Master Carpenter’s Square, 2017
It dawned on me the other day that I’ve missed posting some of the quilts that I have finished lately (and not so lately!) so I am going to try and rectify that. I finished this Master Carpenter’s Square quilt a year ago. It was my goal to finally make …
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The Creativity Habit Podcast
I started listening to a new podcast yesterday called The Creativity Habit™ that I heard about through a newsletter. After subscribing, I scrolled down through the available episodes to see if there were others from the past that I might want to listen to as well. Imagine my surprise when …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Take a Creativity Break
This week’s episode of the Productivity Paradox podcast was about the importance of taking breaks for increasing both productivity and mental clarity. The show host Tonya Dalton speaks about five different kinds of breaks (because social media breaks scrolling through feeds on your phone are counterproductive): Relaxation breaks, Movement breaks, …
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Does Creativity Pay?
In July, the Craft Industry Alliance, of which I am a member, published an interesting and personal blog post from Carrie Bloomston about her decision to give up trying to make a living as an artist and to take a job with a steady paycheck and health insurance instead. The …
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Victims Quilt – Sutherland Springs, 2017
Another long quilt hanging in my stair hall. I’ve finished the Victims Quilt banner for the victims of the Sutherland Springs, Texas church shooting in 2017. The quilt is 16″ wide x 102″ long and contains the names of the 26 people who died that day, including the six members …
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5 Ways to Play Today
During the same week last year that I discussed the 3 Myths of Creativity, I ended with the following post about what to do immediately to add some creative play time: So far this week, I have shared with you why I started Creative Play™ in the first place and …
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Line in the Sand, 2017
Here’s the finished piece for the BirdZeed January Challenge. “Line” was the inspiration word. For this piece, I began by thinking of phrases about lines: “Walk the Line,” “Tow the Line,” and “Line in the Sand,” which is the one that Robyn mentioned in her blog post about the Alamo …
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3 Myths of Creativity in Adults
As kids, creativity comes naturally to us. We just do creative things as the normal course of our days. But, somewhere along the way to adulthood, we begin talking ourselves out of our own creativity. I call these the “3 Myths of Creativity” and I’ve addressed each one in a …
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Creativity: The Cure for Your Midlife Crisis
I read a very interesting news analysis in The New York Times Sunday Review yesterday. Laura M. Holson wrote about how getting back in touch with one’s creativity is the way many are addressing their midlife crises today. That certainly was true for me. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/14/sunday-review/creativity-midlife-crisis-cure.html Forget a Fast Car. Creativity …
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Creative Play Newsletter, Vol.3:Issue 1 – The Guiding Principles of Creative Play
It’s hard to believe, but this issue marks the beginning of my third year of Creative Play newsletters. I’ve been giving Creative Play™ a lot of thought over the last two years (and over the last decade) and it seemed like a good time to define a set of guiding …
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