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Creativity Matters Podcast (CMP)
Amy Cowen
Stories of making art in the margins, tracking inspiration, embracing the creative journey, and more.
- Index Card Art (Creativity Matters Podcast 499)
Episode 499 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Index Card Art and the Summer Index-Card-a-Day Challenge
This episode is related to a recent post on the Illustrated Life substack.
To see the related post, see Index-Card-a-Day (ICAD) 2024.
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-time donation)
- Amazon wishlist
- Leave a review of the podcast in your podcast player/app
Thank you to those of you who have supported the CMP, just as you support other creators and sources of inspiration and guidance when you buy books, sign up for paid workshops and classes, and purchase small works of art from the artists you follow. Support from some of you through the years has made the show possible.
Follow at Instagram and YouTube
Please consider following:
New to the CMP? Here are a few shows you might try:
- Snow Globe (457)
- Gratitude Cup (455)
- Five Minutes (454)
- Summer Series (445)
- When You Want to Quit (440)
- Panning for Gold (290)
- Red Sun (257)
- Here (319)
- Find a Penny (298)
- Teapots in a Tree (383)
- Slice of Life Contour (356)
- Olive Jars (436)
- Love What You Do (244)
- Illustrated Journal (367)
- The Moments within the Moments (197)
- Scroll Your Feed (362)
- View all podcasts
Listen to Episode 499
(This episode is available in many of your favorite podcast players.)
Tools
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (my most commonly used book for drawing and my illustrated journal)
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (the REALLY big one — A3 (11.75″ x 16.5″)
- Preppy Fountains Pen 02 – this is one of the best starter/inexpensive fountain pens you can buy!
- Preppy Fountain Pens 03 (multi set)
- Lamy Safari – always a good choice
- TWSBI Eco – my favorite fountain pen in the starter range (although I love my TWSBI Iris Vac even more)
- Dip Pen holder (with maru nibs)
- PILOT Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink (multiple color options)
- Diamine Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Noodler’s Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Monteverde Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Platinum Carbon Black ink (what’s in my fountain pen)
- Sktchy app for inspiration photos
- Micron 08 (larger nib good for thicker lines or filling in small-medium spaces)
- Micron 01 (favorite for drawing)
- Micron Sampler
- Notes on large format sketchbooks
- ROYGBIV supplies: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
- Uni-Gel Alpha Shaker pencil (mine is listed as “slightly firm” – but it’s super cushy; they do come in other softness/hardness ratings. I really do love this shaker!)
- Pentel Hi-Polymer Block Eraser, Large, White (these things disappear like socks; you can never have too many white erasers lying around)
Show Information:
30 May 2024, 6:59 pm - 16 minutes 54 secondsSend the Invitation: Take the Chance (Creativity Matters Podcast 498)
Episode 498 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Sending the Invitation; Take the Chance
This episode is related to a recent post on the Illustrated Life substack.
To see the related post, see Send the Invitation: Take the Chance. (This link will not be live until Sunday, May 5, 2024)
View the complete poem, “The Invitation” by Oriah.
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-time donation)
- Amazon wishlist
- Leave a review of the podcast in your podcast player/app
Thank you to those of you who have supported the CMP, just as you support other creators and sources of inspiration and guidance when you buy books, sign up for paid workshops and classes, and purchase small works of art from the artists you follow. Support from some of you through the years has made the show possible.
Follow at Instagram and YouTube
Please consider following:
New to the CMP? Here are a few shows you might try:
- Snow Globe (457)
- Gratitude Cup (455)
- Five Minutes (454)
- Summer Series (445)
- When You Want to Quit (440)
- Panning for Gold (290)
- Red Sun (257)
- Here (319)
- Find a Penny (298)
- Teapots in a Tree (383)
- Slice of Life Contour (356)
- Olive Jars (436)
- Love What You Do (244)
- Illustrated Journal (367)
- The Moments within the Moments (197)
- Scroll Your Feed (362)
- View all podcasts
Listen to Episode 498
(This episode is available in many of your favorite podcast players.)
