What do you create? I make songs, mostly. When I was a kid I was in love with the theater, but by a series of fateful twists music became my job. I love writing and performing just about equally, and I love collaboration. Being a singer songwriter is a peculiar relationship with creativity because you keep returning to your work and reinterpreting it. It's not just one and done - you carry your past with you and get to keep re-examining it from your current perspective. Why do you create? I have a noisy head. There have always been a lot of … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2017
3Ws – Karen B. Winnick
What do you create? I create stories and pictures for children bound together in picture books I hope they'll read and love. Why do you create? More than anything it keeps the child in me alive. Sometimes, in fact, I can't find the adult! Looking at the world through a child's eyes, I feel wonderment at nature, animals and so much else. I love children, books, art, animals and history. And my picture books connect me with all of these. What do you consume? Nuts! When I don't want to stop working, a cup … [Read more...]
3Ws – Holly Brown
What do you create? I am the least crafty person I know, and I say this with genuine sadness. I can't draw or paint, I can barely color, I can't sew, ditto for knitting and crochet...the list goes on. But I can create a killer bourbon-based cocktail, with only minor modifications to other people's recipes. Creative copying is an art, right? There's that great book by Austin Kleon called "Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative." I highly recommend it (plus, at the moment, it takes the heat off me.) Why do you create? Mae West said, … [Read more...]