Creative Inspirational Wisdom: What is Creativity?

June 9, 2017July 12, 2018 Creative Inspirational Wisdom, NLAPW

This week, Dr. Patricia Daly-Lipe asks the question and ruminates on an answer.   What is creativity? To find out, we can pursue two avenues. On the one hand, we ... Read more

Poem of the Week: Give Them a Brake

June 6, 2017June 7, 2017 NLAPW

Barb Whitmarsh Bayou City II, TX Branch   It’s time again For the Red Neck Sliders Certainly not known To be traffic law abiders They’re on the roadways Quiet as ... Read more

Art of the Week: Toy Time

May 29, 2017May 30, 2017 NLAPW

Toy Time (12×12 acrylic painting) by Anne Price Yates Portland Branch NLAPW     Attention Pen Women! We’d love to see your best work for possible publication as Art of ... Read more

Creative Inspirational Wisdom: The End of Something

May 26, 2017July 12, 2018 Creative Inspirational Wisdom, NLAPW

For this week’s creative inspirational wisdom, Sara Etgen-Baker spins a tale of rejection and revision…   The End of Something   In a village called Aerendyl there once lived an ... Read more

Poem of the Week: The Virtual Crafter

May 24, 2017May 24, 2017 NLAPW

Carolyn Aune Minnesota Branch   My Aunt sits in the well worn wing chair, Her winter grey braids, thick as a child’s wrist, Wrap around her noble head. I’m perched ... Read more

Art of the Week: Delta Spring

May 22, 2017 NLAPW

Delta Spring (Encaustic) by Nancy Stone-Street Delta Branch NLAPW       Attention Pen Women! We’d love to see your best work for possible publication as Art of the Week. ... Read more

Poem of the Week: Meditation on a Mosquito

May 17, 2017 NLAPW

Kathleen H. Langan Greenwich Branch   First the tell-tale bzzzzzz, then there it is walking across my husband’s bare arm and heading straight to do harm to me, the Go-To-Girl ... Read more

It’s a Creative Business: How to Use Copyright-free Images and Sound Without Getting in Trouble

May 13, 2017May 5, 2019 It's a Creative Business, NLAPW

This week, Rodika Tollefson discusses the importance of copyright and creative responsibility.   If you create art for a living, you probably feel strongly about protecting your copyrights. After all, ... Read more

Art of the Week: Magenta Waters

May 8, 2017May 3, 2017 NLAPW

Magenta Waters (Oil on Canvas, 40” x 44”, based on Cape Cod waters at sunset) by Suzanne M. Packer Cape Cod Branch NLAPW       Attention Pen Women! We’d ... Read more

Poem of the Week: The Summer Party

May 4, 2017May 6, 2017 NLAPW

Lois Batchelor Howard Palm Springs, CA Branch   I look into the corner of my backyard and the green and flowering plants are huddled together. They look like a cocktail ... Read more