Creative Play Newsletter – What is the Muse Asking of You?
There are moments in the creativity journey when we seek inspiration—when we brainstorm, pin ideas, and wait for the spark. And then there are moments when the Muse arrives uninvited, tapping us on the shoulder with a message we never expected to carry. The idea for the Victims Quilt Project …
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The Artist’s Spring Awakening: Embracing Growth in Creativity
For most of history, our lives followed natural cycles of work and rest, but modern life has disconnected us from these rhythms. Creativity, like nature, moves through seasons—periods of inspiration, production, reflection, and rest. Recognizing and embracing these cycles can help us nurture our creative energy rather than forcing it …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Feeling Inspired
I can feel very drained this time of year. We’re through the big push for the holidays, and because I usually get sick after finishing the holiday rush, I am also usually recuperating from something as January begins. (Yes, it was a COVID Christmas at our house.) Plus, our New …
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The Evolution of “3 Ferns”
Because I am talking about where ideas come from in my Creativity Explorers Facebook group this month, I thought I would share the evolution of my most recent piece to show how the idea for it changed over time. This piece began, of course, with the three fern cyanotypes. I …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Bringing on Spring
Last month I wrote about the seasons of creativity and discussed how normal it is to go through cycles of active creation and rest. But, if you find yourself in a creative winter like I do right now, how do you bring on the creative spring? Start a new project! …
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Creative Play Newsletter – How to Be Inspired
Image by silviarita from Pixabay I have spent a lot of the past month talking about inspiration. As part of my trunk show lecture, which I delivered to several guilds this month, I talk about my first experience with receiving inspiration from some external, somewhat mystical source and how that …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Open the Door to Inspiration
We have this book that isn’t really meant to be a children’s book but is one that we read to our daughter called “Good Night iPad.” Describing the things in the room is the phrase “and the bings, bongs, and beeps of e-mails and tweets…” and it is a phrase …
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Creative Play Newsletter Vol.2: Issue 3 – The Genius House Elf
Last month, I wrote about inspiration and the awesome experience of having inspiration strike. What I didn’t write about was how this happens because frankly, I haven’t completely wrapped my brain around it yet. The notion that inspiration can come from some source outside of me is a little too …
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Creative Play Newsletter Vol. 2: Issue 2 – When Inspiration Strikes
I never knew what that phrase “inspiration strikes” actually meant. Until recently, inspiration was really more perspiration for me. I’d decide to start a project and then I’d think through options until I planned what I wanted to do. I might start with a piece of fabric or a block …
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