INFORMATION / JOURNAL




Hello, this is the online shop, home base, & journal of visual artist Jen Ray. Here you’ll find my evolving collections of artwork and objects offered for sale- sometimes original paintings and collages, sometimes sculptures made of paper or found materials, sometimes textiles, and sometimes other things too.

             I also hope to contribute, in some small but positive way, to the “digital gardens that lead us towards collective learning, play, and dreaming”, as described by Annika Hansteen- Izora. Tina Roth Eisenberg (aka swissmiss) said recently “I miss the innocence of the early blogging days. No trying to monetize your audience. No algorithms. No funnel talk. It was fun and playful. People were genuinely excited to share their weird obsessions and interests. I will forever try to recreate that corner of the internet.“

I was there too. It was good. These little sites were a neat supplement to, not in intrusion on or substitute for, our real lives. And while I and so many of us now are just sick of all of it and ready to log off forever, maybe it’s worth a shot to see if we can still re/create our own meaningful gardens here, for ourselves and each other.





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Tree FM : tune in to a randomized, user-submitted forest sounds from around the world. 

The Creative Independent is a growing resource of emotional and practical guidance for creative people. They produce interviews, wisdom, and guides that illuminate the trials and tribulations of living a creative life, as told by working artists — including writers, musicians, designers, visual artists, and others. 
I read it most days. 

Criterion 24/7 is such a joy. It recreates the magic of stumbling upon an amazing/ bizarre movie on tv halfway through and getting sucked in and alleviates the seemingly endless slog of researching and deciding what to watch. 

Sleepytime calculator
iput the time you need to get up and this tells you the optimal time/s to go to bed. Incredibly useful and really helps.  



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See you later, thanks for stopping by! 

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