We continue our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on West Virginia, The Mountain State, where “Mountaineers are Always Free.”
Poetry at the IRS: An Accidental Artist Date
A couple of hours on the meter, a walk through the metal detector and a long wait on the IRS office chairs might be all you need for an Artist Date.
A More Beautiful Question: What If You Sleep On It? (Book Club)
Think you can do your work in your sleep? Warren Berger suggests that we might do our best creative thinking when we’re asleep. Join us for our A More Beautiful Question book club discussion.
Artist Date: A February March
Want to open up your creativity? Maybe you need an Artist’s Date. Bundle up and take a winter’s walk on the ice with LW Lindquist.
How to Be a Better Writer: Tree Artist Date
Join Laura Boggess as she hops the fence and wades through the grass to sit a while under the leafy branches of a giant tree.
Become a Better Writer: Fly Fishing Artist Date
Seth Haines awakens his creativity and finds the poetry of fly fishing through graceful repetition, through easy and patient strokes.
Become a Better Writer: Maple Syrup Artist Date
The syrup-making man shares about his business, his face shining as he talks, and I surprise myself by accepting an invitation to visit his sugar house.
Become a Better Writer: Artist Date at the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden Center in Palo Alto, California
At the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden Center, I close my eyes and listen to the soothing sound of skipping water and singing birds. My breathing slows.
Become a Better Writer: Truffle Artist Date
Any truffles found to have large air bubbles or cracks will be immediately eaten by my helpers to save the embarrassment of selling an inferior truffle this weekend—one of the perks of volunteering.
Become a Better Writer: Canaveral National Seashore Artist Date
I am out searching for sea turtles that might come ashore tonight and lay eggs on the beach of Canaveral National Seashore.
How to Become a Better Writer: Bike Store Artist Date
Become a better writer and open your creativity with an Artist Date in the showroom of a Daytona Beach bike shop.
How to Become a Better Writer: Blue Spring Florida Artist Date
I arrive at the Blue Spring boil, where manatees dive deep, and flirt, and play, reminding me how to become a better writer.
How to Become a Better Writer: Artist Date Otronicon
Kathryn Neel considers how to become a better writer and storyteller both now and in the future by browsing technology at Otronicon 2014.
Artist Date: Apiary
On a visit to an apiary, the bees live out a powerful metaphor for anyone who wants to become a better writer.
How to Become a Better Writer: Artist Date on the Dock
We learn how to become a better writer as we join Kathryn Neel on the dock and consider how to make peace with the dark.
Regional Tours: Matisse at Indianapolis Museum of Art
The work of Henri Matisse was not made to capture an impression, nor an exacting representation. His work captures the essence. Sort of like good writing.
How to Become a Better Writer: Leonardo Artist Date
Kathryn Neel learned how to become a better writer with help from Leonardo da Vinci and wide-eyed children who easily embraced the playfulness of genius.
How to Become a Better Writer: Blue Artist Date
Robert McCready knows how to become a better writer when he heads out on an Artist Date and finds the blues.
How to Become a Better Writer: Marinara Artist Date
Ideas for how to become a better writer may be as close as the back yard, or even the kitchen. Today’s artist date will make you hungry for more.
How to Become a Better Writer: Super Moon Artist Date
Want to know how to become a better writer? Go on an Artist Date, like Kathryn Neel did when she watched the Super Moon rise over the water.