creativity
November 17, 2009
- Tuesday, November 17, 2009I grew up in Ohio, where the weather is as unpredictable as the number of cows you might see driving to work each day. One thing is guranteed, however: each winter it will snow. Down parkas will be worn and driving conditions will be challenging.Having lived in Texas for a while now, I have shed my winter skin, so to speak. My blood has thinned to the point that I find ...
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November 4, 2009
- At the point in my attempts to write Poetry when all I seem to be doing is revising, revising, revising...and then revising some more...sometimes to the point where I'm losing the original feeling altogether...don't know if that's an indication of something wrong, or if I'm expecting too much, too soon...All I know is that I'm not enjoying it much...BUT, I submitted some of my work to numerous ...
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November 4, 2009
- Documenting your brain on digital has its pros and cons. But after watching this video I am on the side of the con. The con is when your writing blogs for someone, tweeting for someone or facebooking for someone that someone is not you in the present moment. And the psychologists are absolutely right. When you are online and thinking your creating content in the "creative sense" ...
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November 2, 2009
- Day two of Write Nonfiction in November has dawned. Are you feeling the pressure of moving forward with your nonfiction writing project? Are you fingers sitting over the keyboard and...not moving? Do you know what you want to write but are you having trouble getting the words to flow? Or are you having difficulty even figuring out what project to tackle during this month's challenge or coming up ...
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October 29, 2009
- Hello to all the gobblings and gobblinettes :) My city looks ready for Halloween...we got the clouds that threaten to burst at any moment, the wind that suddenly rises and causes the leaves to rattle and fall. And if you live in an old house like mine, the wind cause the house to pop and rattle. Ahh the sounds of autumn, how I love it so. I love how eery it all is and it matches my eery mood. ...
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October 27, 2009
- So, after having two guest posts here about writing and where you are, and how the two mix, I've finally written my thoughts on how it was to move countries and what that has done to my words, over at Petina Gappah's excellent blog. An extract:So we moved, with our two cats (who are now, sadly and cruelly, in quarantine), two months ago. And that is when the culture shock hit. Yes, I had been ...
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October 23, 2009
- Long ago and far away, when I used to paint, I found that my best paintings were blessed by accident. A line would wobble, I’d use the wrong color, I’d rub up against the canvas. The undercoat of gesso would go on rough, causing the colors that came on top of it to catch and build in unexpected textures. I would paint what I saw – the surface of an enamel sugar bowl – and discover ...
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October 21, 2009
- The beginning was always a very good place to start, or so I thought. Each time I returned to that old house at the end of the road, memories would overtake me of my childhood and the times we spent together. The last time we met here was after our mother passed away several years ago. We recalled with a mix of sadness and joy the life we had spent on that quiet farm, not far from the big ...
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October 8, 2009
- I am toughening up in the chilly English weather - there's me, in a coat, scarf and knee-high boots while around me, students stroll in T-shirts and flip-flops. I feel a bit mad. But... we joined an outdoor swimming pool for the winter!!! I can't quite believe it. It's three minutes walk from our house, and actually, it's very refreshing. The whole set up is a bit posh, the revamped Lido, with ...
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October 4, 2009
- I've just moved countries and am unsettled (can milk this one for months and months...) The cats are in quarantine and I can't possibly write without them (another 5 months' shelf life for this excuse) My new study is an unfamiliar place, I can't write here until I feel totally comfortable (Yes, right, I can write in any cafe but not my own workspace?) I've got far too much to do with the Short ...
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