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Random Find Fish Eggs

by Barbara Martin on July 29, 2009

in Creative Juice, Random

Today I found a half emptied sack of colorful Easter candy stuffed willy-nilly in the back of a kitchen drawer along with a vast quantity of spilled catnip, a set of batteries, some elastic bands and who knows what else. Do you have a drawer like that?
I thought of the fish plate while delicately [...]

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Wreck this Journal Some More

by Barbara Martin on July 24, 2009

in Creative Juice

Today I took my Wreck this Journal journal to the park for an outing, a little fresh air, some sunshine. Then I burned it up.
A bit overdone, perhaps, but tasty!
HEY WRECK STARS! KEEP ON WRECKING!!!!

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Losing It with Wreck this Journal

by Barbara Martin on July 17, 2009

in Creative Juice

Wreck this Journal game: week 6 (or 7), how it played out.
That “let it go” page has been bothering me for weeks so today I decided this would be “The Day I Lose It” no matter what.
In mid-afternoon I left it inside a local freebie newsprint magazine that I found on the coffee table in [...]

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Parse the Twitter Random

by Barbara Martin on July 10, 2009

in Creative Juice, Random

So it’s #FF (follow friday) time on Twitter and I am missing Los Angeles — city of creativity crack — so much this week. Twitter is the closest thing I’ve found to not being there.
Living in and traversing LA — that city or county or MSA or sprawled out metropolis or crazy place or [...]

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Scriptfrenzy this April

by Barbara Martin on March 27, 2009

in Creative Juice

Scriptfrenzy starts April first! You MUST do it! It’s free!
Disclosure: Although I have yet to try this particular form of insanity, I heartily recommend it if you have ever felt the urge to write a script. Here’s the scoop.
I base my recommendation on having done Nanowrimo — Nanowrimo happens every November. One year I [...]

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Creative Quotes

by Barbara Martin on March 19, 2009

in Creative Juice

Just when you think you have seen or read just about everything, along comes a TGIF “special” with attitude. And an abundance of creatively emphatic quotes. Enjoy!
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Creativity Rocks

by Barbara Martin on March 17, 2009

in Creative Juice

Tuesday sweetness comin’ atcha. These pix are as incredible as their awesome tale. May I direct your attention to Margaret Oomen’s delightful latest installment of The Stone Diaries: Part IV at Resurrection Fern. Enjoy!
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Learn and Do

by Barbara Martin on March 16, 2009

in How to Tips

Take a look at this Sonia Simone post: “Obey Me or Fail” for tips on tailoring your step by step learning/action curve, aka creative trajectory.
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Darwinian Influence on Visual Art

by Barbara Martin on March 6, 2009

in Creative Juice

Here’s a catchy little TGIF distraction to keep your neurons busy until quittin’ time: a NYT review of the Endless Forms exhibition about Charles Darwin, his sense of beauty, and the influence of his natural science work on the visual arts, complete with slide show in color. For whatever reason, it never ever in all [...]

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Pictures and Words

by Barbara Martin on February 26, 2009

in Creative Juice

Here is your TGIF procrastination destination; you know, you need to get some inspirational inflow to feed the beast of creativity. Fodder for story and song, springboard for odd thoughts, and cause for the occasional guffaw (or tear.) And, you too may participate/contribute if you wish. Or maybe just photoshop your own for a screensaver [...]

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