Monarch Creative Ink

05/11/2026

Craving real connection and a creative outlet?
Community & Canvas is your people. We’re an in-person art meet-up built on one simple goal: Paint on Canvas.

No pressure, no judgment. The group is a low-key space to share your story, find your people, and make something you’re proud of.

Whether you’re picking up a brush for the first time or you’ve been making art for years, you belong here. Every medium, every level, every vibe welcome. We’ve got the supplies.

You just bring YOU! and/or friends too!

WE MEET EVERY OTHER THURSDAY!

🗓 Thursday, May 14, 2026
🚪 Doors open at 5:45PM
🎨 Group runs 6:00 – 7:30 PM
📍 Pillar Yoga and Wellness — 1615 East Wallace, Fort Wayne, IN 46803
🅿️ Large parking lot right out front — look for the Community & Canvas signs!
💚 FREE to attend — everything is included!

Please do your best 🌟 to 🎟️ Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-canvas-art-peer-support-group-tickets-1989262049339?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=cca5bcebeca19fd277c3508b18d19b5362b34c2867d9936c6b453df09c5857509dcec65d694ba40272494700aa6e648bc2e625c454afedf346ae85529ed5cc13a769a07ce5b9d4e71f6f5a0dedae

The Pillar Yoga and Wellness School Care Team

05/05/2026

Does thunder truly only happens when it’s raining? All I have to say is, there is no without

04/27/2026

Craving real connection and a creative outlet?
Community & Canvas is your people. We’re an in-person art meet-up built on one simple goal: Paint on Canvas.

No pressure, no judgment. The group is a low-key space to share your story, find your people, and make something you’re proud of.

Whether you’re picking up a brush for the first time or you’ve been making art for years, you belong here. Every medium, every level, every vibe welcome. We’ve got the supplies.

You just bring YOU! and/or friends too!

WE MEET EVERY OTHER THURSDAY!

🗓 Thursday, April 30, 2026
🚪 Doors open at 5:45PM
🎨 Group runs 6:00 – 7:30 PM
📍 Pillar Yoga and Wellness — 1615 East Wallace, Fort Wayne, IN 46803
🅿️ Large parking lot right out front — look for the Community & Canvas signs!
💚 FREE to attend — everything is included!

Please do your best 🌟 to 🎟️ Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-canvas-art-peer-support-group-tickets-1988283439290?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

04/27/2026

Craving real connection and a creative outlet?
Community & Canvas is your people. We're an in-person art meet-up built on one simple goal: Paint on Canvas.

No pressure, no judgment. The group is a low-key space to share your story, find your people, and make something you're proud of.

Whether you're picking up a brush for the first time or you've been making art for years, you belong here. Every medium, every level, every vibe welcome. We've got the supplies.

You just bring YOU! and/or friends too!

WE MEET EVERY OTHER THURSDAY!

🗓 Thursday, April 30, 2026
🚪 Doors open at 5:45PM
🎨 Group runs 6:00 – 7:30 PM
📍 Pillar Yoga and Wellness — 1615 East Wallace, Fort Wayne, IN 46803
🅿️ Large parking lot right out front — look for the Community & Canvas signs!
💚 FREE to attend — everything is included!

Please do your best 🌟 to 🎟️ Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-canvas-art-peer-support-group-tickets-1988283439290?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

The Pillar Yoga and Wellness

School Care Team

04/13/2026

Craving real connection and a creative outlet?
Community & Canvas is your people. We're an in-person art meet-up built on one simple goal: Paint on Canvas.

Monarch Creative Ink is happy to lead this art support group! I love how art can support us all in so many ways !

No pressure, no judgment. The group is a low-key space to share your story, find your people, and make something you're proud of.

Whether you're picking up a brush for the first time or you've been making art for years, you belong here. Every medium, every level, every vibe welcome. We've got the supplies.

You just bring YOU! and/or friends too!

WE MEET EVERY OTHER THURSDAY!

