There are few things stronger than the human urge to understand other people by finding their context. A title. A role. A category. There is, of course, a logical explanation for this. Not that long ago, it was useful to know whether the person in front of you belonged to your group, your village, your side of the road. Whether they were safe or not. The instinct to feel, sort and categorise people makes sense as a survival mechanism. But, it becomes less useful when brought

Hello, I’m Anna Thompson and I’m a graphic designer/painter/letterpress printer (shall we say creator?) based on the east coast of the US. My creative identity has always been with me, but it took on a new balance when I started working for myself back in 2017. After I got my BFA in graphic design/printmaking, I lived in the Hudson Valley at Women’s Studio Workshop. I lived in a shared cabin, never saw a key, and walked down a gravel road to my job every day. Life moved slowl