1) Failure is a good thing. Linda Cote embraces failure. This is but one gem of wisdom the print making artist shared with me, on a recent visit, over banana bread and tea at her studio in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. She explained that the biggest learning from her art and creative print making is what […]
Post Secret event May 28th Toronto
Frank Warren is a collector of secrets. Since 2004 Frank has been the keeper of over half a million highly personal, some times artfully submitted secrets on postcards. The site Post Secret is the portal for all such anonymous confessions. Reveal anything Mr. Secret Man (hope you like the nickname Frank), shares his reflections and […]
Not your average Mother’s Day cards
steel petal press I thought I would share some of my favorite Mother’s Day cards today. As the favorite child of three (did I just say that out loud?), I had a tendency to do things my own way. Still the case as I tend to pick cards that are a little off the beaten […]
Take a peek at “Other People’s Love Letters”
“I found a letter on my girlfriend’s kitchen counter and —gulp—I read it.” This dicey predicament led Bill Shapiro to wonder about the genre of love letters and what it is about them that we are drawn to. After exiting the no longer benign kitchen, he decided to explore this further and seek out and […]