New Lecture – “Let’s Play!”
Last week, I presented at the New England Quilt Museum‘s Meet the Teachers Day, but I was also there wearing my second hat as part of the programming committee for my guild (the Rising Star Quilters). I talked with a few other program chairs about the challenges we face filling …
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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 – The Second Mountain
Image by kimura2 from Pixabay Life works in mysterious ways. I had already planned a different topic for this newsletter, but I decided to postpone my mailing when I realized that you’d just heard from me. So, I postponed my writing too and that gave me time to read David …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Finding Joy
I’m struggling to get into the holiday spirit this year because my work has really been getting me down. I put a hold on my Victims Quilt project over the last five weeks to work on another project – a comfort quilt for a close cousin of mine who was …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Back to School
It has been a really long time since I went back to school in September, but that doesn’t stop me from feeling like a new year is beginning each time Labor Day rolls around. I no longer go out and buy new notebooks and packs of pencils, but I do …
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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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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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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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The Joy of Analog
My husband gave me a book last year called The Revenge of Analog that proposed that as the world becomes more digital, analog items like paper books, records, fountain pens, and film cameras become more appealing. It all made sense to me because as someone who has spent a lot …
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Creative Play Newsletter Vol. 2: Issue 12 – Start Anew
In last month’s newsletter, I wrote about how important it is to persevere with your art because of how essential art is to us as individuals and to the world at large. But this month, I realize that there are times when you should call it quits and start anew. …
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