Tools
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (my most commonly used book for drawing and my illustrated journal)
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (the REALLY big one — A3 (11.75″ x 16.5″)
- Preppy Fountains Pen 02 – this is one of the best starter/inexpensive fountain pens you can buy!
- Preppy Fountain Pens 03 (multi set)
- Lamy Safari – always a good choice
- TWSBI Eco – my favorite fountain pen in the starter range (although I love my TWSBI Iris Vac even more)
- Dip Pen holder (with maru nibs)
- PILOT Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink (multiple color options)
- Diamine Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Noodler’s Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Monteverde Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Platinum Carbon Black ink (what’s in my fountain pen)
- Sktchy app for inspiration photos
- Micron 08 (larger nib good for thicker lines or filling in small-medium spaces)
- Micron 01 (favorite for drawing)
- Micron Sampler
- Notes on large format sketchbooks
- ROYGBIV supplies: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
- Uni-Gel Alpha Shaker pencil (mine is listed as “slightly firm” – but it’s super cushy; they do come in other softness/hardness ratings. I really do love this shaker!)
- Pentel Hi-Polymer Block Eraser, Large, White (these things disappear like socks; you can never have too many white erasers lying around)
Show Information:
5 May 2024, 7:00 am - 25 minutes 50 secondsJust One Cup Minimalist Mindset (Creativity Matters Podcast 497)
Episode 497 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — A “Just One Cup” Saga and a Minimalist Mindset
This episode is related to a recent post on the Illustrated Life substack.
To see the related post, see Just One Cup – A Minimalist Mindset
Topics in this episode (and not necessarily in the substack post):
- Picking and choosing
- Filling whatever space you give me (including time and writing)
- A day off and a dead car battery
- Finishing Wolf Hall, finishing The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki, starting the sequel to Long Way to A Small, Angry Planet (by Becky Chambers)
- My top three picks for a day off; why I don’t tend to sit at a coffee shop anymore
- A one-coffee cup vignette – the benefits and perils (a stubbornly dirty cup) (“Modern stainless steel can’t keep up with me.”)
- I don’t want a warmer, or a cup with a built-in heater. I like stainless steel for my one-cup
- We are adaptable as people; we can find silver linings in the most random of moments
- The benefits of drawing coffee mugs (draw the same one over and over or draw all of them) – you can learn a lot about form and shape and depth and about drawing what you see rather than what you know
- The “favorite 9” mugs meme from 2020 – You can tell a lot about a person from their coffee mugs
- A “limiting” mindset (cup, shoes, pencil)
- A “not my cup of tea” allusion in one of my comic affirmations from the 2024 100 Day Project
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-time donation)
- Amazon wishlist
- Leave a review of the podcast in your podcast player/app
Thank you to those of you who have supported the CMP, just as you support other creators and sources of inspiration and guidance when you buy books, sign up for paid workshops and classes, and purchase small works of art from the artists you follow. Support from some of you through the years has made the show possible.
Follow at Instagram and YouTube
Please consider following:
New to the CMP? Here are a few shows you might try:
- Snow Globe (457)
- Gratitude Cup (455)
- Five Minutes (454)
- Summer Series (445)
- When You Want to Quit (440)
- Panning for Gold (290)
- Red Sun (257)
- Here (319)
- Find a Penny (298)
- Teapots in a Tree (383)
- Slice of Life Contour (356)
- Olive Jars (436)
- Love What You Do (244)
- Illustrated Journal (367)
- The Moments within the Moments (197)
- Scroll Your Feed (362)
- View all podcasts
Listen to Episode 497
(This episode is available in many of your favorite podcast players.)
Tools
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (my most commonly used book for drawing and my illustrated journal)
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (the REALLY big one — A3 (11.75″ x 16.5″)
- Preppy Fountains Pen 02 – this is one of the best starter/inexpensive fountain pens you can buy!
