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Kelly: The Dream Takes Shape: Part I

Posted in Kelly, tagged , , , , , on November 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Cross posted from my blog…since I think I’m the only one here not participating in NaNo! [Editor's note: Thanks, Kelly!]
I was catching up with some Facebook friends last week and my blogging and art friend Carmen shared, “Having an article and blog feature in this issue of Artful Blogging is a dream come true! What’s [...]

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Alison: 5 Ways to Be a Writer When You’re Not Writing

Posted in Alison, tagged , , , , on November 2, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I recently made the acquaintance of blogger and writer Alison Wells via Twitter, which just goes to show you that Twitter is NOT the useless waste of time that some people think it is.
Alison, who lives in Ireland, describes herself this way: “I am a full-time mother of four young children. Writing is the space [...]

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The dissonance of music and motherhood

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on October 22, 2009 | 13 Comments »

Shortly after blogging about Rachel Power’s important book The Divided Heart: Art and Motherhood, I came across a personal essay by Diana Cassar-Uhl that poignantly illustrates the pain of a “divided heart” that so many artist mothers experience. When you’re devoting time to your children, you’re alienated from your creative work. When you’re devoting time [...]

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The miracles of attention and focus

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , on October 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Canadian painter Robert Genn has a twice-weekly newsletter that I always enjoy reading. While Genn writes about painting, his thoughts usually apply to any creative pursuit, including writing — and I have reposted his letters here before. This week’s newsletter is of use to all creative mothers, in our search for making the most of [...]

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Brittany: Creative Journey

Posted in Brittany, tagged , , , on October 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »

*cross-posted from my personal blog*
Today was a good day.
We all have runny noses around here, and since the weather is pouring-down-crappy and there’ve been confirmed cases of swine flu at the preschool, I decided that was reason enough to let Sam play hooky today.
After John took his morning nap, the three of us went to [...]

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Kelly: Let the Crap Go

Posted in Kelly, tagged , , on October 9, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Olivia created this canvas with me on Saturday. I was working on my Spill It! assignment for Carmen’s class, and Livvie decided she wanted to try along with me.  (Sarah chose to paint an “Open” and “Closed” sign for their room instead.)  She was following along with me for the most part when I looked [...]

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Cathy: The Next Big Thing

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »

crossposting from musings in mayhem
Why is it even when I have several projects I could be working on, narrowed to two that I am working on (read procrastinating) that I generally have at least part of my writer’s eye on The Next Big Thing?
This is also true in the home improvement arena, you should see [...]

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Cathy: Not selling myself short

Posted in Cathy, tagged , , , , , on September 25, 2009 | 11 Comments »

Crosspost from musings in mayhem.
The question of balancing motherhood and creativity arises constantly. The other day, I read a very interesting wake-up call over on and her head popped off. I loved the photograph of the mom going ahead with painting whilst her toddler hung upside down, squiggling on her lap. The mom in the [...]

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Brittany: Standing in Place

Posted in Brittany, tagged , , on September 21, 2009 | 11 Comments »

For three nights in a row, I have woken up between 1 and 2 am, and haven’t been able to go back to sleep. This usually starts happening in the fall when I go into “planning the next project” mode and I usually use these nocturnal awakenings to write whatever it is that is threatening [...]

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On Being a Vessel

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , on September 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »

A beautiful and interesting post on motherhood and creativity at Wish Studio from guest blogger Suzanne Sperl. An excerpt:
i believe somewhere i read a quote from goldie hawn in which she referred to motherhood as being a vessel for your children to pass through — both literally and figuratively. being on the cusp of the [...]

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Blog Spotlight: And Her Head Popped Off

Posted in Miranda, tagged , , , on September 7, 2009 | 6 Comments »

The only thing better than discovering another very cool blog written by a creative mother is realizing that I actually KNOW the blogger, even if I use the term “know” rather loosely, as in, friend of a friend of a friend whose name rings a familiar bell.
Such was the case with And Her Head Popped [...]

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Brittany: Fly Anyway

Posted in Brittany, tagged , , , , , on August 13, 2009 | 10 Comments »

There’s something about that line that speaks to me.
Lately, I’ve found myself having a near-obsession with birds. Not real birds, but folk art birds. The kind in profile, that are painted and embellished, and look as unlike real birds as it is possible to get. During my latest trip to Asheville, my grandmother insisted that [...]

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