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On this podcast episode Source Weekly publisher Aaron Switzer has a candid, uplifting conversation with the incredibly talented Artist Teafly. A Bend-based artist and illustrator, Teafly has illustrated Source Weekly covers over the past two decades.

Teafly is also the author of the new book “So…You Have a Little Brain Cloud” – an illustrated journey exploring mental illness. Teafly speaks opening about her own mental illness journey and has incredible insight into the healing power of sleep and why we all need it!

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Artist Teafly showcases 20 years of artwork in Bend and highlights the healing powers of sleep and other basic human needs ahead of a Sept. 21 book release

This article appears in Source Weekly November 23, 2023.

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LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break: Artist Teafly 🎧

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
November 30, 2023

<h1>LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break: Artist Teafly 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />November 30, 2023</p> <p><span class="fdnDropCap">O</span>n this podcast episode Source Weekly publisher Aaron Switzer has a candid, uplifting conversation with the incredibly talented <a href="https://www.teafly.com/" target="_blank">Artist Teafly</a>.&nbsp;A Bend-based artist and illustrator, Teafly&nbsp;has illustrated Source Weekly covers over the past two decades. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full alignright alignright"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/the_source_-_bend_don_t_break_120723-option3.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/the_source_-_bend_don_t_break_120723-option3.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-53256" /></a></figure> </p> <p>Teafly is also the author of the new book <a href="https://www.teafly.com/" target="_blank">"So...You Have a Little Brain Cloud" </a>- an illustrated journey exploring mental illness. Teafly speaks opening about her own mental illness journey and has incredible insight into the healing power of sleep and why we all need it! </p> <p> <b>Listen now</b>:</p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <div style="font-size: 10px;color: #cccccc;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396" title="Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396/bend-dont-break-artist-teafly" title="Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Artist Teafly" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Artist Teafly</a></div> </p></div> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-artist-teafly-20235310/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=53250&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-artist-teafly-20235310/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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