- Preppy Fountain Pens 03 (multi set)
- Lamy Safari – always a good choice
- TWSBI Eco – my favorite fountain pen in the starter range (although I love my TWSBI Iris Vac even more)
- Dip Pen holder (with maru nibs)
- PILOT Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink (multiple color options)
- Diamine Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Noodler’s Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Monteverde Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Platinum Carbon Black ink (what’s in my fountain pen)
- Sktchy app for inspiration photos
- Micron 08 (larger nib good for thicker lines or filling in small-medium spaces)
- Micron 01 (favorite for drawing)
- Micron Sampler
- Notes on large format sketchbooks
- ROYGBIV supplies: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
- Uni-Gel Alpha Shaker pencil (mine is listed as “slightly firm” – but it’s super cushy; they do come in other softness/hardness ratings. I really do love this shaker!)
- Pentel Hi-Polymer Block Eraser, Large, White (these things disappear like socks; you can never have too many white erasers lying around)
Show Information:
2 May 2024, 1:11 am - 18 minutes 17 seconds100+ Lists for Your Journals (Creativity Matters Podcast 496)
Episode 496 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — 100+ Lists for Your Journals
This episode is related to a recent post on the Illustrated Life substack.
To see the related post, see 100+ Lists for Your Illustrated Journal.
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-time donation)
- Amazon wishlist
- Leave a review of the podcast in your podcast player/app
Thank you to those of you who have supported the CMP, just as you support other creators and sources of inspiration and guidance when you buy books, sign up for paid workshops and classes, and purchase small works of art from the artists you follow. Support from some of you through the years has made the show possible.
Follow at Instagram and YouTube
Please consider following:
New to the CMP? Here are a few shows you might try:
- Snow Globe (457)
- Gratitude Cup (455)
- Five Minutes (454)
- Summer Series (445)
- When You Want to Quit (440)
- Panning for Gold (290)
- Red Sun (257)
- Here (319)
- Find a Penny (298)
- Teapots in a Tree (383)
- Slice of Life Contour (356)
- Olive Jars (436)
- Love What You Do (244)
- Illustrated Journal (367)
- The Moments within the Moments (197)
- Scroll Your Feed (362)
- View all podcasts
Listen to Episode 496
(This episode is available in many of your favorite podcast players.)
Tools
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (my most commonly used book for drawing and my illustrated journal)
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (the REALLY big one — A3 (11.75″ x 16.5″)
- Preppy Fountains Pen 02 – this is one of the best starter/inexpensive fountain pens you can buy!
- Preppy Fountain Pens 03 (multi set)
- Lamy Safari – always a good choice
- TWSBI Eco – my favorite fountain pen in the starter range (although I love my TWSBI Iris Vac even more)
- Dip Pen holder (with maru nibs)
- PILOT Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink (multiple color options)
- Diamine Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Noodler’s Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Monteverde Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Platinum Carbon Black ink (what’s in my fountain pen)
- Sktchy app for inspiration photos
- Micron 08 (larger nib good for thicker lines or filling in small-medium spaces)
- Micron 01 (favorite for drawing)
- Micron Sampler
- Notes on large format sketchbooks
- ROYGBIV supplies: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
- Uni-Gel Alpha Shaker pencil (mine is listed as “slightly firm” – but it’s super cushy; they do come in other softness/hardness ratings. I really do love this shaker!)
- Pentel Hi-Polymer Block Eraser, Large, White (these things disappear like socks; you can never have too many white erasers lying around)
Show Information:
24 April 2024, 7:30 am - 21 minutes 45 secondsStuck in My Head – A Song (Creativity Matters Podcast 495)
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-time donation)
- Amazon wishlist
- Leave a review of the podcast in your podcast player/app
Thank you to those of you who have supported the CMP, just as you support other creators and sources of inspiration and guidance when you buy books, sign up for paid workshops and classes, and purchase small works of art from the artists you follow. Support from some of you through the years has made the show possible.
