Oct

15

The Smell Game

October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[warm-up, creative parenting]
Did you play this game as a child? It bears repeating and is a great thing to do with your own kids. It’s non-competitive, free, interactive and instructive, for adults as well as children. Plus, if you bring a creative slant to it, it can be an experience that teaches about the close […]

Sep

7

Changing Seasons

September 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[process, essay]

by Nancy S.M. Waldman
Hi everyone. Welcome to September. Summer here in North America is fast waning—even though where I am in Nova Scotia, September is one of the best weather months.
I’ve been feeling quite ambivalent about the PCQ over the summer. There are lots of new visitors and subscribers and readers which is […]

Aug

15

“The world looks after artists”

August 15, 2007 | 2 Comments

[-painting, process, interview-]
Interview with artist, Donna Marsh
by Nancy Waldman

Aug

1

c-ART-egories

August 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-warm-up, drawing-]
Here’s a creative warm-up exercise that uses categories.
Choose a category each day to draw in your journal. Divide your paper into 8 - 12 small sections. Decide on the length of time you want to devote to this. My suggestion is to start with no more than ten minutes. Quicker sketches will loosen […]

Jun

30

other-handed

June 30, 2007 | 2 Comments

[-journaling, c-mindfulness-]
Next time you are writing in your journal, switch the pen to your other hand and write.
I know. I know. You can’t write with your other hand. Never mind. Go on and do it anyway.
Writing with our non-dominant hand can have interesting results because it confuses our brain. Part of that protest […]

Jun

29

Working From Abundance

June 29, 2007 | 3 Comments

[-process, essay-]
by Nancy S.M. Waldman
As we create, we use up media, materials, tools, ideas, time, and our own creative energy. Working from abundance means having a well of resources—more than we need—to create what we want.
My son used this expression in a conversation about the new songs he had […]

Jun

27

a pcq-qcp: bedside essentials

June 27, 2007 | 2 Comments

[-quick tip, practice-]

A Quick Creative Practice
~simple habits can have profound impacts~

Keep a tablet and a pen or pencil on your bedside table at all times!
DREAMS
If you wake with a dream still in reach, jot it down immediately. If you want to fall back to sleep, don’t worry about transcribing the full dream. If you write […]

Jun

15

Leaving Leftism Behind

June 15, 2007 | 4 Comments

[-crackles!, c-mindfulness-]
by Nancy Waldman

I am in the process of writing an article on using the non-dominant hand in journaling as a way to reach the R-mind. In doing so, I decided that my icon and ’short-hand’ talk of R-mindfulness, based on Betty Edwards work regarding the use of brain hemisphere dominance to teach art, is […]

Jun

14

Expecting the Unexpected

June 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-photography, process-]

red carnation

Originally uploaded by nuanc.

This photo is one I took over two years ago. It came up this morning while I was playing the game Free Association! on flickr. The game involves posting an image in response to the last one posted by someone […]

Jun

1

PCQuills: letting go

June 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-writing, exercise-]
Writing takes activity. You have to write the words down on the page. Everyone knows that. But what’s going on inside as you make that effort to put a story together? Think about the issue of control and how it does or doesn’t work for you. We tend to think of energy, activity, the […]

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