Monthly (and sometimes more often) newsletter from Marloes De Vries
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Hi First name / lovely reader,
 
I received such nice responses to the last newsletter I sent about my temporary move to North Yorkshire! I have not been able to respond to all of them, but I have enjoyed reading them all, so thank you very much. 
I will of course tell you more about this adventure when I get there. 
 
Regarding work I have taken a step back to create a little more peace of mind, so there is not much news to report about my work this time. I'm still working on my new website, almost ready 🎉 
But no worries, plenty of things to share. Are you ready? Let's go!

April in 4 photos
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1) My first ceramics piece, and the second one is nearly done. The classes are now over and I will miss them. 2) I painted the kitchen wall pink. 3) My coach Krista's chicken gave me a cuddle. 4) Bram made this cake. Don't add extra sugar though, the speculoos is incredibly sweet in itself.

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I get quite a few questions, via email or DM's. But I don't have time to answer all the questions. I only have two hands :) That's why I came up with something new, so I can still answer some questions and in a way that others also benefit from it: a kind of advice column on my blog. → Ask a question here.
 
THIS MONTH: “How to become an illustrator without experience?”

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8 things I liked
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01 / BOOK The first recommendation is Toxic Positivity by Whitney Goodman. For those who want to put ‘it’s your mindset' and 'the universe has wanted it that way' in perspective.
 
04 / ARTICLE From professor and scientific author Adam Grant: ‘You can discriminate without being sexist or racist’. 
 
05 / BOEK A book I'm currently reading is Think like an artist by Will Gompertz. I'm making a lot of notes, always a good sign.
 
06 / FILM Saturday I went to the cinema with Bram (first time in ages) and we saw The Duke, a British feel-good film. Highly recommended!
 
07 / SERIES My ceramics teacher recommended Anatomy of a scandal (Netflix), and I finished it in just 3 days.
 
08 / ADVICE How to handle your to-do-list:
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“For me, success is not a public thing. It’s a private thing. It’s when you have fewer and fewer regrets.”
Toni Morrison
That's it for this time! Now that the ceramics classes are over, I wanted to take up another hobby, so I'm going swimming this week. See if I can still do it ;) Feel free let me know what you think of this newsletter. Speak soon!
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