A participant in the Art of Letter Writing course that I have been running was visiting the Corowa Museum and took photos of these letters that are on display.
Heather Blakey Purveyor of Creative Stimuli
An Approach to Memoir
One way to prepare for writing a memoir or, for that matter, an autobiography, is to gather photos which depict distinct periods of life. I collaborated with Natalie d’Arbeloff many years ago when I interviewed artists and published those interviews… Read More ›
Starting a Journal
Students often think of journals, sketchbooks or visual diaries as a chore, but they can be an exciting space where they can synthesize and express experiences of both the external world and their own internal worlds of imaginings, feelings, dreams… Read More ›
Tell Their Story
Paper dolls are figures cut out of paper or thin card, with separate clothes, also made of paper, that are usually held onto the dolls by paper folding tabs. They may be a figure of a person, animal or inanimate… Read More ›
As Good a Time as Any to Make a Start
Today is a good day to do what we have been talking about doing – to begin creating our new journal. After a frost it is a bright and sunny day today! What to do? Alas! It is another Covid… Read More ›
Four Reasons to Establish a Journal
Some Reasons Why You Should Be Journaling 1. Journaling Relieves Stress Writing professionally can be stressful. Demands on word counts and creativity can be draining. You might think, why on earth would I de-stress from writing by writing? When you’re writing creatively,… Read More ›
Ritual Cup Turning
At the beginning of an intensive journal writing session, we turn a cup right side up to signify that we are beginning all over again.
Establishing Creative Habits
Renowned choreographer, Twyla Tharp endorses the importance of establishing creative habits. Bancroft Manor is a virtual workspace for artists and writers alike. It offers a safe haven where creativity flourishes. An extension of the Soul Food Cafe Bancroft Manor provides a… Read More ›
A Memory Museum
Museums today are more than familiar cultural institutions and showplaces of accumulated objects; they are the sites of interaction between personal and collective identities, between memory and history. Susan Crane “I created this small museum to remember them, so people… Read More ›
