You searched for creative process — EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/ words and images for mindful humans Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:36:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.emmpress.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-12.16.43-PM-32x32.png You searched for creative process — EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/ 32 32 Three phrase philosophy for hosting quality community events https://www.emmpress.com/three-phrase-philosophy-for-hosting-quality-community-events/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-phrase-philosophy-for-hosting-quality-community-events Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:14:59 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=20000 And defining some roles while I’m at it. Every large-scale event has a producer. Producers are people who brings teams together, pays artists, hires contractors, handles grounds, fencing,…

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]]> Passion, Practice, Project https://www.emmpress.com/passion-practice-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=passion-practice-project Sun, 27 Sep 2026 21:25:40 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=19849 How to create measurable success when your midlife situation or livelihood gets badly busted. I’m in midlife, and apparently, most people are doing this sh1tshow better than me.…

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]]> Sex & Death in the time of Kali Yuga https://www.emmpress.com/sex-death/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sex-death Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:43:39 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=19297 I have 20 minutes to write this, so lucky for you, it should be short. When I was around 15 years old, my mother announced one random day,…

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]]> Website Use: Terms & Conditions https://www.emmpress.com/website-use-terms-conditions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=website-use-terms-conditions Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:54:05 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?page_id=18611 emmpress.com Last update: July 31, 2026 This document contains the policies that govern emmpress.com (the “Site”). The Site is a personal creative work owned and run by Elizabeth…

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]]> Creative Process: how accidents can become art https://www.emmpress.com/creative-process-accidents-as-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creative-process-accidents-as-art Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:35:17 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=18902 Bringing the unintentional into light by making art of findings. I enjoy altering standard practices in essay writing, so be warned if you find yourself frustrated while following…

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]]> What I know about social storytelling online https://www.emmpress.com/what-i-know-about-social-storytelling-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-i-know-about-social-storytelling-online Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:37:11 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=18339 Besides writing an actual story, you know, like a book or play, there are other ways you can tell rich stories using platforms built for social media. And…

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]]> Name-work, paper-work, and identity reboots for language-minded ladies https://www.emmpress.com/name-work-paper-work-and-self-understanding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=name-work-paper-work-and-self-understanding Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:46:34 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17533 Today I needed to fill in some paperwork to pick up an official birth certificate for my youngest child and was struck how, as a woman, I’ve needed…

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]]> covering: artist’s statement https://www.emmpress.com/covering-artists-statement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covering-artists-statement Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:47:57 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17478 I cover nature. Daily drawings are digital finger painting atop photos, and include collage-symbols made from other moments in time. These personal symbols are stored as images in…

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]]> Hope in coping mechanisms https://www.emmpress.com/hope-in-coping-mechanisms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hope-in-coping-mechanisms Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:39:52 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17144 Today is Easter Sunday, and I’m sitting at dining table, laptop nestled among mountains of near-folded clothes, purple and white towels, and underwear. I’m also sneaking in some…

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]]> A Visual Peace: Art as Alchemy https://www.emmpress.com/a-visual-peace-art-as-alchemy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-visual-peace-art-as-alchemy Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:50:09 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15324 Creative work is alchemy. It is an honest process, that sometimes culminates something that can touch the honest places in other people too. Art, music, poetry, and stories…

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]]> Ai Ai (for now) https://www.emmpress.com/ai-ai-for-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-ai-for-now Sat, 15 Nov 2025 13:42:55 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14588 [Update 12/21/20255] I’ve stopped using AI as an administrative tool, because, it is has been more trouble than it has provided innovative solutions, AND it uses ridiculous amount…

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]]> Here’s my story (and I’m not sticking to it) https://www.emmpress.com/heres-my-story-and-im-not-sticking-to-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-my-story-and-im-not-sticking-to-it Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:50:59 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14214 I’ve been in between things for some time now. Like in my career. And it is glorious. I mean, literally glorious. Each day feels like an adventure, my…

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]]> Culling, destruction, and birth by menopause https://www.emmpress.com/culling-destruction-and-giving-birth-through-menopause/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=culling-destruction-and-giving-birth-through-menopause Sun, 21 Sep 2025 16:51:33 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14036 I am experiencing menopause. And also a deep gleaning of my business ventures, clients, relationships, subscriptions, and some obligations too. And, I think these processes go together: bodily…

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]]> Mother of https://www.emmpress.com/mother-of/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mother-of Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:38:22 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13891 I was out late last night at a concert with my teenager. Total bonding experience, and great to see how even punk and goth music can still send…

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]]> Emergence ⟺ submergence https://www.emmpress.com/emergence-%e2%9f%ba-submergence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emergence-%25e2%259f%25ba-submergence Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:45:46 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13557 Acknowledging your submerged self, the media you choose to portray it, and The Beatles. Have your ever felt that you are emerging from something? If so, where are…

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]]> Believing, Knowing and a Timeless Smile https://www.emmpress.com/believing-knowing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=believing-knowing Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:56:03 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13449 The power of acknowledgement & questions for deep, time-released understanding. Sitting outside at a small red cafe table on Laguardia Place in New York City, Jim Smith looked…