🗓 Thursday, April 2, 2026
🚪 Doors open at 5:30 PM
🎨 Group runs 6:00 – 7:30 PM
📍 Pillar Yoga and Wellness — 1615 East Wallace, Fort Wayne, IN 46803
🅿️ Large parking lot right out front — look for the Community & Canvas signs!
💚 FREE to attend — everything is included!

Please!!!do your best 🌟 to 🎟️ Register here:

Join us for Community & Canvas, where art meets support in a chill, in-person hangout!

03/31/2026

03/30/2026

Craving real connection and a creative outlet?
Community & Canvas is your people. We're an in-person art meet-up built on one simple goal: Paint on Canvas.

No pressure, no judgment. The group is a low-key space to share your story, find your people, and make something you're proud of.

Whether you're picking up a brush for the first time or you've been making art for years, you belong here. Every medium, every level, every vibe welcome. We've got the supplies.

You just bring YOU! and/or friends too!

🗓 Thursday, April 2, 2026
🚪 Doors open at 5:30 PM
🎨 Group runs 6:00 – 7:30 PM
📍 Pillar Yoga and Wellness — 1615 East Wallace, Fort Wayne, IN 46803
🅿️ Large parking lot right out front — look for the Community & Canvas signs!
💚 FREE to attend — everything is included!

Please do your best 🌟 to 🎟️ Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-peer-support-group-community-canvas-tickets-1986176510409?aff=oddtdtcreator

03/25/2026

Just a girl who loves art and Bob Ross. Sometimes they call me, B***y Bob Ross. Either way, Fleetwood Mac continues to save me since I was 7 years old. Music and art are life, my light. I hope this brings some light into your life xo

03/17/2026

Journal page 2,4547&46&@

Today

Lost.
I feel lost.
When I talk about my journey lately
I am
Lost.

Misunderstood.
I feel misunderstood when people don’t truly see or accept me for being transparent about everything in my life
I am
Misunderstood.

Alone.
I feel alone.
I know I have a loving tribe, but through the day and at the end of my day without monarch soaring yet..
I am
Alone

The reason I hold off on/avoid quiet time is because all of the above.
I fight all day
Every
Day
I
Fight.

I fight to not go back to the darkest time in my life. Fight to stay strong for others around me.
Fight to keep monarch alive.
Fight to live.

People say that NOT everything is related to your mental illness. It’s not an excuse or reasoning to all of your life.

Fun fact: it is

Again, Bipolar is a part of me – not who I am.
I am amanda and I battle with Bipolar, all day every day – every night.

I truly am tired
Tired of all that it took to fight for my life to stay alive. Tired to continue fighting/navigating/understanding, moods, emotions, fu**ed relationships, having no voice.
I am tired.

This again is why I’ve stopped sitting in silence

It brings me to all of my broken, lost, depressed, realization that my emotions and their intensity are the sales of my ship – the boat is my body: taking the brunt of every wave passing.
My mind thinks I am the captain: steering the boat into the right direction.
The storm is my emotional, dis regulated brain.

Every lightning bolt
Every roll of thunder
Is my heart and my breath
= beating with flashes of light for life

Roll of thunder is my unregulated, stressful, anxious Breath

Holding .. releasing
Of intensity

Pressures of the wind
Drops of rain

: Smokey Robinson & the Miracles said it best
Truly is just tears of a clown

03/07/2026

Let’s face it… New 2026 mantra. Say it loud, say it proud. If they are not a good person, don’t worry about their sh*tty intentions. That is all. That is all I have to say. 

12/29/2025

Responding with grace isn’t easy - especially when emotions run high.

But your response? That’s your power.

Grace doesn’t mean you allow disrespect.
It means you refuse to let someone else’s behavior change who you are.

It looks like protecting your peace.
Holding boundaries with compassion.
Choosing kindness even when it isn’t returned.

You don’t have to meet people where they are.
You can rise above it.

Grace isn’t weakness.
It’s strength that knows exactly who it is.

You Matter. Stay rooted. Stay kind.