Episode 495 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — A Song Stuck in My Head This episode is partly a read-through of a recent post on the Illustrated Life substack. To see the related post, see Stuck In My Head. This episode also talks about the growth process of a project like the 100 Day Project and the always-true reminder that the answer is usually do it, do it again, and repeat. Thanks for listening! Support the CMP If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you will consider showing support of the Creativity Matters Podcast. There are many ways to help: Follow the substack Ko-fi (one ..read more

Episode 493 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Am I a writer? Am I an artist? I am both? But is that enough? This episode is partly a read-through of a recent post on the Illustrated Life substack. This podcast has much more discussion though that is not part of the substack. The podcast version contains the main “Am I a Writer” post. (Click through to read the rest of the Sunday post.) Thanks for listening! Support the CMP If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you will consider showing support of the Creativity Matters Podcast. There are many ways to help: Follow the substack Ko-fi&n ..read more

Episode 491 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Substack “A Blinker Spees Up” intro This episode is partly (mostly) a read-through of a recent post on the Illustrated Life substack. The podcast version contains the “blinker” intro. There is a bit here about my 2024 100 Day Project, the April writing prompts that are included in the linked post, and the cherry blossom and spring quotes. Support the CMP If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you will consider showing support of the Creativity Matters Podcast. There are many ways to help: Follow the substack Ko-fi (one-time donation ..read more

Episode 490 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — November Gratitude, a Gratitude Cloak, and a Series of Vignettes This episode is partly (mostly) a read-through of a recent post on the Illustrated Life substack. There is gratitude talk (that doesn’t exist in the substack post) and a series of 10 vignettes that invite you to listen and to make meaning from the juxtaposition of simple moments. There are parrots and roses. There is a bit about baked feta pasta (which was the topic a while back). There are panels about the embroidering of a gratitude cloak. You’ll find the notes (and t ..read more

Episode 489 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Waiting, Muffins, and November Gratitude This episode is partly (mostly) a read-through of a recent post on the Illustrated Life substack. But podcasting equates to talking, and so there is a lot of additional talk woven in here. You’ll find the notes (and the graphic novel panels that are talked about) in this substack post: Writing and a Gratitude Month Ready for November? There are a bunch of older episodes about gratitude, and about gratitude projects, big and small. You can pick up the thread with any of these: A Gratitude Minds ..read more

Episode 488 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Glimmers, Glammers, Gratitudes, and Appreciation of Small Things This episode is about glimmers, small things that are the opposite of triggers. I wrote about this recently in a Sunday post on the Illustrated Life substack. This episode is a podcast version of that post. You can read the full post and find all mentioned links, including the sketchnote for Episode 294, here. Substack! If you want to keep up with more from the CMP, please consider following the Illustrated Life substack. I’ll be sending new content via the substack (so that ..read more

Episode 484 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Thoughts on morning writing, crafting a habit stack, seeing, AI tools, looking for glimmers of hope, and more In this episode, some updates and vignettes: Substack Morning writing and a habit stack AI tools (Chat GPT and Midjourney) Making lists A 100-day series underway (and a reminder that there are two recent posts on the substack about choosing a project for a long series) And more Substack! If you want to keep up with more from the CMP, please consider following the Illustrated Life substack. I’ll be sending new content via the subs ..read more

Episode 483 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Thoughts on the new year, on DNF’s, and on illustrated journaling New year and another year …. and yet maybe you don’t feel like you quite got the chance for the fresh start you needed? Maybe you don’t feel like you lined things up, sorted things out, or made intentional and deliberate decisions about the year? Maybe you should just pick a new date (the start of a new month or any other day) as your “start,” and go from there. In winding down 2022, I did an end-of-year creative sketchnote, and one of the things it showed me was a number o ..read more

Episode 480 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — December journaling, ornaments, the “Year the Tree Stayed Up,” and a sweet book about ornaments A short show moving into December…. closing out the November series with two short notes from the final days, and then a shift into the final weeks of the year. In this episode, some talk about “The Year the Christmas Tree Stayed Up,” ornaments, and December illustrated journaling. The book at the heart of this episode is Tree of Treasures: A Life in Ornaments by Bonnie Mackay. This is a really charming book in which the author shares some of h ..read more

Episode 479 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — A December list of prompts for illustrated journaling Explanation of the special December prompts list for illustrated journaling or journaling and reflection of any kind. You can find all of the information about this special set of 31 prompts available for those who support the podcast (or use and enjoy the free #illustrateyourweek prompts) in this post: https://creativitymatterspodcast.com/2022/11/december-illustrated-journal-prompts-special-list/ Newsletters, Mailings, and the Drawing Group If you are interested in receiving newslette ..read more