Human slow time

A second year of Lulu's Walks

It’s been two years of Lulu’s Walks!

I made 6 visual essays this year (same as the year before). I’m sort of surprised by that — I thought I’d made more. I’d assumed I was getting… faster?

But it seems I’m moving as slow as I always have.

I love to move slow with art. I learned how to enjoy slow time when I hand-sewed an 18th-century gown in 2021-2022. It took me 9 months of near-daily work. And I had all of this time and space to explore the world of the gown I was sewing. It felt like I was building a kingdom with my vision, and the more time I’d spend imagining it, the farther it reached.

Moving slow gives me time to deepen — my ideas, my knowledge of the subject, the image in my mind’s eye. Moving slow gives me more time to tune to a frequency, and then to listen.

Moving slow with art feels like a quiet and steady way to stay human — I am not trying to optimize for efficiency. The efficient version of my art would be something else entirely.

Right now I’m working on a visual essay about the sculpting a puppet of myself, who accidentally and unfortunately ended up looking like Chuck Schumer. But before getting there (slowly), here’s a look back at some of my favorite drawings from this past year:

Some of the salmon in Different kinds of let go. I really improved my landscapes and nature depictions this year.

Also from Different kinds of let go. This is my favorite illustration from the essay. In 2026, I plan to make a print of this for sale.

Some more complex illustrations - the first from Not the what happened after and the second from An infinity mirror of Mr. Karps. Cosy Inn Cafe is an iconic diner in my hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia — it was so nice to hear from my old Vancouver friends about this drawing.

An illustration from Facing our speckhood.

Some objects I’ve illustrated from the past year.

Another illustration from Facing our speckhood, about my time in walking through Mariposa Grove, among the giant redwoods.

Thank you so much for your support this year. This was the first year I started reaching an audience who doesn’t know me personally, and it was very exciting! And an extra thank you to my paid subscribers — it is so encouraging to see my work valued.

Lots of love,

Lulu