At least one day a week my MIL or my mom will stop by to watch Asher and I will get a few hours of alone time. I usually head to Trident, a coffee shop in Boulder, to drink green tea and make a drawing or two.

I think time limits are good for art, in my case at least, maybe for others. If I have only 1 or 2 hours to make a few drawings, I usually make drawings I am happy with. I think it was a big question for me, what my art would look like after having a baby, all I got is that it looks even better. Dozens of tiny deadlines each day add up to piles of completed drawings.

Artists and many other knowledge workers often seek flow states and David Lynchian Deep Work, which are supposed to emerge in isolated environments without interruptions. Basically the opposite of having a baby at home. But I think the traditional idea of flow state can be expanded, it’s possible to be like a river that flows and still be taking care of family duties and dozens of little disasters at the same time.