Dispatches from the Liminal Bathroom is a newsletter about paintings, fieldnotes, and monologues.

Hi! I’m Shelli. I’m an artist living in a tiny apartment with beautiful light and a cat named Squash. I paint as a form of inquiry and memory, and also as a way of holding quiet conversations with myself that help me grow. I often notice patterns, shifts, and recurrences before I know what they mean. It’s how I find meaning and reflect on personal growth.

The writing here orbits my paintings, a fieldnote or monologue that helps me see what I’m making and why. It’s all part of the same conversation, even if it doesn’t arrive in order.

You’re in the bathroom now. I’ve left the light on for you.

What is Dispatches from the Liminal Bathroom?

A newsletter of creative monologues. My paintings are the subject, with reflections on process, becoming, and all the strange space in between.

These are slow dispatches. A private threshold. A portal where thought resets and the echo becomes the idea.

The kind of place where your attention slips sideways, and something unexpected starts to make sense.

There’s always another door in a liminal space.

Why subscribe?

Subscribing means stepping into a slower rhythm of new works, reflections on process, fieldnotes, odd transmissions, and low-key rebellions. Sometimes glimpses from the studio. Sometimes a pattern that only reveals itself when you stay in the portal a little longer. You can expect a newsletter about every three weeks.

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