Paper Joys: Living Practice

Episode 8: Bring Creativity Everywhere

Rikki Horvatic — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:10:45 GMT

“I don’t know if creativity is god or if creativity is simply the language god chooses to speak through us.”

mentioned in this mini cast:

and their patreon where you’ll find a lot of amazing content including Grace 101

Open for Collaborations

I am putting this out into the universe that I would love to collaborate with other artists and/or writers, or any creators really. Send me a DM or an email. Let’s get creative and weird.

The Newest Segment of Letters to Imaginary Friends is available

You can read the newest part on the Indigo Road here. You can find the entire archive of the Refraction Road adventure here.

New stickers and art is available in my shop

Be sure to check in on my Ko-fi for new items for sale.

My chapbook grace in every moment is available for sale! Signed copies are available on ko-fi

Buy my book: grace in every moment

The option to buy a signed copy is available here. These I will ship personally, and I usually include some extra thank you gifts.

My Care Mail Art Club is open for sign-ups!

Mail club sign-ups are open! Creating for my mail club (I currently have two members, it’s the best) has become one of my favorite creative challenges of the month. Sign-ups are open for a monthly membership, but there is also an option for one-off purchase for those with subscription fatigue. You can get more info on all that on my Ko-fi. It’s $11 untracked. Each package is unique, though the standard set-up is that members will usually receive at least an original artwork, a new sticker, and a new zine (and usually more). Also, listings for collage packs are still up. Let’s keep creating <3

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Episode 7: Flexibility

Rikki Horvatic — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:43:15 GMT

Open for Collaborations

I am putting this out into the universe that I would love to collaborate with other artists and/or writers, or any creators really. Send me a DM or an email. Let’s get creative and weird.

The Newest Segment of Letters to Imaginary Friends is available

You can read the newest part on the Indigo Road here. You can find the entire archive of the Refraction Road adventure here.

New stickers and art is available in my shop

Be sure to check in on my Ko-fi for new stickers and artwork available. I’m trying to better keep up with posting what I create for sale. I also am sharing any zines I make (besides the ones that are just for me). Again, all available for trades. We can always figure something out. :)

My chapbook grace in every moment is available for sale! Signed copies are available on ko-fi

Buy my book: grace in every moment

The option to buy a signed copy is available here. These I will ship personally, and I usually include some extra thank you gifts. Shipping prices have gone up though, and I do apologize for that. I also have added zines and stickers. A note that I love to include here is that as a general rule: most of what’s available in my ko-fi shop is also available for trade. You can DM or email me to set something up.

My Care Mail Art Club is open for sign-ups!

Let’s Connect!

Episode Six: Transitions

Rikki Horvatic — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:30:51 GMT

Open for Collaborations

I am putting this out into the universe that I would love to collaborate with other artists and/or writers, or any creators really. Send me a DM or an email. Let’s get creative and weird.

New stickers and art is available in my shop

My chapbook grace in every moment is available for sale! Signed copies are available on ko-fi

Buy my book: grace in every moment

My Care Mail Art Club is open for sign-ups!

Let’s Connect!

Episode Five: Surrender and slow evaluation

Rikki Horvatic — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:13:39 GMT

Correction I mentioned “Be like water” which I thought was in the Tao Te Ching, but is actually a Bruce Lee quote. I am including the full quote here as I do find it insightful. I found this here.

“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

―Bruce Lee

Other Notes:

Buy my book: grace in every moment

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Bonus Episode: The Collage Pod

Rikki Horvatic — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:01:37 GMT

Today I share the first reading from my collage deck made on playing cards. There are 43 cards all together. Our three cards were climb, depth and curiosity. I riff on this reading, provide message, prompts and a challenge to create your own collage based on this reading. I share the process of my collage creation during the video. If enjoyed, I’ll try to add this type of bonus at the beginning of each month — time and health allowing.

