Episode 242 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast
In this episode of the CMP, want and need, vaguely getting ready to travel, continued exploration of ballpoint pens, and a set of 10 tips for working with ballpoint ink. My thoughts about ICAD begin to clarify, what I am reading, what I am listening to, and the awesome and inspiring Obsessive Consumption book (first talked about back in Episode 220). This is a big show… but there is a lot here. This intro… this is classic CMP in a good way. When I listened back, the word “happy” jumped out me… again and again and again. That’s notable.
We each find our ways. Our paths. Our spaces. Our comfort zones. And in this moment, I’ve landed in a creative space that makes me incredibly happy. Thank you for tuning in and listening to the Creativity Matters Podcast.
The Flow of Episode 242 (and relevant links):
- Pen jars — and building up to an eventual house-wide sort and purge
- Pen testing is fun (as a kid and as an adult)
- Rogue pens keep turning up, including Inkjoy ballpoints
- Copic marker show (Episode 240)
- Holiday Inn pen show (Episode 239)
- Ballpoint show (Bic blue) (Episode 241)
- Thinking about ICAD while away — 25 days of a 61-day challenge is considerable
- Sign up for the ICAD Facebook group (and/or extras)
- My list of “10” tips for working with ballpoint pen
- Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today? (Kate Bingaman-Burt)
- Episode 220 (talked about Obsessive Consumption)
- Reading: Wednesday Sisters (with members of the Creativity Matters Group at Facebook)
- Reading: Wednesday Daughters (the sequel)
- Reading: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is going with me
- Reading: Letters of Skye
- Reading: Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World (returned but will check it out again; I read enough to want to read this!)
- Listening: Podcasts about podcasting — and waxing on and on about sound quality and better headphones. (Sorry! I could have cut this, but I left it in. After posting, I asked for wisdom from one of my podcasting groups. Need versus want. Like I said… my headphones work!)
- Guitar music: Nicholai Heidlas on SoundCloud
- Creativity Matters Group at Facebook
- Patreon page
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Great episode. I am very interested in process and hearing about your process around ballpoint hits me in the right place. I am not a fan of ballpoint because of the poor flow (my favorite pens are Pilot G7 .07 and Sarasa), but I love hearing about your exploration. I love Japantown’s stationery stores and was very sad when Maido closed their Westfield shop as I am more often downtown than in Japantown. Now I just have to make special trips.
Your sound quality is excellent! You have some of the best, most consistent sound quality of any of the podcasts to which I listen. One of the things most important to me is consistency throughout the podcast. I sincerely dislike having to backup, adjust the sound, because a podcaster turned away from the mic and I couldn’t hear a few critical words. That never happens with your podcast. Your sounds is really consistent. I listen now on Insignia wireless headphones while I walk or workout or sew, so I am often in a somewhat noisy environment. Once I get the sound level right for my environment, I don’t have to adjust for your podcast and never have. Stop worrying about it.
I have a lot of thoughts about need versus want. The fabric and pen are
huge problems/challenges for me.
I agree about Maido. It is a place to go for a treat, for sure. Thank you for the comments about sound… that is REALLY helpful and reassuring to hear. I’ve worried about it a great deal, but my attempts to “improve” things haven’t necessarily worked. I really appreciate your comments.
What I was thinking about in terms of want vs. need was the stack of library books. I really don’t have much time (or make much time???) to look at them, then they are due or recalled and I feel sad that I have to take them back. I have a stack here now, a couple of which have been here for a month and I haven’t made much time to look at them. Aside from audiobooks and quilt books, I have tried to stop buying print books or buying and then donating to the library. I have stacks of books that need shelves, which we haven’t purchased yet. Stacks of books are hard to access and that makes me crazy. Still, I want the information in the books. I don’t know if I need it, but I do want it.