Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now

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Tag: creativity

  • A deal with yourself

    My longtime friend and artist Stephanie Barrow spent last year making videos about making art. She made a commitment to herself to do it and she followed through. I love that. Today she posted a video about what she learned from a year of meeting that personal commitment. Besides the window into her vibrant art…

  • Yes, you are

    Creative, I mean. Even if you think you aren’t. I love this book of poetry prompts by poet Joseph Fasano. In my book club, (OK, truthfully, my mother and two sisters meeting weekly on Zoom; we talk books to maintain fresh discussion points), we enjoy using the prompts in Fasano’s book to write. His prompts…

  • Better tool

    That moment when you decide to try stretcher bars after four years of embroidery using the classic hoop. Should have migrated years ago. No matter what I did, I couldn’t get the fabric for the owl project, and many others, sufficiently tight in the hoop. For me, the big challenge with thread painting embroidery is…