Follow at Instagram and YouTube
Please consider following:
New to the CMP? Here are a few shows you might try:
- Snow Globe (457)
- Gratitude Cup (455)
- Five Minutes (454)
- Summer Series (445)
- When You Want to Quit (440)
- Panning for Gold (290)
- Red Sun (257)
- Here (319)
- Find a Penny (298)
- Teapots in a Tree (383)
- Slice of Life Contour (356)
- Olive Jars (436)
- Love What You Do (244)
- Illustrated Journal (367)
- The Moments within the Moments (197)
- Scroll Your Feed (362)
- View all podcasts
Listen to Episode 495
(This episode is available in many of your favorite podcast players.)
Tools
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (my most commonly used book for drawing and my illustrated journal)
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (the REALLY big one — A3 (11.75″ x 16.5″)
- Preppy Fountains Pen 02 – this is one of the best starter/inexpensive fountain pens you can buy!
- Preppy Fountain Pens 03 (multi set)
- Lamy Safari – always a good choice
- TWSBI Eco – my favorite fountain pen in the starter range (although I love my TWSBI Iris Vac even more)
- Dip Pen holder (with maru nibs)
- PILOT Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink (multiple color options)
- Diamine Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Noodler’s Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Monteverde Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Platinum Carbon Black ink (what’s in my fountain pen)
- Sktchy app for inspiration photos
- Micron 08 (larger nib good for thicker lines or filling in small-medium spaces)
- Micron 01 (favorite for drawing)
- Micron Sampler
- Notes on large format sketchbooks
- ROYGBIV supplies: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
- Uni-Gel Alpha Shaker pencil (mine is listed as “slightly firm” – but it’s super cushy; they do come in other softness/hardness ratings. I really do love this shaker!)
- Pentel Hi-Polymer Block Eraser, Large, White (these things disappear like socks; you can never have too many white erasers lying around)
Show Information:
21 April 2024, 8:55 pm - 36 minutes 9 seconds12 Steps for Privacy in Journals (Creativity Matters Podcast 494)
Episode 494 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — 12 Strategies for Journal Privacy
This episode is partly a read-through of a recent post on the Illustrated Life substack.
To see the related post, see 12 Ways to Keep Your Journal Private.
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-time donation)
- Amazon wishlist
- Leave a review of the podcast in your podcast player/app
Thank you to those of you who have supported the CMP, just as you support other creators and sources of inspiration and guidance when you buy books, sign up for paid workshops and classes, and purchase small works of art from the artists you follow. Support from some of you through the years has made the show possible.
Follow at Instagram and YouTube
Please consider following:
New to the CMP? Here are a few shows you might try:
- Snow Globe (457)
- Gratitude Cup (455)
- Five Minutes (454)
- Summer Series (445)
- When You Want to Quit (440)
- Panning for Gold (290)
- Red Sun (257)
- Here (319)
- Find a Penny (298)
- Teapots in a Tree (383)
- Slice of Life Contour (356)
- Olive Jars (436)
- Love What You Do (244)
- Illustrated Journal (367)
- The Moments within the Moments (197)
- Scroll Your Feed (362)
- View all podcasts
Listen to Episode 494
(This episode is available in many of your favorite podcast players.)
Tools
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (my most commonly used book for drawing and my illustrated journal)
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (the REALLY big one — A3 (11.75″ x 16.5″)
- Preppy Fountains Pen 02 – this is one of the best starter/inexpensive fountain pens you can buy!
