Why do you create? Do you know? Is there some inner drive that compels you? Are there external motivations? This is a question I’m pondering for myself today. Why do I create? I create because I love it. I create because it expresses something I can’t express another way. I
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Nov 12, 2012 | Post by: Kat 12 Comments
Creative Connections
A month has slipped by since my England trip and I’ve barely written a word about it. I’ve barely looked at the images. I’ve moved on to one thing or another, my recent obsession taking up my brain space and creativity. And I need to spend some time on the
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Jan 17, 2012 | Post by: Kat 16 Comments
Getting Creative
This weekend I had the fun of getting creative with my camera. I took a “Creative Camera Techniques” class at Newspace Center for Photography in Portland. The class involved a lot of techniques for getting blurs and images that are more painterly and less literal. It was fun to get
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Dec 26, 2011 | Post by: Kat 8 Comments
Seeing the Light
The difficulties are always the most important ingredients in the total picture of a creative experience. – Shaun McNiff in Trust the Process: An Artist’s Guide to Letting Go I started a new book for my “morning practice reading” in the last few days, Trust the Process: An Artist’s Guide
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Aug 15, 2011 | Post by: Kat 15 Comments
When a Plan Comes Together
Cheerful flowers and colorful paint make me smile!Carbondale, Colorado Guess what today is? Monday, yes. The middle of August, that too. It’s also the day I link in to Creative Every Day and the Creative Exchange. But it’s even bigger than that: Today is the first day of my part
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Jul 19, 2011 | Post by: Kat 12 Comments
A Few New Tools
These old tools look well used, don’t they? They were part of a display in the Marksburg Castle in the Rhine River Valley in Germany. I loved the light and contrast, but just as much I loved that they represented the hard work of the people who once lived there.
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