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creativity

Not the week I expected

by Libby on May 15, 2008

I was supposed to be away this week, traveling with some friends. Unfortunately I got sick and had to stay home. Nothing terribly serious, but enough that I wanted the comforts of home. It has been a disappointing week feeling blah and filled with the drudgery of household stuff. At the [...]

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Creative skills - use them or lose them

by Libby on May 8, 2008

The force field or block which tends to keep me out of the studio has spread to the blog.  I am not writing as often, and I feel like the quality of my writing has declined.  Also, I don’t find myself thinking about writing as much as I had been.  Writing is not what I [...]

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Delivery snafu

by Libby on May 1, 2008

I am in a very grouchy mood.  I ordered some Argentium wire and sheet from Rio that was supposed to be delivered yesterday, but UPS messed up.  According to the tracking info, they delivered it to my local hub and then sent the package out to California!  I love the message I got, which explains [...]

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Time on the bench

by Libby on April 29, 2008

A bad pun… I feel like I have been creatively sidelined. Getting completely away from the studio and computer for a family vacation was lovely, but it has really put me off my creative game. (to continue the lame metaphor) Add to the mix the peculiar phenomenon that is Spring school/sports activities [...]

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Creative Rituals

by Libby on April 10, 2008

(ok, I really should be packing, but I am procrastinating)
I was listening to the CraftCast interview with Dayle Doroshow today, and I was struck by something. Dayle said that after talking to artists in various disciplines, she discovered that one of the things we all seem to have in common is a sorting activity. [...]

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