There are now 3-card readings available from this deck on my ko-fi for $11. You’ll receive a PDF with a photo of the cards pulled, the message plus prompts and exercises to work with. Grab one here. Upon purchase you’ll be prompted to provide me with your email, and I’ll send it off 24-48 hours later. It’s a fun process.

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Episode Four: Leaning on creative practice and love

Rikki Horvatic — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:14:34 GMT

Mentioned:

Monk and Robot Series by Becky Chambers (apologies for stumbling on the authors’ name in the audio, my memory failed for a moment)

Order a reading here.

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Episode Three: Sitting with discomfort and our aliveness

Rikki Horvatic — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:29:20 GMT

Mentioned:

POCKETS class playlist can be found here.

Order a reading here.

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Episode Two: Self-involvement, sensual awareness, observation, surrender and notes on reclaiming our attention

Rikki Horvatic — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 22:13:23 GMT

Episode two goes over the past month of my creative life, including:

My progress on The Artist’s Way

My Word of the Year for 2026

The four tarot cards I walked with for The Tarot Diaries:

The Moon, Ace of Pentacles, Page of Cups and Eight of Cups

I discuss self-involvement and self-hatred (apologies as I use these a bit interchangeably in the episode — it’s meant to say self-hatred is letting the ego drive), coming back to the senses of our lived experience, imagination and its link to observation, acceptance, and surrender. I also discuss the overarching theme of this time collectively as well as through this tarot journey and that is LOOKING UP.

Reclaiming our attention is becoming more and more vital. While some of us may be able to recognize the AI slop for what it is, there are many who are just not aware of this issue enough to know that what they’re seeing isn’t real. I talk about analog hobbies as well as we attempt to return to the vessel of our body on this world instead of only living through our online avatar. This is something I very much struggle with, and there is no judgement here for anyone in this space.

This is a topic I will probably come back to because while we like to use the term “screen addiction,” it actually feels much more predatory than what I might actually associate with alcohol or drug addiction.

Links Mentioned:

The Artist’s Way Vlog Playlist

My Fiction Work

My Care Mail Art Club is open for sign-ups!

In order to fund my dream of self-publishing my poetry collection among other projects I’m working on, I have started a care mail art club. Sign-ups are open for a monthly membership, but there is also an option for one off purchases for those with subscription fatigue. You can get more info on all that on my Ko-fi.

Let’s Connect!

Feel free to respond to this email if you have anything you’d like to share, or leave a comment! I have finally set up a bookshop affiliate link, and will be compiling booklists of my recommendations. I already have some daily readers added, and tarot books. Stickers and care mail are available through Ko-fi. Please go follow me there, I have recently listed some original pieces! Reminder that most originals are available and that I am open to discussing price and/or trade via message or email. I am available for commissions. Prints and other items are available through Redbubble.

Episode One: Patience, Community, Thresholds and Gratitude

Rikki Horvatic — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:39:26 GMT

The Rebis: The Devil Issue

I have work included in the upcoming issue of on The Devil card. It is a mixed media work titled “As Within, So Without.” You can order this issue now, it ships in early October. Visit therebis.com to place your order and browse old issues. (Hint: I also have a collage piece included in The Star issue.) The Rebis includes writing and art from incredible contributors. Please go show this publication some support as they redistribute funds to social justice organizations.

The Latest Fiction Installment of Letters to Imaginary Friends

You can read about the Yellow Road here.

The Artist’s Way Update:

You can find my week 4 update here.

My Recent Zine Forever Place is still available

Forever Place: Presence through Art and Poetry zine is available to purchase here. A poetry and art zine exploring themes of life, death, presence and finding rootedness where you stand. Includes 20 poems, 6 artworks, 2 found poem collages). some of this work has been shared, some has not. The front cover will be signed by the author. 30 pages, including front and back covers. Printed on white 90gsm paper and double hand-bound with wax thread. 8.5” x 5.5”. Orders will include a bonus sticker inspired by the poetry and art within the publication.

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