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WCT2012 #5 - Making A Mess 17 Replies

Welcome to the new Weekly Creativity Thread.This week, a change of pace to look at the great joy of making a mess! But making a mess isn't always something we have completely positive associations with. So this week's three questions are to explore your thoughts and experiences on, well, making a mess. 1. How often do you just let go, create freely, and inevitably make a mess? (It doesn't have to be a…Continue

Started by Dan Goodwin in Weekly Creativity Threads. Last reply by Anne Westlund 48 minutes ago.

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Questions of interest 248 Replies

Every couple of days I ask my online friends a question about daily life. thought you might be interested to join in to read and / or commentlots of love from susan in australiaContinue

Started by Susan Hosken in Other. Last reply by Susan Hosken on Sunday.

Dan Goodwin

WCT2012 #4 - The Creativity In Stillness 30 Replies

Welcome to the latest Weekly Creativity Thread. This week, in a number of places on CCS, discussions have come around to the still and quiet times of our creative lives.Whether they are lulls and peaks over a project, a day, a season, or the whole year, it's a subject that I think has plenty of potential for further exploration here. So, three questions to start your mind pondering...1. Do you set aside specific times for stillness? This can include mediation, contemplation, daydreaming, and…Continue

Started by Dan Goodwin in Weekly Creativity Threads. Last reply by Dan Goodwin Feb 16.

FR

What is the most interesting thing you have learned this week? 205 Replies

To me one of the most wonderful things about learning something new is that the whole is so much greater than the sum of the parts. With each new thing we learn, we also get the benefit of the interconnections between our new knowledge, skill, or understanding and all the other things we have encountered and absorbed over our lifetimes. So what new things did you learn,observe, or realize this week that change how you look at the world or that give you ideas for new creative possibilities?…Continue

Started by FR in Other. Last reply by FR Feb 13.

Dan Goodwin

WCT2012 #3 - Acknowledging and Measuring Your Creative Progress 16 Replies

Welcome to another Weekly Creativity Thread. This week we're talking about how we acknowledge and measure our progress in our creative lives.Most of us are far more creative than we give ourselves credit for. We can easily get stuck with old tapes in our heads that tell us we're not creative, or we don't produce enough. Even when the evidence counter to these beliefs is glaringly obvious to everyone else!So, three questions for you to ponder and respond to around this topic -1. How do you…Continue

Started by Dan Goodwin in Other. Last reply by Dan Goodwin Feb 7.

Anne Westlund

Random Bookshelf Readings 263 Replies

Random Bookshelf Readings(A Rainbow of Books by Dawn Endico, Flickr.com)   Rules:1. Pick a book from your bookshelf2. Close your eyes and ask a question.3. Pick a passage at random.4. Post passage.5. Respond to your own or anyone else's reading, if you have the time. Anyone can play!!Continue

Started by Anne Westlund in Other. Last reply by Anne Westlund Feb 7.

Dan Goodwin

Taking Our Art Online - A new group on CCS - Your feedback please? 36 Replies

Hi everyone,There's been a growing need expressed by a number of us here on CCS to have a place where we can talk about how we publish our art online, and finding an audience who loves what we do.So I'm proposing a new group on CCS, where we can start discussion threads to talk about this kind of aspect of being an artist.Between us here on CCS we have a vast array of knowledge and experience of doing different parts of what this entails, and pooling some of that knowledge and experience…Continue

Started by Dan Goodwin in Other. Last reply by Dawn Howell Feb 2.

Dan Goodwin

WCT2012 #2 - Inspiration and Percolation 38 Replies

Welcome to the new WCT, and this week I wanted to bring into its own thread a topic that's been touched upon in various other places in recent days on CCS.That is, how we gather inspiration, and how we then let it percolate, or not, before we create something from it. So, the three questions to consider this week are:1. What ways do you actively seek and gather inspiration? Do you need to be in a certain frame of mind? Do you go to certain places?2. When you have a new idea you feel excited…Continue

Started by Dan Goodwin in Weekly Creativity Threads. Last reply by di Jan 25.

Dan Goodwin

How do you keep up with, read, and reply to discussion threads on CCS? 39 Replies

In another thread, the topic came up up about how we keep up with threads on CCS.The way we follow and read and contribute to discussion threads here is at the absolute core of our experiences as CCS members.And it's the area where it's most easy to get overwhelmed and confused! (And I include myself in this!)So I thought it'd be a good idea to share how we each do this, and maybe pick up some tips from each other as to how to do in the way that work best for each of us.How do you follow and…Continue

Started by Dan Goodwin in How To / Making The Most Of CCS. Last reply by Dan Goodwin Jan 20.

