Creative Spirit Claire McQuerry
Artist Strong welcomes Claire McQuerry for today’s Creative Spirit Interview. Claire teaches writing at the University of Missouri, where she also serves as an editor for The Missouri Review. Her collection of poetry, Lacemakers, won the Crab Orchard First Book...
Should Creatives Revisit Old Artworks?
My ideas always come to me when I least expect them. Just before bed I often have a litany of ideas and list them manically, as if they are all brilliant and worth starting. Then I wake and I think a bit less of them, but I save the list just in case. I have woken...
Creative Spirit Matthew Brennan
Today Artist Strong is pleased to interview Creative Spirit Matthew Brennan, an author and freelance writer/editor. Matthew Brennan earned his MFA in fiction from Arizona State University. He is a novelist, translator, short-fictionist, screenwriter, and freelance...
Generating Creativity: Activities to Loosen the Brain
We all get stuck sometimes. I’ve started to list out and develop strategies I use or want to use to generate more inspiration in my creative life. Feel free to share your own! (1) Select an element or principle of art (Elements: line, shape, form, color,...
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