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On Claiming Creativity
This is the story of a website, but to tell it I have to get vulnerable with you. I have to tell you what I’m most afraid of.
Mothers & Makers
What it means to me to participating in Jessica Holleque’s wonderful photography project, Mothers & Makers.
An Ode To Writing By Fingers
The joy of a clicking keyboard.
Happy Birthday Little Flower
O made an important discovery in our yard yesterday. “Mama, this little flower is born!” Sure enough, the periwinkle bud that had been closed tight for the past week had unfurled while we slept. “It’s the flower’s birth day!” O said. So we made a dirt cake (“Flowers like dirt,” O explained); we topped itContinue reading “Happy Birthday Little Flower”
A Room of My Own
Being location-independent has its perks, but, as Virginia Woolf observed in her classic essay A Room of One’s Own, “A woman must have…a room of her own if she is to write.”
Hand Letter Your Love
When’s the last time you got together with other people and made something?
Create Things Just For Yourself
Who do you create for?
A Human Being Is A Creative Being
We all come from a long line of people who prioritized creativity even before they prioritized reliable and abundant food. Art and creativity nourish us in their own way. It is within all of us to be creative. It is wrapped up in our DNA.
Prioritize Joy
To be happier, prioritize happiness — without pursuing it.