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 […]

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

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 […]

May

23

Problem-solving Drawings

May 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-exercise, un-blocker-]

by Nancy Waldman

Do you feel creative but still have difficulty creating?
Is something holding you back but you’re not quite sure what or why?
Are you feeling blocked?
Do you feel that your output is a trickle instead of a flood?
Here is a exercise designed to explore these kinds of problems in a new way.
In Marks […]

May

18

contour drawings

May 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-r-mindfulness, exercise-]
by Nancy Waldman

Before beginning your creative work for the day, try this as a warm-up. It is an excellent way to access your R-mind and to lift your awareness from everyday mode into a heightened realm.

This warm-up is a drawing exercise but it’s not just for visual artists. It will help no matter what […]

Apr

9

Cynthia Korzekwa: Art begins at home

April 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-photo essay, art, alterations-]
images and words by featured artist, Cynthia Korzekwa

- Aesthetics are homemade -

“Still Hanging” - painted commemorative plate with embroidered photo
- cynthia korzekwa © 2005-2006, all rights reserved

That is, the formation of taste comes from the home. From homemakers. From our mothers. The way they feed us, the way they dress us, […]

Apr

9

Cynthia Korzekwa on Color

April 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-photo essay, art, process-]
Paint is commonly used to alter things, but Cynthia’s sense of color and her freedom about what and how she paints, take it into a new and fantastic realm. Here are some of her thoughts on the transformative power of color:
Painting is about color.
A friend of mine once told me that the […]

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