Dan Goodwin

WCT2012 #1 - Getting Out Of The Way Of Yourself 38 Replies

Welcome to the first Weekly Creativity Thread (WCT) of 2012. This week we're talking about getting out of the way of ourselves. To elaborate a little more, what I mean by this is removing the blocks and obstacles we tend to throw in our own paths that stop us creating as freely as we could do.Another way to describe this might be the ways you sabotage your creativity.As before, here are three questions to ponder to start the conversation. Have a read and a think, then share your thoughts and…Continue

Started by Dan Goodwin in Weekly Creativity Threads. Last reply by Caroline Alexander Jan 19.

 

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Anne Westlund replied to Anne Westlund's discussion 'February '12' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
No, I'll have to look those up.
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Anne Westlund replied to Anne Westlund's discussion 'February '12' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
FR, I'm doing really well with the Walking Stack (after Dan's stack idea).  I plan on rewarding myself for every two weeks of walking.  I'm doing a half hour of walking on weekday mornings at about 8am.  I take the…
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Anne Westlund replied to Anne Westlund's discussion 'February '12' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
Brenda, I don't believe in putting my creativity into one main channel.  I think all creativity feeds off the rest.  I mean, I get bored.  I've been thinking and doing a lot of writing lately and missing doing other…
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Anne Westlund replied to Anne Westlund's discussion 'February '12' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
I actually have a hard time with editing.  I need other people's input to do a good job.
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Anne Westlund replied to Anne Westlund's discussion 'February '12' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
FR, I'd think that editing like that would really be intense.  I think it's a good idea actually.
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Anne Westlund replied to Dan Goodwin's discussion 'WCT2012 #5 - Making A Mess'
Here's what my desk (really a card table) looks like at any given moment.  Hint:  It's a mess!
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Anne Westlund replied to Anne Westlund's discussion 'February '12 WIPs' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
Here is my progress on the Celtic knot embroidery although I haven't worked on it for about a week:
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E-J replied to Ahrabella Heabe Lewis's discussion 'Ahrabella Heabe's Freewheeling flowing February' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
Ahrabella, I'd completely missed your London street pictures ... That vintage jewellery shop looks fabulous. I'm heading to London this Saturday and will seek out Cecil Court!
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E-J replied to Ahrabella Heabe Lewis's discussion 'Ahrabella Heabe's Freewheeling flowing February' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
I have my aunt's Singer sewing machine, with the original receipt dated 1955. It is the most gorgeous object, and still functioning well. I call it Black Beauty. Sadly it's just too big and heavy for me to put to use that often (I…
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FR replied to Tereza's discussion 'DRAWING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN 2012' in the group Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
I won't be drawing, but I will enjoy seeing  drawings as people post them.
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FR replied to Ahrabella Heabe Lewis's discussion 'Ahrabella Heabe's Freewheeling flowing February' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
And here I remember my mothers treadle Singer.
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FR replied to Ahrabella Heabe Lewis's discussion 'Ahrabella Heabe's Freewheeling flowing February' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
The nostalgia to me is the memory of my father with the old box-shaped Brownie (camera).
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FR replied to DJ's discussion 'A Painter's Fab Feb 2012' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
Older one has a masters in archaeology and excavated in the Near East. This year she is working to save some money and next year to law school. Second daughter has been physics and math all along.
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Dan Goodwin replied to Ahrabella Heabe Lewis's discussion 'Ahrabella Heabe's Freewheeling flowing February' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
Oh and cinefilm cameras and projectors are wonderful. I did have a couple of those a few years back. Watching old movies on those is quite magical...
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Top Discussions - Where we've been talking most on CCS this week 

1 The Spring 2012 CCS PaperFree ATC Swap - Are you in?

The Spring 2012 CCS PaperFree ATC Swap - Are you in?

Posted by Dan Goodwin on February 17, 2012

2 Weekly Story Prompt #1

Weekly Story Prompt #1

Posted by Carol Clark on February 18, 2012

3 WCT2012 #5 - Making A Mess

WCT2012 #5 - Making A Mess

Posted by Dan Goodwin on February 17, 2012

4 DRAWING  ON  THE  RIGHT  SIDE  OF  THE  BRAIN  2012

DRAWING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN 2012

Posted by Tereza on January 30, 2012

5 Dans February Creative Journal...

Dans February Creative Journal...

Posted by Dan Goodwin on February 3, 2012

6 di's FEBRUARY 2012 .....all kinds of drawings and pig quotes and pig humor.........

di's FEBRUARY 2012 .....all kinds of drawings and pig quotes and pig humor.........

Posted by di on February 1, 2012

7 DORS 2012-002  PREFACE   &   INTRODUCTION

DORS 2012-002 PREFACE & INTRODUCTION

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