Why Dots & Dust Is Shifting?

Jan 20

For a long time now, I’ve felt a quiet stirring beneath the surface of my work.

Not a loud urge to reinvent everything.
Just a gentle sense that it was time to name what Dots & Dust has always been becoming.

Dots & Dust was never meant to be fast.
It was never meant to keep up.
It was never meant to demand more from already tired hearts.

And yet, like many creative businesses, it grew in a world that praises productivity, output, and constant momentum. Even in creative spaces — even in faith-centered ones — it’s easy to feel the pressure to do more, launch more, teach more, prove more.

Over time, I started to notice the tension.

I was teaching watercolor and Bible journaling — practices rooted in slowness, presence, and trust — while the world around us kept asking for speed. And if I’m honest, I fell into the trap of that pull and it completely changed me. I began to not like who I was becoming.

But lately, God has been inviting me to return to something simpler. Something that the business was truly always meant to be.

A Return to the Heart of This Work

At its core, Dots & Dust has always been about making space and creating community.

Space to breathe.
Space to create without rushing.
Space to sit with God without needing to perform.

Watercolor was never about mastery for me. It was about learning how to loosen my grip and throw out perfection.

Bible journaling was never about making beautiful pages — it was about staying present with Scripture long enough for it to soften and transform me.

Somewhere along the way, I realized that what people were coming here for wasn’t just instruction.

They were coming because they were tired.
Tired of striving.
Tired of feeling behind.
Tired of carrying so much.

And I felt a responsibility — not to offer more noise, but to offer rest.

Why the Shift, Now?

This shift isn’t about abandoning what we’ve built.
It’s about deepening it.

Dots & Dust is moving toward:

creative devotionals instead of constant tutorials
love letters instead of loud launches
rhythm instead of hustle
gathering instead of grinding

That doesn’t mean I’m no longer teaching.
It means the teaching is held inside something gentler.

I want this space to feel like a table you return to — not a feed you scroll past.

Creativity as a Spiritual Practice

One of the clearest truths I’ve learned is this:

Creativity can be a spiritual discipline — not because of what it produces, but because of how it shapes us.

When we paint slowly, we practice patience.
When we sit with Scripture creatively, we practice listening and meditating on God’s word.
When we show up consistently without pressure, we practice faithfulness.

This shift allows Dots & Dust to fully honor that truth.

Not creativity for content.
Not faith for performance.
But creativity and faith as a way of being with God.