Category: creativity
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I love noticing connections across disparate patches of life: how dance infuses writing and gardening infuses art and art infuses dance. I’m still processing the many workshops at last weekend’s writing conference, reviewing my notes, and appreciating the session titled “Refilling Your Creative Well,” led by graphic novelist/writing coach James Persichetti. He took an old…
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Living in the Friendly neighborhood (named for Friendly Street, which runs through it, which was named to honor 19th-century era Eugene mayor Sam Friendly) is wonderful. It’s a mix of starter homes and fancy ones. It includes two schools, four parks and some churches. Families with little ones walk here. Elders with their dogs walk…
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Pondering two and a half days at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference, I’m appreciating how the inner scaffolding of a story impacts the enjoyment and resonance for readers. Perhaps it came home to me most in Callie Stoker’s presentation titled “Allegory in Your Subtext.” She chose the film “Jurassic Park” to illustrate what she means…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 