I love the word “doodle” because it is so open-ended and non-judgmental to me. It is an activity that has no agenda of being accurate, perfect, life-like or even close to rendering reality. Instead “to doodle” is (to me) to relax and let what ever comes up in your mind come out on the page. […]
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My thoughts on books, craft ideas, trends, magazines, sightings, exhibitions & other cultural happenings in Sweden (or where I happen to be at).
Coming out as a (not very good) Planner Girl | One...
I absolutely love all things notebooks and paper, as regular readers of this blog already knows. And that love also includes planners and calendars, or what ever you want to call them. And the idea of planning your day out, setting long term goals, picking a focus, working towards the bigger picture… But how do […]
Spotting your own Photo Themes
Last year I had a blog series of photo themes that I called Spotted Photo Theme. As I wrote about my summer photo project, The Pink Flower Mission, I started to think about past themes and decided to give the spotted-themes-idea a try again. Let’s geek out on photography! If you love photography, documenting and […]
Inspiration: Quirky favorite books
Have you seen that the awesome Orly Avinary has published her journal pages in a self published book called One Artist Journal? I’ve already ordered a copy, because I think this might be one of those must-haves. We will see. Once I have it I will get back to you with a review. I know […]
A fresh pile of creative books
A pile of Creative Books! A pile of new fresh books about different methods of artistic expression on my desk today. I’ve ordered this pile via amazon.com that ships from USA, because there is nothing like this in the Swedish book shops (though you can find some of the titles from Swedish online shops). Each […]
Walking in this World
When we walk, the two halves of our brains converse. Julia Cameron I read Julia Cameron’s book The Artist Way a few years ago… Now it is time to read her again. Have you Have you read the sequel (it’s called Walking in this World) to the famous first book yet? If not maybe you […]
The Perfect Protest
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats; neither fear nor shame can cure them. Jean de La Fontaine From my Art Journal: A Perfect Mess: I don’t even want to be perfect! Is it a contradiction in terms to call your art and your life “a perfect mess” – or is it the only […]
You will craft nothing less than epic with your li...
The Swedish cover of Marisha Pessl’s book Special Topics in Calamity Physics is one of my favorite book covers ever. It is so pretty and needs to be displayed. I like the title too. I have been eying this book in the shop for a while… Then recently I found it at a flea market […]
Creative women on the movie screen
You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight. Elizabeth Gilbert Lately I have been thinking about this new category of films that are coming up in the cinemas. I would like to call them Empowering Female Films […]
Angelina fibers – inspiration book in Swedish
After my post on how cool the angelina fiber is I also want to tell you about a Swedish inspiration book that is just as seductive as the material itself… In the Swedish book Angelina – fibrer som förför by Lena Blommegård you will find even more information about the material and some lovely inspiration! […]
Inspiration for writing Poetry in your Diary
I’ve read Diana M. Raab’s soft cover poetry book a few evenings now. I think it’s hard to say anything about the poetry itself, because poetry is so personal and sometimes even mystifying. Reviewing it is difficult. I like some of the poems as they make me smile, others I don’t even understand and some […]
Mindless clicking, bad habits and open tabs
I mostly write about creativity on my blog. Today I will write about the destroyer of creativity… I sit down by the computer to be productive. I have my cup of coffee, I have a list of things that I want to go through. Some of the tasks have been on my list for a […]