#originality

Carol Wiebe

Where Ideas Come From

We love to claim the ideas that drop into our heads as our own. But are they? How many times have you had a brilliant idea, just to find,...

Carol Wiebe

Summoning the Courage to Create

I have been thinking about the subject of original work, and accessing one’s own ideas. In A high calling, I spoke of Jenny Bowker’s...

Carol Wiebe

It’s a Wonderful Life

My title is also the title of a classic Christmas film, starring Jimmy Stewart, where a suicidal man gets another kick at the can, thanks...

Carol Wiebe

Another Revelation . . .

Just the other day I posted a new piece of work. I commented that I wasn’t sure if it was finished. Today, I went to the edge of the...

Carol Wiebe

What unused art materials are hiding in YOUR closet?

I used to buy a lot of polymer clay books, including Nan Roche’s The New Clay. I bought a few videos, too. I still have a box (a BIG box)...