Artist Spotlight | Abby Ruby

Abby Wolfzorn Ruby shares her process of creation, and it reminds me so much of what Julia Cameron says about feeding our inner child. Abby’s work is both playful and intuitive- she uses simple motifs and a limited color palette to create introspective work from her soul. Her process is about the explorative–something that really speaks to me about her work. There is a purpose to it that each piece carries. I truly believe that when an artist creates in a place of honesty with themselves, the art has a greater impact on the world. I hope you find Abby’s story an inspiration to feed your inner child and artist.

Stories, ArtCynthia SipesJanuary 28, 2021art, artist, abby ruby, creativity

Jackson Grown: Drew Sutton

Drew Sutton and I were skinny, rival players with more or less realistic hopes of playing baseball for a low to mid-level university... somewhere.

Stories, Jackson GrownJon Mark WallsJanuary 21, 2021Jackson Grown, Drew Sutton, Baseball, Sports, Jackson TN

Golden Child: Devante' Chaney

A cage is not a place of comfort. It is a place that confines and holds and traps living things. Its steel is unforgiving; the metal shaped to imprison. In professional and amateur fighting such as mixed martial arts or kickboxing, cages are used symbolically. Two men enter as equals, but one leaves a winner and one leaves defeated. Though cages made for fighting do not hold anyone against their will, they can be just as uncomfortable and unforgiving to the people fighting inside.

Hub City Hustler: Joy Yeh

Stories, COVID-19, FoodGuest ContributorDecember 17, 2020Asia Garden, Joy Yeh, local restaurant, Kristi Woody, COVID-19, Food, local business, food

Uprooting Traditions: Christmas 2020

This year, I’m hanging a few lights on my rental house for the first time. Our neighborhood has been conspiring on Facebook to fill up the streets with Christmas lights, and people have been sharing lights and decorations and mapping all of the houses for people to visit. It’s a pinch of goodness in a year that most of us can at least agree has been hard.

EssaysCourtney SearcyNovember 30, 2020christmas, christmas tree farms, jackson tn, abby wolfzorn ruby, ross priddy, decorating