Laura Boggess knows how to become a better writer: go on an Artist Date in the back yard, where the clover beckons.
Artist Date: Hill
The Artist Date can open your creativity like nothing else. This week, we’ll start by heading up the hill. What happens at the top?
Artist Date: Hands
On this Artist Date, take a closer look at the poetry of hands. You might be surprised what happens next.
Artist Date: Getting the Mail
Ready for an Artist Date? Lace up your red sneakers and let’s go walk out to pick up the mail.
Artist Date: Sesquicentennial
Come along on an Artist Date? This week, we explore a state capitol and see what its history can tell us.
Artist Date: Mirrored
Come along on an Artist Date? This week, we’re looking in the mirror of the Milky Way.
Artist Date: Kisco Avenue
Take an Artist Date with us? This week, we’re walking down Kisco Avenue, turning left onto Preston, then coming full circle.
Artist Date: Rockhopper
Come along on an Artist Date? This week we’re riding a Rockhopper.
Artist Date: Pink
Join us on an Artist Date? This week, we’re going on a Pink walk. No kidding.
Artist Date: Adena Layers
Come along on an Artist Date? This week, we’re humming to layers of souls.
Artist Date: Flying
Come along for an Artist Date? This week, we’re flying.
Artist Date: Massachusetts Meeting
Come along on an Artist Date? This week, we’re driving through Western Massachusetts, in the space between reason and intuition.
Artist Date: Mary, Patrick, Mary
I know where I’m going on this Artist Date, so I pop Lady Gaga out of the player and flick in Alison Krauss and Union Station, Lonely Runs Both Ways.
Artist Date: Suds
Take an Artist Date in the frigid early spring air above a spillway pulsating with rich white foam.
Artist Date: Orchid Conservatory
Take an Artist Date to the un-useful plant section of a conservatory. Un-useful, that is, unless you see the value of sudden play.
Artist Date: Indian River Lagoon
My Artist Date found me paddle-boarding among the barrier islands of the Indian River Lagoon near my home here in Florida.
Artist Date: Freezing Rain
Freezing rain and an ice storm in progress provided a sensory treat for an unexpected Artist Date.
The Artist Date How-To
The artist date is a play date you plan with yourself, by yourself. Go to the river, build a snowman, run your hands over paper and paints at a funky supply store.
Artist Date: Back Room, Meininger’s
The Artist Date is a dream-child of Julia Cameron. Come along on this one, to a back store room at Meininger’s.