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		<title>When You&#8217;re Ready</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, I went to a therapist who used hypnosis. When our sessions were almost over, she would tell me, in her soft voice, to come awake, refreshed and energized, “when you’re ready.” When you’re ready. A simple phrase, but in that altered state of mind, it was powerful. I could, when I was ready, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicallycreative.net/2010/04/15/when-youre-ready/</link>
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		<title>Maintenance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no such thing as maintaining the status quo on the web! The PCQ has been idle for some time. My energies have been focused on other kinds of creative outlets. But this all still works for me because there are loads of great articles and ideas here and all of it is still fresh [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicallycreative.net/2010/04/05/maintenance/</link>
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		<title>Art of the Now &#8211; a video essay of ephemeral art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[video essay, ephemeral art] by Nancy S.M. Waldman Ephemeral art is everywhere. Often it isn&#8217;t thought of as art with a capital &#8220;A.&#8221; By its nature, it can&#8217;t be bought, sold, collected, moved about easily, and it is impermanent. However, with photography and video we now can and do capture and make relatively permanent even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicallycreative.net/2009/06/05/art-of-the-now-a-video-essay-of-ephemeral-art/</link>
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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 &#8211; 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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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>
		<description><![CDATA[&#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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