"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you. And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you, For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth." Kahlil Gibran "On Children"

creative clutter ~ the knitted cupcakes in One Skein ~ clipping, cutting, tearing, and building creative idea/reference materials ~ commonplace books ~ Eric Carle's Mister Seahorse ~ Copyright for Collage Artists ~ Kaya's collage work and idea of a "writer's palette" ~ origami Snapping Mouths ~ Hideaki Sakat's origami book with multiple cranes, whale, fish, and more ~ legend of folding 1000 cranes ~ legacy of Sadako Sasaki and hope for peace ~ Yoko's Paper Cranes by Rosemary Wells ~ The Paper Crane by Molly Bang ~ "Process, Product, and the Pirate Ship" ~ KLUTZ Pirate Ship cards ~ KLUTZ Castle cards ~ ALT Books / Episode 28 of CraftyPod (with Sister Diane) ~ Sister Diane's directions for accordian books ~ envelope books ~ Concertina Books at Dreaming Spirals ~ knitting update... podcast sweater, socks, and gauntlets ~ socks on podcasts (Cast-On ~ Lime and Violet) ~ Knitty.com Summer 2006 ~ Mrs. Beeton's ~ Lucy Neatby's sock book ~ my Moleskine update ~ gauntlets at Ramblings of an Ever-Hungry Mind ~ Question of the Week: What's your medium? ~ listener feedback (including Donna's super-cute sock creature and Kaya's epigraph from Episode 8 prompt), my own epipgraph from Kahlil Gibran ... and more...
(show length: 1 hr, 12 min)

Featured Podsafe Music:

Shelly Niebuhr ~ Too Much Stuff
Myles Cochran ~ Something Pretty
Amy Dalley ~ Today
Ehren Starks ~ Paper Lights
Spaghetti Cake ~ Give Me the Sun
Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted

Posted by Amy at 02:07 AM | Permalink

... a hodgepodge of creative topics this week, no essay, and a go-with-the-flow format...

journaling with kids ~ Diary of a Worm ~ Diary of a Spider ~ a summer of library books ~ record-keeping (cars, cars, cars, eggs, eggs, eggs, choices...) ~ John Murphy's sock creatures (site / book; my BlaBla monkey) ~ Sock Monkey Hat (Knitty Summer 2006) ~ Quirky Nomads ~ knitting needle cases ~ art tool cases ~ an "epigraph" journaling prompt (with visual art extensions) ~ a milk and grape juice "Purple Cow" ~ Drawing from Life: Journals as Art ~ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ~ Jackson Pollock application ~ The Moleskinerie ~ Jana Bouc's Sketchbook Blog ~ Moleskine Photography ~ Leaning Tower of Moleskine ~ Great Cow Sketch Hunt ~ Call for To-Do Lists ~ Danny Gregory ~ Heidi's Date Tags ~ Blue Lucy Studios ~ Annette's article at Crochet Me ... and more...
(show length: 1 hr, 12 min)

Featured Podsafe Music:

Spaghetti Cake ~ Follow Your Light
Lascivious Biddies ~ Neighbor
Chub Creek ~ Look Up
Jan Linder-Koda ~ Still Touching Me
Rob Costlow ~ Meant to Be
Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted

Titles Mentioned in Episode 8 and more...

Posted by Amy at 02:06 AM | Permalink

... an overarching "journal" theme because journals are probably central to your creative projects (or should be), regardless of your medium...

• Creative Currents: podcast sweater update, journals, knitting journals, journals for kids, and more... and more... (BrambleBug.com Journals ~ Stanley Journals ~ Circa Journals ~ Diary of a Worm [related: Diary of a Spider, Diary of Wombat])
• Creative Mom Moment: "Readers to Come"
• Creative Prompt: A concrete goal and committment... to journalling
• Book Review: A Year in the Life: Journaling for Self-Discovery
• Blog/Site/Podcast Mentions: Lion Brand ~ Moleskine Art by Kathleen Pequignot ~ Moleskine US ~ Moleskine Watercolor books ~ Math4Knitters Podcast ~ Hannah Hinchman on Journaling ~ Spindlicity ~ Jackson Pollock application
• Question of the Week: What is your favorite journal? What does it look like? Where did you get it? What do you put in it?
• Music
  
  
  
  • Heavy Mellow ~ Long Ago and Far Away
  
  
  • Rob Costlow ~ Summer Garden
  
  
  • Jim Fidler ~ I Still Remember
  
  
  • Eliot Popkin ~ Grandma's Piano
  
  
  • Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted
  
  
  
  

Titles Mentioned in Episode 7 and more...

Posted by Amy at 02:05 AM | Permalink

In today's show...

• Creative Currents: my "podcast" sweater, treasure bags, and mix-your-own watercolors, and more...
• Creative Mom Moment: "The Bin in the Closet"
• Creative Prompt: Functional art with photo mats...
• Blog/Site/Podcast Mentions: Illustration Friday ~ Inspire Me Thursday ~ A Girl Who Creates ~ CheryLOL ~ April of Knit2BTied Podcast ~GeekNights Podcast ~ Puzzle Blast Newsletter ~ Puzzle Blast special July 2006, single issue offer
• Question of the Week: What is your favorite journal? What does it look like? Where did you get it? What do you put in it?
• Music
  
  
  
  • David Ippolito ~ One Word
  
  
  • Heavy Mellow ~ Bright Side
  
  
  • Antonio Meneses ~ Suite 2, BWV 1008, Prelude
  
  
  • Shane Jackman ~ Didn't I
  
  
  • Ginnicide ~ Just Dream (Lullaby)
  
  
  • Feedback Backtrack: Cheryl Ann Fulton - The Rising of the Lark
  
  
  • Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted
  
  
  
  

Posted by Amy at 02:04 AM | Permalink

The birthday's over... back to daily life and the quest for creative balance...

• Creative Currents: A follow-up on scones, reflections on listening to an interview with Cast-On's Brenda Dayne, the 5-year-old podcaster, the "great dig" to rediscover the desktop of my creative space, Paper Stained Glass: Color-By-Number Art for Your Windows, and more...
• Creative Mom Moment: "Crayon on the Wall"
• Creative Prompt: Self Portrait - Part 2, with a focus on writing...
• Book Review: The Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon
• Blog/Site/Podcast Mentions: So Many Stars ~ Art-A-GoGo Podcast ~ Mom Writers Talk Radio Podcast ~ Writers on Writing Podcast ~ Mur Lafferty's I Should Be Writing ~ EveryDay Matters Blog ~ Danny Gregory's Podcast ~ EveryDay Matters FLICKR group ~ EveryDay Matters Weekly Challenges ~ Crazy Quilter's Albums/Art Journals ~ PointySticks Podcast ~ Pembrokeshire Pathway Socks
• Question of the Week: What did you "create" this week?
• Music
  
  
  
  • Jim Fidler ~ Avalon
  
  
  • Chris Yale ~ What Might Have Been
  
  
  • Jan Hanford ~ Prelude 20 in D Minor
  
  
  • Ehren Starks ~ You are the You
  
  
  • Shane Jackman ~ Uncommon Eloquence
  • Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted
  
  
  
  

Titles Mentioned in Episode 5 and more...

Posted by Amy at 02:03 AM | Permalink