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Creative Inspirational Wisdom: Self-Culture—Being Without Speaking

September 22, 2017July 12, 2018 Creative Inspirational Wisdom, NLAPW

This week, Elizabeth Diane Martin explores how individuality influences creativity. If there is one thing constant in human nature, it is that each of us reduces the chaos ... Read more

Poem of the Week: When Night Falls

September 20, 2017October 9, 2017 NLAPW

by Barbara Menghini Whitmarsh Bayou II, Texas Branch When Night Falls When night falls at the foot of the mountains Red men from Pueblos Climb ladders To mingle in ... Read more

Creative Inspirational Wisdom: My Creative Workspace

September 15, 2017July 12, 2018 Creative Inspirational Wisdom, NLAPW

This week, Marsha Perlman shares how natural beauty inspires her creativity and her process. My inspiration for writing comes from the vast natural environment that surrounds me. My work ... Read more

Art of the Week: Dancers

September 11, 2017October 9, 2017 NLAPW

Mara Viksnins Pensacola Branch Dancers 16” X 20” Acrylic Mara Viksnins received her art degree from the University of West Florida twenty years ago. It has always been ... Read more

Creative Inspirational Wisdom: From Lullabies to Gap Years

September 8, 2017July 12, 2018 Creative Inspirational Wisdom, NLAPW

This week, Sheila Firestone, Composer, discusses how her grandchildren provide inspiration for her creativity. From the days of their births, to the daily conversations, I do not know exactly ... Read more

Poem of the Week: Trust

September 6, 2017 NLAPW

Elizabeth Sharon Bayou City Branch 2 it’s a relationship with a greenish hue old copper rust through time a penny awash in the sea of hands ole miss Liberty ... Read more

Art of the Week: Dark Woman

September 4, 2017August 26, 2017 NLAPW

Dorothy Atkins Santa Clara County Branch NLAPW Dark Woman Acrylic, 18” x 22” Dorothy Atkins comes from a family of wonderful story tellers and has been creating her own ... Read more

It’s A Creative Business: Eight Steps to Better Profitability

September 1, 2017July 12, 2018 It's a Creative Business, NLAPW

This week, Katie Turner discusses how to put—and keep—your creative business “in the black.” Turning your creative business into a profit-making enterprise can be a great challenge. The balance ... Read more

Art of the Week: Bleached White is the New Coral

August 28, 2017August 25, 2017 NLAPW

Bev Goldie Central Ohio Branch Bleached White is the New Coral Encaustic Bev Goldie has recently switched her medium of choice from oil painting to encaustics (molten wax and ... Read more

Creative Inspirational Wisdom: From Where or What Do You Draw Inspiration?

August 25, 2017July 12, 2018 Creative Inspirational Wisdom, NLAPW

This week, Lois Batchelor Howard personifies poetic inspiration in a rural location. I am blessed or cursed. I don’t know which. Perhaps both. If I describe my living on ... Read more

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