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]]> Process sans plans & perfection https://www.emmpress.com/process-over-perfection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=process-over-perfection Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:13:38 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13170 [originally published in weekly newsletter] I feel at a loss of what to say here today, but my hands love to write, and I made a commitment to…

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]]> Veiling & The Blues https://www.emmpress.com/veiling-the-blues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=veiling-the-blues Thu, 15 May 2025 12:53:58 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=12290 On my walk today, I found a painted blue trail blaze on the ground. The tree it had been painted on had been stripped of much of its…

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]]> On The Cutting Room Floor https://www.emmpress.com/on-the-cutting-room-floor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-cutting-room-floor Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:49:02 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=11547 This piece is titled “The Cutting Room” which is sooo META Here’s the story: The artwork was “done” and I submitted photos for a gallery show (the tan…

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]]> intersection of marketing and operations: digital concierge https://www.emmpress.com/intersection-of-marketing-and-operations-having-a-digital-business-concierge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=intersection-of-marketing-and-operations-having-a-digital-business-concierge Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:33:23 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=11342 Key evaluations you need to make before you add any more digital marketing into your life. How many times has someone told you you need a better landing…

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]]> Smoking Yoga https://www.emmpress.com/smoking-hot-yoga-how-i-inadvertently-replaced-smoking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=smoking-hot-yoga-how-i-inadvertently-replaced-smoking Thu, 06 Mar 2025 21:28:03 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10878 And how I inadvertently replaced a bad habit. I smoked 2 packs of cigarettes a day for 14 years. During the last 7 of those years I struggled…

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]]> Truth telling in little bits https://www.emmpress.com/truth-telling-in-little-symbol-bits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=truth-telling-in-little-symbol-bits Sun, 02 Mar 2025 20:33:26 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10789 Focus, the folly of first-ness, and how symbolic truth-telling connects us to our souls and each other. If any one artist works with the truth of their lives,…

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]]> Rebellion | emergence from dark into light https://www.emmpress.com/rebellion-emergence-into-light/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rebellion-emergence-into-light Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:30:31 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10426 Why new voices from the subconscious matter to all of us. I admire teenagers and young people who rail against every day culture and bring new music and…

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]]> Terms of Endearment – Patron https://www.emmpress.com/terms-of-endearment-patron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=terms-of-endearment-patron Sun, 16 Feb 2025 21:02:26 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=10414 And notes on creativity as a practice. Patron = Pat Ron (an additional pat on the head to everyone who supports the work of artists) Yesterday, while discussing…

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]]> Participate in a Public | Digital Search Project https://www.emmpress.com/participate-in-art-public-search-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=participate-in-art-public-search-project Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:01:34 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9304 I stole this post, screenshots of my own images, and public research project back from my IG account, where the winners of original physical art will be sought…

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]]> Artist’s Confidential https://www.emmpress.com/artists-confidential/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artists-confidential Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:55:26 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=8792 AKA pulling apart a piece of art, with some web-weaving via inappropriate footnoting. This entire piece is about a rapidly made Instagram reel (with high hopes of it…

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]]> The Name of the Game https://www.emmpress.com/the-name-of-the-game/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-name-of-the-game Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:17:48 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=7597 Ever wake up with a song in your mind for no apparent reason? Today was one of those, and here it is by ABBA. The song couldn’t be…

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]]> Title remains silent https://www.emmpress.com/title-remains-silent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=title-remains-silent Sat, 21 Sep 2024 18:44:18 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=7061 She wanted her confection, her conception to be a “good good.” This is because the truth of her experience had told her if there was “good” there was…

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]]> Idealism, burnout, and collaborative missions https://www.emmpress.com/idealism-burnout-and-collaborative-missions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=idealism-burnout-and-collaborative-missions Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:59:47 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=5512 I’ve needed to abruptly quit a few things in my life. And each time, my departures have left people confused. In general, I’m an upbeat worker, definitely a…

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]]> Marketing on the Web, for White Hat Operators https://www.emmpress.com/this-is-for-white-hat-heroines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-is-for-white-hat-heroines Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:10:09 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1706 I’ve been using the web to promote projects and to help clients and causes since 1997. One of my first experiences work experiences was helping a client re-sell…

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]]> The Nature of Outrage https://www.emmpress.com/the-nature-of-outrage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-nature-of-outrage Wed, 08 Nov 2017 19:26:20 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=1588 Subtitled: the lifeblood of  propaganda This emotion needs a close examination. Especially now. Especially because it is an “adult” emotion that is used to manipulate people, en masse. …

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]]> An unstable shame https://www.emmpress.com/an-unstable-shame/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-unstable-shame Sun, 29 Mar 2015 05:19:10 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?p=412 I wonder the purpose of shame. In this internet-serviced world, shamings are “done” to public figures routinely.  What is interesting to me, is how so many of these…

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]]> Glossary https://www.emmpress.com/glossary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glossary Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:39:42 +0000 http://www.emmpress.com/?page_id=80 not alphabetized, of course. WebibliographyA term to referring to a listing of sources from the web that impact my writing on a topic. Since the source material is…

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