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 […]
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Tag: Thoughts on Creativity
My thoughts on books, craft ideas, trends, magazines, sightings, exhibitions & other cultural happenings in Sweden (or where I happen to be at).
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 […]
Jesse Reno’s book Truth will measure
I bought artist Jesse Reno’s book Truth will Measure a few weeks ago. And I love it! I don’t by art books very often, I think this is maybe the second time in my life that I’ve splurged on a book that hasn’t got any text at all, no articles or even art how-tos! It’s […]
The Garden in October (and some tea)
Posting more photos from the atumny garden today, hope that’s okay with you? Notice the bokeh in the photo above? :-) Today I started to listen to a new audio book (in Swedish) and I want to continue listening right now. I just poored myself a cup of herbal tea and will soon be laying […]
Creative guys that paint & write
Before I became an intensely creative person I was intensely obsessed with something else: books! I was a reading girl and books was my passion! As I’m not creating any new notebooks, softies or sweaters right now I’m finding my way back to the books. Novels – I’ve missed you! Recently I listened to a […]
Typography does not cloud my day
From the Atom-feed of my blog in August 2008. I saw links to wordle.net quite a few times on different blogs before I took the time to click on over and try it. Oh my gosh, I was hooked when I started to play with this toy! It’s a site that will create an image […]
1000 artist journal pages – and I am in it
What a poignant delight! It’s here. See that, it’s my hand holding my copy of this awesome book! I bought this thick beautiful book, 1,000 Artist Journal Pages, from Amazon in the US, and I’m probably the last one to see this book “in the flesh”. I don’t think I’ve ever waited this long for […]
Writing and Being – Embracing Your Life through Cr
Writing and Being: Embracing Your Life Through Creative Journaling – Heal your past, claim your present and transform your future by G. Lynn Nelson. Here comes my book review now! Once I decided I wanted to read more about the craft of keeping a journal I browsed through all (?) of the books on the […]
Getting things done – book review of David Allen’s
I have bought and read David Allen’s book Getting things done – the Art of Stress-Free Productivity translated to Swedish and called FÃ¥ det gjort!. This is my review and thoughts about the book. Let me know if you’ve read it and what you think of it, thanks. As I mentioned in my book talk […]
The Curiosity Bug Infection
How is it possible to have this much to say and not write it down when you have the chance? Can one burst from too many finished sentences floating around inside the brain? Will I burst? I thing I have caught the The Curiosity Bug, and it’s bugging me! I have been trying for days […]
The book café we always wanted to have
Where and how to have a excellent café experience. It is a relatively new café in my old hometown Umeå, with a hand carved wood sign above the door. It is called Café Pilgatan as it is situated on the road with the same name. It’s one of those dream coffee shops that we’ve talked […]
I love a bit of craziness around the neck
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. James Bryant Conant When I was visiting the city library I had a very nice time in the craft section. Perfectly placed in front of the knitting books I found a little stool that I sat on as I was browsing through […]