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July 30, 2007

Episode 58: In Plain Sight


~ inspiration boards, a neighborhood grid of portraits, and time spent with an old issue of Home Companion
~ reminder: the theme for the August CMP ATC exchange: Journey
~ ATC assignments will be distributed on August 1
~ a thematic creative prompt: "touchstone"
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music. (Length: 38 min )


Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Shelly Niebuhr ~ Long Road Home [PMN]
Shelly Niebuhr ~ excerpt from Too Much Stuff [PMN]

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July 25, 2007

Episode 57: A Group at the Pond



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~ turtles, ducks, and a sketch class at the pond in Ashland
~ a trip to Flax and a close encounter (of the good kind)
~ who made the graduation scrapbook?
~ a few great titles for kids and adults to share
~ the theme for the August CMP ATC exchange: Journey
~ another Creative Mom Podcast giveaway
~ more creative kid talk in his own words
~ a thematic creative prompt: "PRIVATE"
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music. (Length: 1 hr, 4 min )


Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Heavy Mellow ~ Midnight Chimes [Magnatune]
Rob Costlow ~ True Gemini [Magnatune]
Jordan Yaruss ~ Sparrow's Waltz [PMN]





July 18, 2007

Episode 56: A Bird in Hand


~ birds in my memory, robins and sparrows
~ birds and boats at the gallery and a bit of Dr. Seuss
~ Ford Smith, Anne Packard, David Marshall, and Cassandra Christensen Barney
~ a bird on an eraser stamp
~ new "arty" return address labels
~ a Creative Mom Podcast giveaway (for a copy of Kid Pan Alley: Nashville)
~ a bit of creative kid talk in his own words
~ a thematic creative prompt: "Seeds"
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music. (Length: 47 min )


Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Laura Hughes ~ Sparrow [PMN]
The WhizBang Shufflers ~ Little Bird (excerpt) [PMN]
K.I.A. ~ Hummingbird (excerpt) [PMN]
Lisa Dames ~ I Get the Bird [PMN]



July 12, 2007

Episode 55: A Window and a Wall


~ little boys in hats and Sunbonnet Sue and the Sunbonnet Sue "Boy"
~ "the Universe is talking," postcards... and a few threads of the trip
~ Griffin and Sabine series crops up again...
~ stamp art at Flickr... [renmeleon | stamp art group]
~ hand-carved eraser tutorial at Flickr (which I noticed on Poppins' blog); hand-carved eraser group; some of Ryan's stamps; Poppins' rockin' car stamp
~ Ryan prints his 'zine
~ a thematic creative prompt: "Stamp"
~ thoughts on Alphabetica: An A-Z Creativity Guide for Collage and Book Artists
~ a request: send me your favorite art/creativity/light/inspiration-related quotes!
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music. (Length: 1 hr, 10 min )


Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Adrienne Pierce ~ It's You [PMN]
Shelly Niebuhr ~ Moon Child [PMN]
Jeff Wahl ~ She Misses the Ocean [Magnatune]
Sherby ~ Honey [PMN]



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