You should show your work. Seriously.
In my monthly newsletter (April edition), you’ve been introduced to Austin Kleon, a writer who draws. He thinks everyone who creates should show their work. With that in mind, he poses someRead More…
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Keep jot notes. Ideas make your writing richer.
Why Keeping an Idea Journal of Some Sort Makes Sense During a recent purging of my studio-office, I stumbled upon binders and a journal in which I’d been keeping ideas for writingRead More…
Need some inspiration for your writing. Check this out.
Writing Ideas Abound! Writing ideas do abound. I’m serious. You can find snippets to explore everywhere. This link gives you piles of ideas. I particularly love the one about using your familyRead More…
Do You Feel Inspired by Quotable Quotes? Then You’re in the Right Place.
Happy New Year, Friends! To celebrate the onset of 2019 (can you believe it? It’s 2019!!!), I am sharing a bunch of quotable quotes that bring me joy and inspiration. IRead More…
Painterly Cindy and More Blogs about How to Make a Quick and Easy Collage Painting that will Appeal to a Child or Adult Alike
Ever wanted to create a quick and easy collage piece whose sensibilities might appeal to a child (a grandchild, niece, nephew, your own child) or an adult? Sometimes we want to createRead More…
Walkerton Herald-Times
I have a bi-monthly opinion column appearing in the Walkerton Herald-Times. Links to the columns also appear online at SouthWesternOntario.ca. Here are the links to some of my most recent columns: WhenRead More…
Are You a Late Bloomer, too?
In my October newsletter, we were discussing how I feel like a late bloomer sometimes, that I arrived at fulfilling my creative mojo at such a late age. And sometimes, just sometimes,Read More…
September Brings up the Topic of Vision and the Arts (Visual, Writing and Otherwise)
In June 2018 I experienced floaters in my eye. This resulted in me having to have emergency laser surgery on a tear in my retina. There is a history of detached retinasRead More…
Painterly Cindy or More Talks about the Merits of Longhand Creative Writing
I love to create while writing longhand. While I have not conducted clinical research on myself or anyone else for that matter, I believe that the act of pushing a pen onRead More…
Here is my entry to the William Willard Campbell Poetry Contest
This spring I entered two poems into the William Willard Campbell Poetry Contest. One of them, ‘If I Could Take Words, I Would,’ placed Top Ten. While the entry did not win,Read More…