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Let me start by saying: museums are magical places. They’re quiet, sacred, full of history, creativity, and priceless art that has survived plagues, wars, empires, and—somehow—toddlers. But they can also be… intimidating. Like, “I suddenly feel like I’m supposed to whisper and pretend I understand Renaissance allegory” intimidating. Even if you normally stomp around your house like a caffeinated rhinoceros, you step into a museum and immediately start tiptoeing like a Victori

TITLE: THE BUSTED SIDE SHOW Artist: GILLAM Some days, the world feels like it’s spinning so fast that if you stepped off the curb too quickly, you’d just fly into space like a human helium balloon. Between 24-hour news cycles, political plot twists no one asked for, social media chaos, and the constant struggle of trying to remember why you walked into a room… again… it’s no wonder we all feel a little fried. How are we supposed to be balanced humans in society with all THAT?

If you’ve ever wandered through an art show, stopped in front of a painting, and thought, “Why does this look like it’s glowing from within?”—there’s a good chance you were looking at encaustic art. Either that, or the artist had illegally smuggled a flashlight under their canvas (I don’t judge). But for real: encaustic is one of the oldest, richest, most gorgeous art mediums out there—and it’s still wildly misunderstood. So today, I’m pulling back the curtain on what encaust