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Drawing in Sharpie
A blog about writing and illustrating Living the Art of Loving: a picture book.


Book Review!
Happy to share this book review from Jon Sweeney on the website, Spirituality & Practice. Check out the full review here. They highlight...
Lara Match
Feb 28, 20231 min read

Love isn't dramatic
So I learned something while writing and illustrating this book. (No surprise there.) Love isn't dramatic. It's powerful, but not crazy....
Lara Match
Feb 2, 20233 min read

Book Announcement
There are some projects that become so familiar it is hard to imagine them ever finishing. In the summer of 2020, out of personal...
Lara Match
Jan 12, 20234 min read

Growing up with the Art of Loving
"I'm one of five," I say, "5 kids in 8 years". As I get older, I realize that some of the most interesting things about my family are the...
Lara Match
Oct 19, 20224 min read

Design Rules
Every creative work is both a product of what you keep in and what you leave out. Curating an experience, developing an aesthetic, and...
Lara Match
Oct 12, 20223 min read

Ready, set, go
Poised. What does it mean to be poised? To "be or cause to be balanced or suspended," "to be ready to do something". It was critical,...
Lara Match
Oct 12, 20222 min read

Shakers and Sharers
The Art of Loving is a set of ideas. They aren't mine, but I live them. That's why my book is called Living the Art of Loving. And Chiara...
Lara Match
Oct 11, 20222 min read

What's in a Name?
Shakespeare knows words. He's also wondered about them. They're powerful, evocative, and in some cases, distracting. It's totally...
Lara Match
Oct 10, 20222 min read

A Pandemic Kick in the Pants
This is me and my then 3-year old, in our unknowing, adorable, naive "Day 15 of self-quarantine" Facebook post in March, 2020. Buzz words...
Lara Match
Jun 8, 20223 min read
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