Creative Play Newsletter – Why?
I have been writing this newsletter for more than five years now, exploring the nature of creativity, exhorting the value of play and experimentation, and mapping the creativity journey. But why? Why does any of this matter? Because our creativity is at the very core of who we are as …
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Creative Play Newsletter – It’s Time
Yesterday was a blur. I was back in my cube for the first time since March 13, 2020, and my day was full. But, there is one thing from the day that stayed with me. I was listening to a podcast during my morning commute (not at all happy about …
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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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The Creativity Explorers Club is NOW OPEN!
When I wrote in a previous post about chronic stress and how hard it has been for me to create lately, I received more feedback than I think I ever have. So many of you wrote back to me saying “I thought it was just me!” and telling me how …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Processing
Last month, I wrote about the chronic stress that we have all been under because of the pandemic and the creativity killer this has been for so many of us. This month, I have a solution to recommend. I read in the New York Times Sunday Review and editorial entitled …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Brain Fog
I had a meeting this week at work of the textile crafting group. (Yes, textile crafting librarians – totally my tribe!) We were talking about our COVID brains and how hard it has been to focus. None of us have been able to tackle anything new or complicated in over …
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Creative Play Newsletter – 3 Ways to Combat Creative Burnout
I’ve been struggling to create during the last 14 months. Looking back over the newsletters I have produced so far in 2021, I realize that I have also been struggling to diagnose my problem. Yes, there’s a global pandemic that’s causing a lot of stress so it’s to be expected …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Spring Cleaning
Spring is coming roaring in like a lion this year for me. Work is crazy busy; my personal life is crazy busy; and I feel like I am in the middle of a swiftly moving river being swept away to whatever is next. The river rarely takes me to the …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Create Dangerously
Happy COVID-iversary. This newsletter should have come out yesterday. In the four and a half years that I have been publishing it, I have always sent it out on the second Thursday of the month. But, I couldn’t do it yesterday. I couldn’t do much yesterday actually. I don’t think …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Create Light
We have a print hanging in our daughter’s room by illustrator Peter H. Reynolds that says “There is more good than bad in the world, more light than darkness and we can make more light – together.” Our friends live near Reynolds’ bookstore The Blue Bunny and they gave our …
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