots of non-dairy dairy (fake cheesecake? I have doubts in my soul…) and stay up all night for Tikkun Leil Shavuot. Chag sameach!

Day 48. Yesod she b’Shechinah/Malchut. #counting

Day 48. Yesod she b’Shechinah/Malchut. #countingtheomer

Today is for my lovely Omer counting crew, @leia_joy and @mmmjaysmith, without whom this 49 day period would’ve been something so much less transformative. Forever grateful. ♥️ The three of us bonded (Yesod) within our artistic journey to understand our indwelling spark (Shechinah) and our best sovereignty (Malchut). I cannot believe tonight brings the LAST day. I’m eager for a break and also eager to see who the three of us will be as artists, friends, and Jewish nerds next year for another round.

Day 47. Hod she b'Shechinah/Malchut. "Buildings an

Day 47. Hod she b'Shechinah/Malchut. "Buildings and bridges are made to bend in the wind. To withstand the world that's what it takes." Meaningful surrender (bending in the wind) in order to protect energy best used toward standing (withstand the world) and leading from true sovereignty.

#countingtheomer #anidifranco #sephirot #shechinah #hod

Parshat Bamidbar, how you have confounded me. Did

Parshat Bamidbar, how you have confounded me. Did I put “23 and Moo” in my notes? Yes I did. Love that @realmarkzuckerberg at @torahstudio celebrated the fact that there were way more questioned than answers last night.

#chevruta #doodlenotes #torah #torahstudy #parshastudy #numbers

Final #PirkeiAvot class with @maimonides_nutz at @

Final #PirkeiAvot class with @maimonides_nutz at @torahstudio. 💖

#chevruta #doodlenotes #procreate #ipadpro

Day 46. Netzach she b’Shechinah/Malchut. Endurin

Day 46. Netzach she b’Shechinah/Malchut. Enduring sovereignty. Collective liberation through nobility. For the time lapse, my favorite version of a song that speaks blessings of endurance and also endures in many evolutions and over many decades. I love the fast version, the long rambling ones too, but this demo version remains the fave. The song also reminds me of a feeling from childhood, riding in a blue Chevy Colt and singing this loudly from small lungs. #countingtheomer

Day 45. Tiferet she b’shechinah. A harmonious ba

Day 45. Tiferet she b’shechinah. A harmonious balance and beauty built within a noble indwelling presence. Day late posting, whoops! #countingtheomer

Tehillim class this week with @a.r.k.ofthecovenant

Tehillim class this week with @a.r.k.ofthecovenant at @torahstudio.

#tehillim #chevruta #psalms #doodlenotes #ipadpro #procreate

Day 44. Gevurah she b’shechinah. Discernment and

Day 44. Gevurah she b’shechinah. Discernment and boundaries within sovereignty and indwelling presence. #countingtheomer

FINAL WEEK. Day 43. Chesed she b’shechinah/malch

FINAL WEEK. Day 43. Chesed she b’shechinah/malchut. Expansive love within sovereignty/indwelling presence. #countingtheomer

Day 42. Malchut she b’yesod. #countingtheomer T

Day 42. Malchut she b’yesod. #countingtheomer

There is SO much going on in this one that I couldn’t do much of a time lapse and I also couldn’t decide on what layers to leave in or take out in Procreate, but then my kiddo sat with me and picked colors and gasped in delight when I turned on every different layer at once and so that’s the finished piece.

I drew the strong foundation I want for myself and for the world and I let the person inheriting my castle decorate it with me, and that seemed like a pretty great metaphor.

Day 41. Yesod she b’yesod. #countingtheomer Fou

Day 41. Yesod she b’yesod. #countingtheomer

Foundations within foundations. All week I’ve pictured today as my kiddo wrapped in sparkling, living foundational truths that fuel the truths and integrity and grounding they create in the world.

I tried to create an image of what I imagine wrapping around them in lieu of protective arms I can’t have around them in every moment, including a tallit in homage to the one we held over them during their consecration this spring.

This week of focus on Yesod has been tough, given how shaken cultural foundations feel right now and how ungrounded it has felt to put my child on a school on these last few mornings of the school year. The theme has helped remind me to reach for what is true and grounding as I navigate a world on shaky footing.

Day 40. Hod she b’yesod. #countingtheomer Meani

Day 40. Hod she b’yesod. #countingtheomer

Meaningful surrender possible through rooting in solid foundation. Grounding in order to safely release what needs releasing.

Torah study notes from chevruta with @leia_joy at

Torah study notes from chevruta with @leia_joy at @realmarkzuckerberg’s class for @torahstudio. Really great discussion, so many really amazing voices in that Wednesday night space, which felt good even within a really difficult week.

#parsha #parshastudy #torahstudy #graphicnotetaking #doodlenotes #bechukotai

From Pirkei Avot class this week with @maimonides_

From Pirkei Avot class this week with @maimonides_nutz at @torahstudio. #pirkeiavot

Day 39. Netzach she b’yesod. #countingtheomer

Day 39. Netzach she b’yesod. #countingtheomer

I’m too [insert emotion with no good descriptive word] for a verbose caption.

Day 38. Tiferet she b’yesod. #countingtheomer S

Day 38. Tiferet she b’yesod. #countingtheomer

Sitting with ways to increase balance and harmony within foundation and within strong grounding and integrity.

Psalm 31. This one is still soaking in. LOVED the

Psalm 31. This one is still soaking in. LOVED the conversation with the Monday night folks. ♥️ #tehillim #psalms #chevruta

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