Tag: creativity

  • Make Your Own Scene

    I’ve really been thinking about Austin Kleon’s post, Find a New City, which I also included in the last Lunchtime Reads link roundup. In it, he references Patti Smith saying that New York has priced itself out of being an option for young, creative people who want to do something weird and potentially not lucrative.…

  • Lunchtime Reads 5.16 Edition

    I hope everyone is having a lovely week! I finally feel like I’m a little bit back on track after a particularly trying month or so. I got to go back to the farm last weekend for my little brother’s graduation, and I’m looking forward to heading back home this weekend for a family wedding.…

  • I am a Contributor: We Are the Contributors Project

    I’ve been so busy with starting my new job, working on contract projects, and trying to stay warm the past few weeks (perhaps the most difficult task of all here in Philly!), that I neglected to share a really wonderful project that I got to be a part of last month! Melanie Biehle and Sandra…

  • Lunchtime Reads 12.23.13

    Are you working the Monday before Christmas, which awkwardly falls in the middle of the week this year? I’m sure your mind is wandering from work anyway, so here’s some lunch break goodness to help you take your mind off the hustle & bustle. Ever feel like the really successful artists, writers, & hyper creative…

  • Are you an idea hoarder?

    I have a confession to make: I hoard my own ideas. I keep running lists of things to make, projects to start, dreams to pursue, blog posts to write. (In fact, this was one of them.) Rather than make a plan to execute these ideas, I collect and save them. I check in on them now…

  • Monday Inspiration

    Feeling uninspired, unmotivated, or unhopeful this chilly Monday morning? Here’s a little something to make it better. “Don’t tell us that it’s impossible and that there is no budget for glitter…. There is a story in all of us, and we are going to make it.” via.