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Creativity in Small Moments: Why Every Stitch, Sketch, and Scrap Matters
Just a Few Minutes of Daily Crafting Can Transform Your Creativity and Your Life
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Kathryn Vercillo
Marina Answers in Images: A Visual Interview
Visual interviews have become one of my favorite parts of sharing this Substack with you.
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Kathryn Vercillo
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Marina Roca Díe
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Making Time to Create Isn’t Selfish - It’s How We Heal Ourselves and The World Around Us
How Crafting Can Help You Feel Grounded and Hopeful in Uncertain Times (And an Invitation to Explore This Together)
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Meet Mariah: An Art Meets Mental Health Interview
"Being creative is like reclaiming your power in the world. It's building the capacity to not just have things happen to you but to respond with art."
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Kathryn Vercillo
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Mariah Friend
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Rediscovering art through illness
And the only scales worth bothering about
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Kathryn Vercillo
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Susannah Mary Leopold
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Art History Meets Psychology: Sam Gilliam, Bipolar Depression and the Impact of Medication on Creativity
Abstract art "challenges you to understand something that is different, that a person can be just as good in difference"
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Kathryn Vercillo
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My Visual Responses to How Art and Mental Health Intersect for Me
Today I thought that I would share my own interview responses to the Visual Interviews prompts I have offered to others.
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Kathryn Vercillo
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The Much More Simplified Version of The Craft to Heal Program!
Scratch that, rewind, try again ... my first announcement was too confusing and I want to make it easier for you to see if crafting to heal is something…
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Kathryn Vercillo
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Join Me in Crafting to Heal, Grow and Connect
A Year Long Guided Adventure Examining, Expressing, and Exploring Life Through Your Hands Start March 2025

January 2025

Threadstack January Wrap-Up: Hyperbolic Crochet Art Show, Upcoming Offerings, and Links From the Yarn/Fiber Community
New: Give a shoutout to someone else in the community whose work you're especially loving!! The more we weave together, the stronger we are.
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January Was Slow But Not Gentle: What I Learned By Focusing on Health As My Body Fell Apart
A recap of the things I shared and did and thought this month and a roundup of writing that inspired me on the topic of understanding what health means…
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