The Creative Current
Brenda Horrigan, Jan Brogan, Kate Altman, T. Elizabeth BellInspired by the beauty, challenges & historically creative vibe of Martha’s Vineyard. Sharing lessons learned on staying creative & sane on-island and off.
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The Advantages of Pen and Paper
Photo by Jan Brogan.
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This Spring, while I was cleaning out a chest of old photos, I found a very old plastic bag filled with very old le...
Being Creative on the Road
Lately I’ve been on the road more than at home, it seems. In the past seven weeks I’ve been home, intermittently, for only about fifteen days.
In between various trips I have focused on the endless project that is the updating of my websi...
Hankering for a new creative outlet? Welcome to The Stitchery MV
A new business recently opened in Vineyard Haven. And this time it’s not a restaurant or boutique or coffee shop. It’s not retail at all—it’s The Stitchery MV.
Tucked down the pedestrian side alley running next to the Bunch of Grapes Books...
Manifesting, a skeptic's view: it's more than just wishful thinking
Driving in the car the other day, my friend said offhand that her daughter was going to manifest a boyfriend, like her cousin did with her now-husband. I looked at her blankly, imagining a boyfriend dropping from the sky, and said “she’s go...
When you can't stop looking at art
Great Pond by Paul Norwood, Courtesy of the Norwoods
There are so many different aspects of creativity in the newly released book Away to See: Martha’s Vineyard by Paul and Liz Norwood that I almost don’t know where to start. It goes beyon...
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I post all my essays at The Creative Current [https://thecreativecurrent.substack.com/], the collaborative Substack I share with 3 other incredible writers who, like me, draw on the historically creative vibe of Martha's Vineyard.
Journalist, novelist,instructer, evolving poet and author of The Combat Zone. Find me at The Creative Current on substack
You can also find me with some friends at The Creative Current.
T. ELIZABETH BELL swapped writing legal memos for crafting sea-breezy, toes-in-the-sand novels (Goats in the Time of Love, Counting Chickens, and her newest, Sheepish) inspired by her love of Martha’s Vineyard.
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