A. Markov
@abigailmarkov.com
Pen Maker, Artist, Artificer, Director of Shenanigans.
Don't let the approachable oversharing fool you - my actual work has been featured in Pen World magazine repeatedly, with collectors around the world.
Personal account.
www.abigailmarkov.com
Don't let the approachable oversharing fool you - my actual work has been featured in Pen World magazine repeatedly, with collectors around the world.
Personal account.
www.abigailmarkov.com
My workaround has been to just not think about where I am in reference to anyone else.
Just do the work. If I'm not competing, I don't have to worry about if I should be able to do what I'm doing. I use intentional isolation as an asset.
Just do the work. If I'm not competing, I don't have to worry about if I should be able to do what I'm doing. I use intentional isolation as an asset.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
My workaround has been to just not think about where I am in reference to anyone else.
Just do the work. If I'm not competing, I don't have to worry about if I should be able to do what I'm doing. I use intentional isolation as an asset.
Just do the work. If I'm not competing, I don't have to worry about if I should be able to do what I'm doing. I use intentional isolation as an asset.
I am listening to myself argue with myself in my head about the whole "one of the best in the world" statement.
It's legitimately terrifying to think that's remotely possible. There's no freaking way. Like, I could never, not ME. If I ever had that potential, x, y, z wouldn't have happened.
It's legitimately terrifying to think that's remotely possible. There's no freaking way. Like, I could never, not ME. If I ever had that potential, x, y, z wouldn't have happened.
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I am listening to myself argue with myself in my head about the whole "one of the best in the world" statement.
It's legitimately terrifying to think that's remotely possible. There's no freaking way. Like, I could never, not ME. If I ever had that potential, x, y, z wouldn't have happened.
It's legitimately terrifying to think that's remotely possible. There's no freaking way. Like, I could never, not ME. If I ever had that potential, x, y, z wouldn't have happened.
May tomorrow be effortless and quick and your double turkey days be fabulous!!
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
May tomorrow be effortless and quick and your double turkey days be fabulous!!
HAH! I don't know what I'm doing this weekend except work either. Invictus was the October I didn't get to do, Atlantis is Orlando Pen Show pen colorway, so I'm less planning and more just promising myself I do the fun ones next, LOL.
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
HAH! I don't know what I'm doing this weekend except work either. Invictus was the October I didn't get to do, Atlantis is Orlando Pen Show pen colorway, so I'm less planning and more just promising myself I do the fun ones next, LOL.
I am pleased with it. Looking forward to Jan/Feb though. Invictus and Atlantis on deck.
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I am pleased with it. Looking forward to Jan/Feb though. Invictus and Atlantis on deck.
I have to remember that I can Soft Domme myself. I do know how to do that.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I have to remember that I can Soft Domme myself. I do know how to do that.
My child told me today:
You're one of the best in the world, Mom. It does not matter if it's niche - you're still one of the best in the world in your fields.
Which was their way of saying:
NOW ACT LIKE IT.
PICK. YOUR. HEAD. UP.
You're one of the best in the world, Mom. It does not matter if it's niche - you're still one of the best in the world in your fields.
Which was their way of saying:
NOW ACT LIKE IT.
PICK. YOUR. HEAD. UP.
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My child told me today:
You're one of the best in the world, Mom. It does not matter if it's niche - you're still one of the best in the world in your fields.
Which was their way of saying:
NOW ACT LIKE IT.
PICK. YOUR. HEAD. UP.
You're one of the best in the world, Mom. It does not matter if it's niche - you're still one of the best in the world in your fields.
Which was their way of saying:
NOW ACT LIKE IT.
PICK. YOUR. HEAD. UP.
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Oh damn, it's ponytail-o'clock. Shit got serious.
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Oh damn, it's ponytail-o'clock. Shit got serious.
LOL! Fifth cast of Silver Bells done. I may do six total; depending on how the initials turn, we could go to seven.
Think Impressionist's Spring, but silver.
Think Impressionist's Spring, but silver.
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
LOL! Fifth cast of Silver Bells done. I may do six total; depending on how the initials turn, we could go to seven.
Think Impressionist's Spring, but silver.
Think Impressionist's Spring, but silver.
I totally understand. ❤️❤️ I appreciate the encouragement though!! It helps too!
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I totally understand. ❤️❤️ I appreciate the encouragement though!! It helps too!
it's very shimmery in person too.
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
it's very shimmery in person too.
Right? So pretty! I got lucky when I found that material in the back of storage!
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Right? So pretty! I got lucky when I found that material in the back of storage!
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We get to listen to and trust and respond to how we actually feel. There will be no harm or abuse for our not performing certain ways for people anymore.
We have been that kind of safe for a while now. It's okay - we're safe now.
We have been that kind of safe for a while now. It's okay - we're safe now.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We get to listen to and trust and respond to how we actually feel. There will be no harm or abuse for our not performing certain ways for people anymore.
We have been that kind of safe for a while now. It's okay - we're safe now.
We have been that kind of safe for a while now. It's okay - we're safe now.
We are not responsible for how they feel about our not being impressed, either. If they are willing to put in the effort, that is their call.
We don't need to make ourselves become what someone else wants or needs anymore.
We don't need to make ourselves become what someone else wants or needs anymore.
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We are not responsible for how they feel about our not being impressed, either. If they are willing to put in the effort, that is their call.
We don't need to make ourselves become what someone else wants or needs anymore.
We don't need to make ourselves become what someone else wants or needs anymore.
Circling back to the beginning:
Inner Child Me, it is not our responsibility to make ourselves be, feel, or create reasons to be impressed with them.
That's their job. We no longer need to perform that to have our needs met - we can meet them ourselves, and we have people around us we love now.
Inner Child Me, it is not our responsibility to make ourselves be, feel, or create reasons to be impressed with them.
That's their job. We no longer need to perform that to have our needs met - we can meet them ourselves, and we have people around us we love now.
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Circling back to the beginning:
Inner Child Me, it is not our responsibility to make ourselves be, feel, or create reasons to be impressed with them.
That's their job. We no longer need to perform that to have our needs met - we can meet them ourselves, and we have people around us we love now.
Inner Child Me, it is not our responsibility to make ourselves be, feel, or create reasons to be impressed with them.
That's their job. We no longer need to perform that to have our needs met - we can meet them ourselves, and we have people around us we love now.