- Preppy Fountain Pens 03 (multi set)
- Lamy Safari – always a good choice
- TWSBI Eco – my favorite fountain pen in the starter range (although I love my TWSBI Iris Vac even more)
- Dip Pen holder (with maru nibs)
- PILOT Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink (multiple color options)
- Diamine Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Noodler’s Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Monteverde Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Platinum Carbon Black ink (what’s in my fountain pen)
- Sktchy app for inspiration photos
- Micron 08 (larger nib good for thicker lines or filling in small-medium spaces)
- Micron 01 (favorite for drawing)
- Micron Sampler
- Notes on large format sketchbooks
- ROYGBIV supplies: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
- Uni-Gel Alpha Shaker pencil (mine is listed as “slightly firm” – but it’s super cushy; they do come in other softness/hardness ratings. I really do love this shaker!)
- Pentel Hi-Polymer Block Eraser, Large, White (these things disappear like socks; you can never have too many white erasers lying around)
Show Information:
15 April 2024, 12:56 am - 31 minutes 3 secondsAm I a Writer? (Creativity Matters Podcast 493)
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 (one-time donation)
- Amazon wishlist
- Leave a review of the podcast in your podcast player/app
Thank you to those of you who have supported the CMP, just as you support other creators and sources of inspiration and guidance when you buy books, sign up for paid workshops and classes, and purchase small works of art from the artists you follow. Support from some of you through the years has made the show possible.
Follow at Instagram and YouTube
Please consider following:
New to the CMP? Here are a few shows you might try:
- Snow Globe (457)
- Gratitude Cup (455)
- Five Minutes (454)
- Summer Series (445)
- When You Want to Quit (440)
- Panning for Gold (290)
- Red Sun (257)
- Here (319)
- Find a Penny (298)
- Teapots in a Tree (383)
- Slice of Life Contour (356)
- Olive Jars (436)
- Love What You Do (244)
- Illustrated Journal (367)
- The Moments within the Moments (197)
- Scroll Your Feed (362)
- View all podcasts
Listen to Episode 493
(This episode is available in many of your favorite podcast players.)
Tools
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (my most commonly used book for drawing and my illustrated journal)
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (the REALLY big one — A3 (11.75″ x 16.5″)
- Preppy Fountains Pen 02 – this is one of the best starter/inexpensive fountain pens you can buy!
- Preppy Fountain Pens 03 (multi set)
- Lamy Safari – always a good choice
- TWSBI Eco – my favorite fountain pen in the starter range (although I love my TWSBI Iris Vac even more)
- Dip Pen holder (with maru nibs)
- PILOT Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink (multiple color options)
- Diamine Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Noodler’s Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Monteverde Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Platinum Carbon Black ink (what’s in my fountain pen)
- Sktchy app for inspiration photos
- Micron 08 (larger nib good for thicker lines or filling in small-medium spaces)
- Micron 01 (favorite for drawing)
- Micron Sampler
- Notes on large format sketchbooks
- ROYGBIV supplies: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
- Uni-Gel Alpha Shaker pencil (mine is listed as “slightly firm” – but it’s super cushy; they do come in other softness/hardness ratings. I really do love this shaker!)
- Pentel Hi-Polymer Block Eraser, Large, White (these things disappear like socks; you can never have too many white erasers lying around)
Show Information:
8 April 2024, 10:45 pm - 22 minutes 44 secondsCrossing a Line (Creativity Matters Podcast 492)
Episode 492 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — crossing a line into the children’s library
This episode is partly a read-through of a recent post on the Illustrated Life substack. The podcast version contains the “crossing a line “ intro. (Click through to read the rest of the Sunday post.)
This episode also talks about my current “52 weeks” project, which involves a digital weekly list that captures details from the week in a comic panel. It’s a project I started in 2024 and that I am really enjoying and excited about.
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-time donation)
- Amazon wishlist
- Leave a review of the podcast in your podcast player/app
Thank you to those of you who have supported the CMP, just as you support other creators and sources of inspiration and guidance when you buy books, sign up for paid workshops and classes, and purchase small works of art from the artists you follow. Support from some of you through the years has made the show possible.
