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Kaaren Poole
Jul 17, 20221 min read
Celtic Animal Series
I ran across photos of a series I did a while ago, twelve years to be exact. A gallery had a call out for series of twenty-five 8” x 8”...
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Kaaren Poole
Jun 12, 20223 min read
Looking Back for Insight
The other day, just after I finished my fourth art journal, I flipped through my previous ones just to see if and how my journal spreads...
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Kaaren Poole
Jun 5, 20221 min read
When the Characters Become the Author
Or maybe it's 'when the author becomes the characters.' Either way, it's an amazing experience. Last night I was working on writing my...
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Kaaren Poole
May 29, 20221 min read
The Comfort of Being Part of Something Larger
Four Pups of the Cranberry Tribe in Voyageur National Park in Minnesota Last week, first thing one morning I spent time just sitting on...
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Kaaren Poole
May 22, 20222 min read
A Flock of Sparrows - Working in a Series
I suppose I’ve done about a dozen series over the years. The largest was a series of thirty 6”x6” pieces which were drawing/collage...
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Kaaren Poole
May 15, 20223 min read
Different Year, Different Goals - Making Space for Change
Last night I returned to a writing project I’d abandoned over a year ago. The abandonment wasn’t a problem. It was just an extra project...
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Kaaren Poole
May 8, 20221 min read
Mindfulness – A Hot Topic at the Frog’s Pond Party
My second Milkweed Manor book, Dark Days at Milkweed Manor, despite its title, has some bright spots, and the three frogs’ of Three Frogs...
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Kaaren Poole
May 1, 20221 min read
The Problem of the Seam
Regardless of how very much I enjoy working in my art journals, they present one special problem that I have trouble dealing with, and...
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Kaaren Poole
Apr 24, 20222 min read
Imposter Syndrome? A Different Take
All of us creatives are probably familiar with “Imposter Syndrome.” It is, apparently, a way too common affliction and, what’s worse,...
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Kaaren Poole
Apr 18, 20223 min read
A Blessing in Black Teaches a Lesson
To understate it, the past seven months have been some of the most difficult in my life, which has been 76 years so far, so there’s a lot...
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Kaaren Poole
Apr 9, 20222 min read
Finally !Stopping When I Want!
I’ve been creating mixed media art journal pages for about a year and a half now. It’s something I never thought I’d be interested in,...
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Kaaren Poole
Dec 28, 20212 min read
In Praise of Headspace
Just wanted to give a shout-out to a marvelous website, Headspace. I joined about five weeks ago when I was overwhelmed and too...
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Kaaren Poole
Dec 21, 20212 min read
An Inspiring Selection
One of the first things I tackled when preparing for my up-coming cross-country move was to go through my stacks of magazines, mining...
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Kaaren Poole
Dec 17, 20212 min read
Nothing Ventured
There's that old saying "nothing ventured, nothing gained." Sounds so simple - simple to say and simple to do. But sometimes it's not....
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Kaaren Poole
Dec 7, 20212 min read
Life is Precious
This little rose bush has a big lesson to teach. Summer before last, every time I visited my garden I marveled at the beauty of this rose...
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Kaaren Poole
Nov 1, 20212 min read
A Furry Savior
Meet Edman, a.k.a. Eddi I met him the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport last Monday. I was travelling from California to North Carolina to...
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Kaaren Poole
Aug 2, 20212 min read
Another Repeat Pattern - Blue Watercolor Flowers and Leaves
Last week I wrote about my first experiment with repeat patterns. After I finished, I could imagine other approaches I wanted to try, and...
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Kaaren Poole
Jul 26, 20212 min read
Playing with Repeating a Pattern
For several years now I've known the basics about creating a pattern that could repeat across a surface, but I'd never tried it until...
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Kaaren Poole
Jul 19, 20213 min read
Acceptance - so resistible, yet so important
Here's my dear little Blue Belle, the stray cat whom I've adopted. In this picture, I'm feeding her just outside her safe space -...
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Kaaren Poole
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Glorious Opportunists
I've been feeding and trying to befriend a stray cat lately, and part of the effort has involved buying a brand of dry cat food to tempt...
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