{"id":4677,"date":"2026-03-14T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:08:40","slug":"rakugaki-8-gr2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/14\/rakugaki-8-gr2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rakugaki 8 &#8211; GR2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Oops, I sent this post out an hour too early.<br>I&#8217;m so used to these updates being released at 11am PT that I just auto-piloted when scheduling this post LOL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Here&#8217;s also an updated link directly to my sketches to make it easier to find them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantrobot.com\/search?type=product&amp;q=shirley+jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PURCHASE HERE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/raku8sm-823x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/raku8sm-823x1024.webp 823w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/raku8sm-241x300.webp 241w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/raku8sm-768x956.webp 768w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/raku8sm.webp 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I have a couple of Spirit Sketches in Giant Robot&#8217;s Rakugaki 8 exhibition that are now available!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantrobot.com\/collections\/gr2-rakugaki-8-sketches-and-beyond-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SHOP HERE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketches-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketches-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketches-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketches-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketches.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Spirit Sketches are a part of my spiritual practice where I free draw pages inspired by words, phrases, lyrics, animals, and symbols that are meaningful to me. So these sketches are incredibly personal to me, are rarely for sale (let alone shared) and they come directly from my journal that I write\/or draw in every single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketch1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketch1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketch1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketch1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketch1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">You can read\/see more about my Spirit Sketches here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/01\/raku-mini-gaki-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/01\/raku-mini-gaki-show\/<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/11\/who-i-am-and-who-i-will-be\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/11\/who-i-am-and-who-i-will-be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/11\/who-i-am-and-who-i-will-be\/<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/13\/spirit-sketch-2-11-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/13\/spirit-sketch-2-11-26\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketch2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketch2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketch2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketch2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiritsketch2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Here&#8217;s a look at my Spirit Sketch from last year&#8217;s Rakugaki show.<br>I&#8217;ve gone through a lot of internal changes since then and I think it&#8217;s beautiful how that&#8217;s made visible through my Spirit Sketches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6730-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Marker and ink sketch of a Red Tailed Hawk proudly standing on a branch. The words &quot;hope&quot;, &quot;courage&quot;, and &quot;Listen to your heart&quot;, fill in the gaps on the page. The hawk is holding a piece of red thread between it's beak.\" class=\"wp-image-2847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6730-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6730-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6730-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6730.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f: Show will run from March 14th &#8211; March 20th.<br>If you&#8217;re in Los Angeles area, you can also see this show in-person at the Giant Robot Gallery!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oops, I sent this post out an hour too early.I&#8217;m so used to these updates being released at 11am PT that I just auto-piloted when scheduling this post LOL Here&#8217;s also an updated link directly to my sketches to make it easier to find them! I have a couple of Spirit Sketches in Giant Robot&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[16,67,34],"class_list":["post-4677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-art","tag-gallery-show","tag-sketches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4677"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4689,"href":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677\/revisions\/4689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}