Who’s Behind on Life Goals this month!? Me that’s who.

Written By Tya Alisa Anthony

Grow & Glow (April–June)

Theme: Momentum, Creative Expansion, and Physical Rejuvenation

Intentions: Lean into your glow-up, refine your voice, and feed your joy.

  • Book:

    • Write 2–3 more chapters or complete a full first draft

    • Schedule solo writing retreat or weekend immersion

    • Begin visualizing the book cover or structure

  • Garden:

    • Plant outside by mid-May

    • Morning ritual: 10 mins in the garden with tea & intention

    • Host 1 small garden gathering or solo poetry reading

  • Fitness & Weight Loss:

    • Strength and cardio 4x/week (classes, walks, HIIT)

    • Celebrate milestone: 10–15 lbs with a photo or gift

    • Prep summer wardrobe that feels joyful + powerful

  • Art Practice:

    • Revisit past work and integrate new vision

    • Submit to 1–2 residencies, shows, or publishing opps

    • Artist day off each month: no admin, just creating

  • Work-Life Balance:

    • Hold 1 “no meeting” day/week for deep work or personal time

    • Reassess workload with staff or mentor

    • Plan a summer break or staycation in advance

Now to stop planning and do the damn thing. I understand healing takes time and energy and all the above will totally help.

This doesn’t include a husband family or friends. Some I am accomplishing and some don’t ask.

Tya Alisa Anthony

Tya Alisa Anthony is an American artist, photographer, writer, and independent curator whose work explores memory, mythology, ancestry, and the quiet ways people leave themselves behind in the objects they touch. For more than twenty years, her practice has existed at the intersection of visual research, education, and cultural storytelling, investigating resilience through the body, the landscape, historical archives, and the natural world.

Working across photography, collage, cyanotype, botanical collections, handmade books, and mixed media, Anthony approaches each body of work as an evolving archive rather than a finished statement. She is drawn to weathered photographs, heirlooms, medicinal plants, folklore, ritual objects, forgotten architecture, and the symbolic language that connects cultures across time. Her work asks how identity is preserved, transformed, and remembered.

Alongside her studio practice, Anthony has spent more than two decades building educational programs, exhibitions, and community-centered initiatives that expand access to the arts. Her leadership has helped shape institutions, mentor emerging artists, develop sustainable systems, and create spaces where creativity becomes a lifelong practice rather than a privilege.

Anthony’s artwork is included in the permanent collections of the Denver Art Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver’s Octopus Collection. Her work has been exhibited nationally and is held in numerous private collections.

She is currently creating Organic Tarot, a 78-card hand-collaged tarot deck and accompanying memoir that intertwines mythology, autobiography, botanical symbolism, and the archetypal journey of transformation. The project reflects the central thread running throughout her career: that art is not simply something we make—it is a way of understanding ourselves, preserving what matters, and leaving a map for those who come after us.

http://www.tyaanthony.com
Previous

The Sergeants Daughter | Chapter Two
Next

As We Move Through Life