Follow at Instagram and YouTube
Please consider following:
New to the CMP? Here are a few shows you might try:
- Snow Globe (457)
- Gratitude Cup (455)
- Five Minutes (454)
- Summer Series (445)
- When You Want to Quit (440)
- Panning for Gold (290)
- Red Sun (257)
- Here (319)
- Find a Penny (298)
- Teapots in a Tree (383)
- Slice of Life Contour (356)
- Olive Jars (436)
- Love What You Do (244)
- Illustrated Journal (367)
- The Moments within the Moments (197)
- Scroll Your Feed (362)
- View all podcasts
Listen to Episode 492
(This episode is available in many of your favorite podcast players.)
Tools
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (my most commonly used book for drawing and my illustrated journal)
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (the REALLY big one — A3 (11.75″ x 16.5″)
- Preppy Fountains Pen 02 – this is one of the best starter/inexpensive fountain pens you can buy!
- Preppy Fountain Pens 03 (multi set)
- Lamy Safari – always a good choice
- TWSBI Eco – my favorite fountain pen in the starter range (although I love my TWSBI Iris Vac even more)
- Dip Pen holder (with maru nibs)
- PILOT Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink (multiple color options)
- Diamine Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Noodler’s Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Monteverde Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Platinum Carbon Black ink (what’s in my fountain pen)
- Sktchy app for inspiration photos
- Micron 08 (larger nib good for thicker lines or filling in small-medium spaces)
- Micron 01 (favorite for drawing)
- Micron Sampler
- Notes on large format sketchbooks
- ROYGBIV supplies: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
- Uni-Gel Alpha Shaker pencil (mine is listed as “slightly firm” – but it’s super cushy; they do come in other softness/hardness ratings. I really do love this shaker!)
- Pentel Hi-Polymer Block Eraser, Large, White (these things disappear like socks; you can never have too many white erasers lying around)
Show Information:
7 April 2024, 4:28 am - 14 minutes 24 secondsBlinker (Creativity Matters Podcast 491)
Episode 491 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Substack “A Blinker Speeds 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)
- Amazon wishlist
- Leave a review of the podcast in your podcast player/app
- Patreon (currently inactive)
Thank you to those of you who have supported the CMP, just as you support other creators and sources of inspiration and guidance when you buy books, sign up for paid workshops and classes, and purchase small works of art from the artists you follow. Support from some of you through the years has made the show possible.
Follow at Instagram and YouTube
Please consider following:
New to the CMP? Here are a few shows you might try:
- Snow Globe (457)
- Gratitude Cup (455)
- Five Minutes (454)
- Summer Series (445)
- When You Want to Quit (440)
- Panning for Gold (290)
- Red Sun (257)
- Here (319)
- Find a Penny (298)
- Teapots in a Tree (383)
- Slice of Life Contour (356)
- Olive Jars (436)
- Love What You Do (244)
- Illustrated Journal (367)
- The Moments within the Moments (197)
- Scroll Your Feed (362)
- View all podcasts
Listen to Episode 491
(This episode is available in many of your favorite podcast players.)
Tools
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (my most commonly used book for drawing and my illustrated journal)
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (the REALLY big one — A3 (11.75″ x 16.5″)
- Preppy Fountains Pen 02 – this is one of the best starter/inexpensive fountain pens you can buy!
- Preppy Fountain Pens 03 (multi set)
- Lamy Safari – always a good choice
- TWSBI Eco – my favorite fountain pen in the starter range (although I love my TWSBI Iris Vac even more)
- Dip Pen holder (with maru nibs)
- PILOT Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink (multiple color options)
- Diamine Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Noodler’s Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Monteverde Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Platinum Carbon Black ink (what’s in my fountain pen)
- Sktchy app for inspiration photos
- Micron 08 (larger nib good for thicker lines or filling in small-medium spaces)
- Micron 01 (favorite for drawing)
- Micron Sampler
- Notes on large format sketchbooks
- ROYGBIV supplies: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
- Uni-Gel Alpha Shaker pencil (mine is listed as “slightly firm” – but it’s super cushy; they do come in other softness/hardness ratings. I really do love this shaker!)
