Amy Cowen

Creativity Matters Podcast (CMP)

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Remember that creativity matters - in whatever form it takes for you. That's the guiding premise of the CMP - Creativity Matters. The CMP is a podcast dedicated to nurturing and nourishing the creative process, to recognizing the need for making space for our creative selves, and to finding time... in the midst of busy lives. The CMP reflects the ins and outs of one person's creative journey in hopes that you will find footholds of similarity and inspiration to help you map, chart, and embrace your own journey. Frequent topics of discussion include: sketching, drawing, art journaling, bullet j...

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Amy Cowen

Episodes

Stir Stick (404) 14.07.2020 46:32

Episode 404 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a stir stick keeps the hands occupied - much like drawing! Plus, a 10-minute draw along. Draw while you listen! Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Pep Talk (403) 07.07.2020 43:12

Episode 403 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a 10-minute draw along and a pep talk to encourage you to take action. Draw while you listen! Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Draw Along (402) 30.06.2020 20:27

Episode 402 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a short, 10-minute, draw along. Grab your sketchbook, and draw while you listen! Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Here (401) 27.06.2020 49:22

Episode 401 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a field-note and a draw along all in one, with a book stack, a jigsaw puzzle, and a cup of coffee. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Draw Along 4 (400) 22.06.2020 34:17

Episode 400 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: another field-note style draw along show. Grab your own drawing, your painting, your sketchbook, and a fresh cup of coffee and join me for a half-hour of drawing and creative talk. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Draw Along 3 (399) 21.06.2020 36:22

Episode 399 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: another field-note style draw along show. Grab your own project and a fresh cup of coffee and join me for a half-hour of drawing and creative talk. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Draw Along 2 (398) 18.06.2020 30:56

Episode 398 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: another field-note style draw along show. Grab your own pen or pencil and sketchbook and join me for 20 minutes of drawing and talking. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Draw Along (397) 15.06.2020 31:46

Episode 397 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a field-note style draw along show. Grab your own pen or pencil and sketchbook and join me for a half-hour of drawing and creative talk. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Currently List (396) 15.06.2020 44:26

Episode 396 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: the wonderful (and somehow challenging) check-in each week of the "currently list." Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Ferris Wheel (395) 10.06.2020 37:48

Episode 395 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: catching sight of an unexpected ferris wheel after visiting tiled steps and climbing to a lookout point. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

What You Know (394) 08.06.2020 43:03

Episode 394 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: preparing for a challenge and a "trying it on" mentality. Plus, microns and a colorful graphic novel. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

It is Okay (393) 31.05.2020 34:22

Episode 393 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: It's okay. Thoughts on summer art, ICAD, prepping for a series, and a creative book. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Five Minutes (392) 26.05.2020 38:36

Episode 392 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: five minutes, the long and the short of it. Plus, a book of affirmations. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Drawing Group (391) 12.05.2020 41:35

Episode 391 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: pandemic time, silly moments with the boys on a walk up Twin Peaks, and a first drawing group. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Quirky (390) 12.05.2020 25:34

Episode 390 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: embracing the quirky nature of the show, reading Glass Hotel and Lumberjanes, and sock knitting. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Birds (389) 29.04.2020 24:49

Episode 389 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: coming to appreciate elements of freedom, quiet, and open roads during the pandemic. Plus, the appearance of cedar waxwings. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Rice Pudding (388) 22.04.2020 33:35

Episode 388 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: rice pudding, a white-crowned sparrow, my 50 before 50 list, and the nuances of story. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Rainbow (387) 13.04.2020 16:33

Episode 387 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a chalk rainbow and a rainbow for the window. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

The Need to Process (386) 07.04.2020 44:36

Episode 386 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: the need to process, track, and have time to simply "be" in the middle of this pandemic. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Mindfulness By Any Other Name (385) 29.03.2020 44:05

Episode 385 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: mindfulness, self-care, balancing, and a contour-based mindfulness drawing exercise. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Do You Hear the Birds (384) 23.03.2020 46:45

Episode 384 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: books, reaching out during times of social distancing and shelter-in-place, and drawing daily Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Teapots in a Tree (383) 15.03.2020 42:53

Episode 383 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: mindfulness, drawing in the midst of anxiety, whimsy, and teapots in a tree. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Leap Day (382) 01.03.2020 37:22

Episode 382 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: keeping a quadrant diary, looking, seeing, and recording daily details, and the challenge of illustrating the scene. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

New to Me (381) 24.02.2020 31:14

Episode 381 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: the stories we tell and what we record in our journals and sketchbooks. Plus, 3 things. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe

Simple Soup (380) 13.02.2020 41:48

Episode 380 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: update on a year of soup, Gilmore Girls cookbooks, Sally's Baking Addiction, and Shultz. Get full access to Illustrated Life at illustratedlife.substack.com/subscribe