Creativity Matters Podcast (CMP)
Stories of making art in the margins, tracking inspiration, embracing the creative journey, and more.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 326
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Episode 504: Be Open to the Not Quite
Full written post: Be Open to the Not Quite
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00:15:58 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Episode 503: Not a Gardener
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00:23:21 |
Mon 04 Aug 2025
Episode 502: Crow, Dove, Poet
This episode is me sitting back down at a microphone, in the most makeshift way possible, and seeing how it feels to do a voiceover after a long break.
Full written post: Crow, Dove, Poet
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00:28:46 |
Mon 28 Jul 2025
Episode 501: Looking Back at Year 2
Episode 501 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — a year of consistent publishing and the lighting of milk jug luminaries.
This episode is a voiceover of a recent post on Illustrated Life:
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00:11:39 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Episode 500: Roget's Thesaurus
Episode 500 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — a children’s book and a love of synonyms
This episode is a discussion of a wonderful children’s book, The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, wr…
00:22:30 |
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Index Card Art (Creativity Matters Podcast 499)
Episode 499 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Index Card Art and the Summer Index-Card-a-Day Challenge
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00:28:33 |
Thu 30 May 2024
Send the Invitation: Take the Chance (Creativity Matters Podcast 498)
Episode 498 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Sending the Invitation; Take the Chance
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00:16:54 |
Sun 05 May 2024
Just One Cup Minimalist Mindset (Creativity Matters Podcast 497)
Episode 497 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — a one-cup mindset, silver linings, adaptability, drawing cups, and more.
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00:25:50 |
Thu 02 May 2024
100+ Lists for Your Journals (Creativity Matters Podcast 496)
Episode 496 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — 100+ ideas for lists to include in your journals, planners, and sketchbooks
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00:18:17 |
Wed 24 Apr 2024
Stuck in My Head – A Song (Creativity Matters Podcast 495)
Episode 495 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Earworms, classical music, 100 day project, and growth through repeated showing up
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00:21:45 |
Sun 21 Apr 2024
12 Steps for Privacy in Journals (Creativity Matters Podcast 494)
Episode 494 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — 12 Strategies for Journal Privacy
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00:36:09 |
Mon 15 Apr 2024
Am I a Writer? (Creativity Matters Podcast 493)
Episode 493 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Am I a writer? Am I an artist? I am both? But is that enough?
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00:31:03 |
Mon 08 Apr 2024
Crossing a Line (Creativity Matters Podcast 492)
Episode 492 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Crossing a line into the children's library
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00:22:44 |
Sun 07 Apr 2024
Blinker (Creativity Matters Podcast 491)
Episode 491 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Substack "A Blinker Speeds Up" intro
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00:14:24 |
Tue 02 Apr 2024
Gratitude Vignettes (Creativity Matters Podcast 490)
Episode 490 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — November Gratitude, a Gratitude Cloak, and a Series of Vignettes
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00:30:28 |
Mon 13 Nov 2023
Waiting and November Gratitude (Creativity Matters Podcast 489)
Episode 489 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Waiting, Muffins, and November Gratitude
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00:47:33 |
Tue 31 Oct 2023
Glimmers (Creativity Matters Podcast 488)
Episode 488 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Glimmers, Glammers, Gratitudes, and Small Things
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00:43:00 |
Wed 23 Aug 2023
Another Candle (Creativity Matters Podcast 487)
Episode 487 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — The CMP turns 17, plus index card art, a substack goal, stop justifying your art, and more.
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00:41:33 |
Wed 07 Jun 2023
Alphabet Primer (Creativity Matters Podcast 486)
Episode 486 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Alphabet primer and fun with the abecedary, morning stories and a window view, the illustrated journal, and more.
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00:55:40 |
Sat 29 Apr 2023
Invite the Unexpected (Creativity Matters Podcast 485)
Episode 485 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast — Thoughts on inviting the unexpected, wandering the library, a Julia Cameron read-along, and more
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00:42:15 |
Mon 27 Mar 2023
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