- Pentel Hi-Polymer Block Eraser, Large, White (these things disappear like socks; you can never have too many white erasers lying around)
Show Information:
2 April 2024, 2:19 am - 30 minutes 28 secondsGratitude Vignettes (Creativity Matters Podcast 490)
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 the graphic novel panels that are talked about) here: Gratitude and Vignettes
- Related substack post (with initial “gratitude cloak” discussion) for November 2023 gratitude: Waiting and a Gratitude Month
- My gratitude tracking for November 2023 is also on the substack
December prompts are coming! For those of you who enjoy #illustrateyourweek or would like to keep an illustrated journal this December, there will be a new set of prompts.
More November Gratitude
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 Shield (Episode 475, 2022)
- A Gratitude Mindset (Episode 428, 2020)
- With Gratitude (Episode 268, 2017)
- Approaching Gratitude (Episode 273, 2016)
- Gratitude Cup (Episode 455, 2021)
- November Light (Episode 333, first of 2018 series)
- Spark series (2017 daily; there are also compilations versions)
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 it arrives in your inbox). Please consider giving it a try. It’s free to follow, and the substack is completely intertwined with the podcast. I definitely see it as the podcast on a page.
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New to the CMP? Here are a few shows you might try:
- Snow Globe (457)
- Gratitude Cup (455)
- Five Minutes (454)
- Summer Series (445)
- When You Want to Quit (440)
- Panning for Gold (290)
- Red Sun (257)
- Here (319)
- Find a Penny (298)
- Teapots in a Tree (383)
- Slice of Life Contour (356)
- Olive Jars (436)
- Love What You Do (244)
- Illustrated Journal (367)
- The Moments within the Moments (197)
- Scroll Your Feed (362)
- View all podcasts
Listen to Episode 490
(This episode is available in many of your favorite podcast players.)
Tools
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (my most commonly used book for drawing and my illustrated journal)
- Moleskine Art Sketchbook (the REALLY big one — A3 (11.75″ x 16.5″)
- Preppy Fountains Pen 02 – this is one of the best starter/inexpensive fountain pens you can buy!
- Preppy Fountain Pens 03 (multi set)
- Lamy Safari – always a good choice
- TWSBI Eco – my favorite fountain pen in the starter range (although I love my TWSBI Iris Vac even more)
- Dip Pen holder (with maru nibs)
- PILOT Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink (multiple color options)
- Diamine Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Noodler’s Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Monteverde Fountain Pen Ink (multiple)
- Platinum Carbon Black ink (what’s in my fountain pen)
- Sktchy app for inspiration photos
- Micron 08 (larger nib good for thicker lines or filling in small-medium spaces)
- Micron 01 (favorite for drawing)
- Micron Sampler
- Notes on large format sketchbooks
- ROYGBIV supplies: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
- Uni-Gel Alpha Shaker pencil (mine is listed as “slightly firm” – but it’s super cushy; they do come in other softness/hardness ratings. I really do love this shaker!)
- Pentel Hi-Polymer Block Eraser, Large, White (these things disappear like socks; you can never have too many white erasers lying around)
Show Information:
- Follow the Illustrated Life substack
- Buy me a Coffee with Ko-Fi (or commission a drawing)
- Start your shopping at Amazon here
- Amazon wishlist
- Patreon
- Start your shopping at Amazon with a CMP link
- Creativity Matters at YouTube
- Creativity Matters Group at Facebook
- oamyoamy at Instagram
- Try Creative Bug with the Living a More Creative Life: 30 Ways in 30 Days class
- Guitar music: Nicholai Heidlas on SoundCloud
13 November 2023, 5:43 pm - 47 minutes 33 secondsWaiting and November Gratitude (Creativity Matters Podcast 489)Episode 489 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Waiting, Muffins, and November Gratitude31 October 2023, 2:51 pm
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