10 ways for Creatives to Make it (and sell it) from Christian Sirianio's example
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Stitching as meditation
This conversation about stitching is itself slow, meditative and pondering, titled "Thinking Stitch" by Brenda Miller. https://vimeo.com/115214439 In the conversation, the two women sewing discuss early memories of a mother sewing practical clothes, rhythms of machine and handsewing, practicing the craft as a meditative way of slowing down, and the importance of finding that creative …
What does Poetry do?
Malcolm Guite: "I once had a conversation with the poet Seamus Heaney on when poetry lives and works in people, as opposed to being printed on a page or worse still, studied in a university somewhere - when does it actually become poetry? We both agreed that it first becomes poetry when it shimmers into …
Paolozzi quote for Creatives
the importance of visiting national art galleries when you're a creative, quote by Paolozzi
Hair styling & Fine Art: Mark Bradford
The Venice Biennale artist who began making art with leftovers from hair processing to explore layering of history: Mark Bradford
Cecil Collins: painting angels and fools
Cecil Collins combines sombre, serious tones of voice and paint with beautiful and occasionally joyful images and words, in this rather melancholic but thoughtful documentary "One pair of eyes". In particular, he paints angels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTsocgoLriI "What my painting really is: a response to the miracle, wonder and the mystery of life" This documentary is fascinating …
Blog Post 830: Hello!
introduction to creativity blog comma and
Why arts in school?
"What are the arts for? Why do we encourage creativity? Why do we teach children to play, to perform, to paint?" This is a very old question - one which a cultural leader in Britain has just made a very direct statement about: the Arts Council Chief Executive in the Times Educational Supplement. Key advantages of …
Stephen Be: life, creativity and knitting
This video interview with colourful knitting designer, Stephen Be, is just too much fun not to watch. (As it says at the start, the wonderful interviewer, Kristy Glass, apologizes that the first half of the interview was in poor focus - but such good content she had to keep it - so she funkified it …
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Stephen Roach: Writing on the road
"creativity begins in rest", a musician muses on creativity and conditions for beginning
