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The end of 2025
This year was beautiful, and it hurt. I sit here at my laptop, thinking back, and I can’t help but be grateful. I survived, and I got stronger. I had a crazy beautiful time with my cousins almost exactly a year ago. All the girl cousins from my mama’s side of the family got together.…
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August Check in!
This past Saturday I went to an event as a vendor for the first time! I’m still in a little bit of shock because it went so well. I wasn’t nervous, everyone was nice, I had my wonderful partners helping me… it went so smooth. It was a smaller event, but there was live music…
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32 things about me
I made this list on my 32nd birthday this year, just for fun, and I thought I’d post it here!
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I’m Back!
Hello beautiful person! Welcome to my new website and blog! A lot has changed since my last entry, so I think an introduction is needed! I am Dani, a 30 something year old Mexican American artist living in Yokuts land, California, with my wife Bobbi, our housemates, and our four darling pets (including my chihuahua…
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A letter to my seventeen-year-old self
Dear Dani, You’re gonna see and do so much this decade. It’s gonna get rough sometimes, and scary, and exhausting, but it’ll be worth it. Seventeen was a transformative year, as I remember. You’re finishing high school, taking your first community college class, learning (slowly) to drive. You’re gonna get drunk for the first time,…
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School is everything and nothing
I have such a complicated relationship with school. I still vividly remember the day I finished my last final on my last day of high school. I had been taking my classes online the past two years, and it had been so tedious. The second after I clicked submit on my final paper for…
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No mistakes just happy accidents
Hey guys, it’s been a hot minute. It’s been a busy and difficult few months. I had told myself, “okay, I’m gonna start posting stuff online again on October 1st,” and I’ve been preparing for this date specifically for a while. Well, it came by a lot faster than I expected, and guys… I don’t…
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Happy holidays my friends!
My first semester back at Academy of Art University is just about coming to an end. It’s kept me so busy that I’ve barely had time to do anything else. Color and Design was my favorite this semester, for sure. We worked with gouache, and although I had used gouache a little bit before, I…
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Love like you
My mama taught me to shine, to be genuine and the importance of laughter. My daddy has shown me the value of hard work, the importance of honesty and bravery and integrity. Above all they’ve shown me the strength of love and the importance of being kind.
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First!
New website yayy I haven’t mentioned much about it, but I’ve been working on this bad boy since early March or so. I always forget how time-consuming it is. It’s definitely something I’ve enjoyed working on though, but I’ve been doing it in between TONS of school projects and…
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