by Rebecca Angela | 24 Aug, 2020 | Creativity
Sizing ourselves up against others is natural but I believe comparison is creative poison. It doesn’t serve the vulnerable creative inside us well to measure our art against another’s. It will never be a fair assessment and likely to lead do being...
by Rebecca Angela | 22 Aug, 2020 | Creativity
I’ve been thinking about breaking through creative block lately. For quite a while, between deciding to close Blue Radish and starting Rebecca Angela, I couldn’t bring myself to create. Maybe it was burn-out. It might just have been I’d lost my...
by Rebecca Angela | 19 Aug, 2020 | Creativity, Sewing
Recovering from creative mistakes is an important skill. Not developing strategies to cope with mistakes can lead to a lot of extra heartache. Mishaps happen to us all when we are making things and they can dampen our enthusiasm for the activity which is a shame. Even...
by Rebecca Angela | 21 Jul, 2020 | Creativity, Printing
Recently I did a two day screen printing on paper workshop with Mini Graff at Megalo Print Studio. Have I mentioned how much I love that place?! They have a fabulous public programs schedule. If you want to learn to print in South Eastern Australia – with screen or...
by Rebecca Angela | 16 Jul, 2020 | Creativity
Do you wrack your brains (and scour the Internet) for engaing, creative activities for your kids? I’m going to help you out with some boredom busters for tweens. As children grow older, naturally their interests change. For mine, it has been a long, long time...
by Rebecca Angela | 15 Jul, 2020 | Creativity
Sustaining Creativity I wrote this post a few years go after spending the day at the National Folk Festival where I sat musing on creativity. Whether you are into folk music or not, watching such talented musicians on stage, you can only be impressed by their skill...