Category: Inspiration
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A Peek at Creature
Estimated reading time: 1 minute Some books stay on my shelves because they are calming and happy and make me feel like being a creative on my own path is a fine thing to be. Creature by Shaun Tan is that book for me. It’s a retrospective look at Tan’s…
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A Peek at The Secret Lives of Princesses
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This week’s inspiration book post is The Secret Lives of Princesses by Philippe Lechermeier and illustrated by Rebecca Dautremer. My daughters found this at the library when they were much younger, and I purchased a copy for myself because I particularly liked the illustrations. They…
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A Peek at Picture This
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes This week I want to share Molly Bang’s Picture This: Perception and Composition with you. I bought this book long ago when my children were in early grade school, and I wanted to have them look more critically at the art in picture books. This…
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A Peek at Fairie-ality Style
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes I have a lot of art and craft books. While I enjoy sharing and reviewing my crochet books with the world, the rest of the books are just sitting on their shelves being wonderful. I thought I might start sharing a favorite page or two…
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Triangles are their wily ways
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Geometry was not a good subject for me in high school. It was going alright until the poor teacher went and had a heart attack, so the class ended up with a substitute who was more interested in letting the guys in our class know…
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A piece of nature to keep the horrors at bay
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Estimated rock hunting time: Unknown Hannah has found a very nice rock, which is not surprising because Hannah has been a rock collector since she was very young. She is a connoisseur of rocks that are pleasing to hold and enjoy, even if they are…
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The Book of Circles: Inspiration in Graphs
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes Estimated creative inspiration: Incalculable I have a lot of crochet stitch dictionaries. I really like collecting them because they are fun to look at and very educational for me. What they are not, always, is inspirational. I can look through and think I would like…
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