Working on a new #alteredbook #whiteoutpoetry #bookpagepoetry spread: better circumstances are within reach no kidding.
First layer: Daniel Smith #watercolorground
Now to wait for it to dry… #originalart #workinprogress #wip #blackoutpoetry
The Surprising Results of My Crazy Experiment – a Case Study in Creative Courage
Two years ago I did a crazy experiment in tiny and daily writing.
I’d been wanting to develop a consistent, sustainable writing practice for a long time. I also wanted to learn to write poetry like my poet heroes.
I was already a believer in the benefits of a tiny and daily creative practice (namely, daily keeps your toe in the creative stream, and when you keep your commitment tiny makes you a thousand times more likely to actually make it happen, plus it helps you get back on the wagon when you stumble), but so far I’d [Read more…]
LCN 029: In Which I Open My Kimono to Reveal Some Scary Stuff
Last Saturday I did some brave things.
First off, I produced a two-hour solo concert, a benefit to raise money for the Jazz Camp West scholarship fund.
Now, I’ve performed solo concerts before, but somehow doing it as a benefit added a layer of scariness, because how deflating would it be to produce a benefit concert and only raise, like $15?
Snapshot from My Studio: November 10, 2015 at 03:37PM
Three page spreads from #roundrobin #bookart project I’m doing with members of my #creativesandbox community, heading off to the next collaborator!
Some of the spreads are for individual use only; others are shared with one other collaborator; and the last spread in the book is a free-for-all for everyone to contribute to. 🙂 #workinprogress #wip #originalart #mixedmedia #collage #watercolor #intuitiveart
How I Fell from 40 Feet Up and Lived to Tell About It – a Creative Courage Case Study
Years ago, the year I salsa-danced my way through my divorce, I was having tea at a friend’s house, chatting about this and that, when she casually mentioned something about her flying trapeze class.
“Flying trapeze?!” I sputtered, “You do flying trapeze?!”
I mean, it’s not every day that you meet someone who does flying trapeze, so I was beyond intrigued. I had to know more.
So she described to me how you climb a very tall ladder — 40 feet up — to a teeny, tiny platform, maybe two foot wide by five feet long, where one of the teachers snaps a rope into [Read more…]
