ODETTE LOVE LETTER

Attention is, at times, a wild thing: moth to a flame, river flowing through earth, sand scattered across the desert blown by gusts of wind and endless in all directions. In today's letter, I'm riffing on intentions as ways of orienting, reorienting, and refocusing. We are, of course, humans, with thousands of thoughts throughout a single day. We get into prompts for centering in on what y...

One summer, in the desert, I found myself clutching a rock -- and in today's newsletter, I'm sharing some more prompts for earthy existing, navigating life's uncertainties, and grounding down. For the full experience, and for guided audio pratice, head over to www.odettepress.substack.com | ignite your creative spirit at www.kellyodettelaughlin.com/shop with pre-recorded journaling cla...

Rooting into being through grounding practices is the central thread for today's letter. Find links to classes, audio and video guides for paid subscribers and more at odettepress.substack.com or shop journals and cards to celebrate the nature of life at www.odettepress. us What's grounding you this week, month, or season? Tag us in your reflections over on Instagram @Odettepress.

Life is here, now, expressing. Today's letter -- a riff on a walk and observation -- on the nature of noticing small things and living life. Included, too, are some prompts to generate and inspire your creative practice. For the full experience, head over to Odette Press on Substack, or shop journals and cards at www.odettepress.us

Feeling uninspired is part of the creative process, and forcing ourselves to constantly be making is antithetical to creative flow. In today's letter, I'm sharing with you some reflections from the studio, the kitchen, and the world along with some prompts and practices I turn to in order to generate ideas and inspiration. Hint: connecting with rest. For the full experience, become a free...

Lately I've been riffing on self, identity, and being states — how we are in our lives, how we unfold and reform, and how that’s reflected and expressed in creative ways. How we shine, when we need shade, what we personally and collectively envision. In today's letter, I'm sharing some prompts for connecting with yourself, states of being, and identity through the lens of the seasons a...

Today's letter is a riff on the water, humanhood, place, and the ways we may undulate, strengthen, and change like a wave. For more, visit odettepress.substack.com, follow along on Instagram @OdettePress, or shop journals in the online shop at www.odettepress.us

In which we chat about creative transformations, discuss prompts for clarifying, and I share some updates to the studio, all laced with lingering reflections on baked goods, flecks of memory and chocolate. For the full experience, head over to Odette Press on Substack , shop journals here , follow on Instagram @OdettePress and of course, tell all your friends. Mentioned in today's letter: bell...

Sometimes we might get caught thinking the creative process is somehow and easy going line: I have an idea, I like it, I want to do it, and therefore I will bring it into the world, and it will exist, and I will feel good about it, and it will be easy — but rarely is this linearity how things go. Today in the Odette Press newsletter, we're digging into iteration and some practical process step...

What feels clarifying and reviving? Water can drip, slowly, and amass into rain, fall down, envelop, hold, give space, and on the earth, it is contained. Today's letter is a reflection from a beach weekend, with prompts for hydrating your creative life. This month, we are playing around in the waters of the internet and our creative lives: Creative Vessels is an online experience centered arou...

In today's letter, we're diving into the name of the Odette Press newsletter: Creative Nourishment. Mentioned in today's letter: Creative Vessels , an online experience happening on July 26 The Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes Prompts and practices for tuning into food and creative experience, ways of savoring your life Some of the origins of Odette Press and our...

What does caring for you and your creativity look, feel, sound, or taste like? In today's letter, we're exploring practices of care, with a summertime reflection from a favorite river. Mentioned in today's letter: Map journals — my go-tos for everyday writing ( standard, here ) and great sturdy well made travel companions Seasonal Session to support your practice this summer, or Field...

We need wonder. Wonder draws us out of our habituated tendencies into the space of what we’re curious about. Awe shows us something to savor, fully, and be with. In today's letter, we're exploring awe and wonder. Mentioned in today's letter: ⁠Values and Visions: Journaling for Intention⁠ for more on identifying what you love, value, and care about on the writing page or ⁠Inspiration an...

Exploring together and alone, interdependently, what can we learn? When we soften into the unknown of our inner experiences, what loving care can emerge? When we gather together in strength, what gets revealed? These are some of the questions from today's letter for the season ahead. Mentioned in today's letter: Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown How...

What are you curious about? What’s your creativity asking for? In this week's love letter, we're getting into creative flow, curiosity, and upcoming classes. Mentioned in today's letter: Intentions, values, and visions Upcoming classes, like suminagashi and bookbinding For the full experience, subscribe for free, or become a paid member over at odettepress.substack.com Forward this to...

We're diving into curiosity today -- what does it mean, what does it feel like? How do we experience and express it? If you're curious about journaling, explore prompts and practices in person this Sunday in Brooklyn. Sign up for Build Your Journaling Practice or check out my collection of writing class recordings for you to explore on your own time. As always, shop journals and cards over at www....

Today's letter is on grounding down into interior life, and then using creative reflection as an inspiration point for being in the world. Mentioned in today's letter: Pema Chodron David Whyte on On Being My class recording library for discovering and deepening your journaling practice Shop journals and cards at www.odettepress.us and subscribe on Substack for the full experience at odettepress.su...

Today's letter is a meditation on embodying your voice. Where do you sense what it is you're trying to say? Equip your practice with journals and cards at www.odettepress.us and sign up for the full letter over at odettepress.substack.com

On writing and walking and the practices therein. Mentioned in today's newsletter: Walking and Writing: Artists as Cartographers by Karen O'Rourke Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny O'Dell For more books, visit the Odette Press bookshop ( here ) Read more and subscribe here . Shop Od...

On the nature of grounding in colors. This week's letter is a riff on colors, and a note to say that the Heirloom Journals are back in stock, and you can find them here . Subscribe for more over at odettepress.substack.com and tag your reflections over on Instagram @OdettePress . What's a color that's inspiring you this week?

Grounding is the theme for this month and the weeks ahead -- how feeling grounded crafts a steadiness around or lives for creativity to arise. I dip into morning rhythms, practices that help me feel grounded, and a riff on what's to come. Mentioned in today's letter: journals at www.odettepress.us online class may 3 | wise heart, growth action: writing for courage market may 7 | greater go...

Today I'm tying together film and the journaling pages and the journey of focusing. For more, join in for tomorrow's Spring Session. Wide Vision + Honing In: Journaling for Focus meets 4/26 live with a recording, with replays available for purchase after. Equip your writing with a journal from www.odettepress.us and sign up for the newsletter here . Follow along on Instagram @OdettePress !

More birds this week, the power of sound for presence, and some prompts to help you take those balanced actions in the direction of your imagination and ideas. Mentioned in this week's letter: Inspiration + Ideation: Generative Journaling Spring Sessions Odette Press Journals Earth Day Market @ B.Willow On White bellbirds (YouTube) Sign up for the newly released Substack for more prompts, writ...

Creativity needs action and rest. In today's love letter, we're riffing on moments of action and moments of stillness, doing so paired with values and intentions. And you? What's an intention you're focusing on? Mentioned in today's love letter: Spring Sessions ( which you can sign up for here ) Map Journals: a few in the ever-rare slate blue were just added to the shop How to...

a dispatch for you from a patch of sun in San Francisco, some gratitude for this weekend's market, and some prompts to consider for your creative life. mentioned in today's letter: april 12 | values and visions: journaling with intention april 19 | inspiration + ideation: generative journaling april 26 | wide vision + honing in: journaling for focus may 3 | wise heart, growth action: writi...