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		<title>Winter Lights on Second Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[art, virtual worlds]
Winter Lights, an art and photography exhibit, has just opened in the Gallerie Octaviana.  The show features work from Mad Swiss Cow, Marcel Moré, Sume, Marjie Kennedy, Pirate Johnny, Smiling da Vinci, and Nancy Waldman on the first floor of the expansive gallery space. Upstairs are two new installations of a Circleworks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicallycreative.net/2008/01/25/winter-lights-on-second-life/</link>
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		<title>The Crafty Songwriter - Tip #1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[tutorial, songwriting]

Show don’t tell
by Carson A. Metzger
Exercise #1: Practice writing a song where you avoid telling entirely
How do you do this? 
Be descriptive.	
	Avoid universal statements by grounding or dramatizing your song in the details of a particular scene, character, or relationship between characters.
	Avoid using &#8220;to be&#8221; verbs.
	Forgo clichés and truisms by translating things you have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicallycreative.net/2008/01/20/the-crafty-songwriter-tip-1/</link>
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		<title>Writing Like the Wind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is National Novel Writing Month. 
I like to put in a plug for it every year, but at over 90,000 participants (it started in 1999 with around 25 people), maybe that&#8217;s the last thing they need. That, at least, is how I&#8217;m justifying not mentioning it until past the middle of the month. 
If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicallycreative.net/2007/11/18/writing-like-the-wind/</link>
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		<title>The Smell Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicallycreative.net/2007/10/15/the-smell-game/</link>
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		<title>using our good sense</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[-quick tip, practice-]

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

&#8220;The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us&#8230;..&#8221; Marcel Proust, French writer.

Whether you&#8217;re on a high energy creative roll or in a loggy slump, paying attention to your senses always makes good sense.
The kind of creativity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicallycreative.net/2007/10/09/using-our-good-sense/</link>
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		<title>Cooking up Creativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Cooking is one of the few creative activities that I engage in pretty much everyday. However, I realized recently that somewhere along the line I stopped giving cooking the respect it deserves. 
I have always enjoyed cooking but I guess my children&#8212;over time&#8212;with their penchant for the bland and the familiar, ate away at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicallycreative.net/2007/10/01/cooking-up-creativity/</link>
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		<title>Legitimate Distractions</title>
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&#8220;Mount Desert Dragons&#8221; acrylic on canvas 16&#8243; x 20&#8243; &#169; 2007 Tyler Darvintyne; all rights reserved


 It&#8217;s wonderful to think that The PCQ has enough history and pure BULK to it that I can be distracted for so many weeks and still have new and renewable readers drop by everyday. Welcome to you all! 
Over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicallycreative.net/2007/09/28/legitimate-distractions/</link>
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		<title>Changing Seasons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[process, essay]

by Nancy S.M. Waldman
Hi everyone. Welcome to September. Summer here in North America is fast waning&#8212;even though where I am in Nova Scotia, September is one of the best weather months. 
I&#8217;ve been feeling quite ambivalent about the PCQ over the summer. There are lots of new visitors and subscribers and readers which is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicallycreative.net/2007/09/07/changing-seasons/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;The world looks after artists&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[-painting, process, interview-]
Interview with artist, Donna Marsh
by Nancy Waldman



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		<link>http://practicallycreative.net/2007/08/15/the-world-looks-after-artists/</link>
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		<title>c-ART-egories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[-warm-up, drawing-]
Here&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicallycreative.net/2007/08/01/c-art-egories/</link>
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