Hello!

I'm Delaney Dickerson, all around creative person.

I am currently a full-time student at ASU, while at the same time a full-time ASU staff member who oversees a creative team of web/system developers. Everything to me is a team effort and collaboration is the key to most every adventure.

I started pursuing art in a small art studio in "The HUB" Building in downtown Phoenix next to the San Marcos Hotel, a space that contained about fifteen studios housing painters, poets, photographers, and writers. I shared that space with creatives such as Robert Anderson, Shelly Johnson, Jeff Cochran, David Lewis, Mike Michuta, Brian Flatgard, Mark Fleming, Leslie Barton, Luis Gutierrez, and others. So many wild stories and good memories. At this time, there were only a small handful of art spaces and galleries downtown; collectively they started up First Friday. We used to have Barry Smith play electric violin outside, which bounced ghostly sounds off the vacant streets and buildings, to draw people in! This same cast of characters later moved to 4th St. House Studios in the area now known as Roosevelt Row.

I have lived in several places in the Western United States including Colorado, Arizona and Alaska. I have traveled to Europe, Mexico, and am currently traveling in Europe. If I had to describe myself I would use phrases like introvert, occasional social butterfly, creative thinker, modern bohemian, connector of people, visual enthusiast, easily distracted, image capturer, soul seeker, maker of things, food lover, passionate about life.

What can a reader expect to see from my blog?

In recent years, I feel that there hasn't been enough light cast on local women who are creative, women who spread their wings and have taken charge of pursuing what drives them. Hence I'm writing posts in a section of my blog named "Butterfly Tigers." These creative women inspire me, lift up others, and give back to their communities by just being who they are. At the same time, as women, they are constantly struggling to work within the constructs of society, internal expectations and feeling like they are enough. By highlighting these powerful, creative women I hope to share my inspirations and inspire others as well.

I feel like we all make up the community we are in and that every thing we spend money on and every event we attend feeds our local community and helps all of us live better. This blog is also about encouraging others to experience the culture around them and find their own inspiration, may it be: