Shout-Outs (Shouts-Out?)
Happy 2019, everyone! I hope so, at any rate.
I'm partly "back to work" today, but I'm partly still on holiday, and it occurs to me that folks other than myself might be struggling to set a direction (or goals, or intentions) for the coming year.
As "everyone" who's anyone in the Goal-Setting Guru space says, the first step is to look back.
So here's a gigantic THANK YOU to publications, and their teams, who shared my work with the world in 2018.
More information about my creative work is available here.
Also, lately I've found two interesting new-to-me podcasts about creativity and creation. Perhaps they will prove useful to you.
I say that I hope 2019 is a "better year," I don't really know what that means. But I see "hope" as a passive word.
So how about, as we move into the new year, we plan to do what we can to make 2019 a "better year" for all of us.
Perhaps especially when that requires us to stand up and say ENOUGH--and when that requires us to sit and listen.
I'm partly "back to work" today, but I'm partly still on holiday, and it occurs to me that folks other than myself might be struggling to set a direction (or goals, or intentions) for the coming year.
As "everyone" who's anyone in the Goal-Setting Guru space says, the first step is to look back.
So here's a gigantic THANK YOU to publications, and their teams, who shared my work with the world in 2018.
"Hours of Daylight," third place in creative nonfiction, Prairie Fire 2017 contest, Prairie Fire 39.2 (Summer 2018)
"Entanglement," Atticus Review, 21 June 2018. Previously shortlisted for EVENT's Non-Fiction Contest, 2017.
"Let d Be the Distance Between Us," The Grief Diaries, Issue 4 Volume 1, The Anniversary Issue, June, 2018.
"Atomic Tangerine," Honourable Mention in The New Quarterly's Edna Staebler Personal Essay award, Summer 2017; published in Issue #146, Spring 2018
More information about my creative work is available here.
Also, lately I've found two interesting new-to-me podcasts about creativity and creation. Perhaps they will prove useful to you.
The Uncurated Life, by Cindy Guentert-Baldo. Last week, I talked about Cindy's skill in reviewing. Pens, at it happens, but there are lessons there for all of us. Turns out, Cindy is also skilled in interviewing. Bonus: if you're unfamiliar with the world of YouTube Creators, planners, and Etsy shops, Cindy talks to a bunch of people that live and work in that space. It's fascinating.
Art and Cocktails, by Ekaterina Popova, visual artist and publisher of Create! magazine. In another informal interview-style show, Ekaterina talks with people (and shares her own thoughts) about navigating failure, handling the fragmented attention span of many artistic interests, and setting goals and intentions. She's also got some how-to stuff.
I say that I hope 2019 is a "better year," I don't really know what that means. But I see "hope" as a passive word.
So how about, as we move into the new year, we plan to do what we can to make 2019 a "better year" for all of us.
Perhaps especially when that requires us to stand up and say ENOUGH--and when that requires us to sit and listen.