Books Book Review: Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity by Felicia Day Felicia Day (actor, producer, writer, and everyone’s favorite geek girl) wants you to know something: you are a creative Barbara Doyle Posted on October 13, 2019
Inspiration Book Review | Write Free: Attracting the Creative Life by Rebecca Lawton and Jordan Rosenfeld Writers tend to work alone, but often find invaluable assistance and guidance from a mentor, coach or critique group. But Barbara Doyle Posted on August 23, 2019
Culture, Life What We Love | Artist Turns Thrift Store Finds Into Wonderfully Weird Paintings Artist David Irvine creates hilariously surreal art by inserting pop culture characters into paintings he finds in thrift Sweatpants & Coffee Posted on August 16, 2019
Essays, Mental How Tattoos Tell Our Stories I used to have a bumper sticker—fortunately, never affixed to my car’s bumper—that read, “tattoos: not just for sailors and Jessi-James Grey Posted on July 16, 2019
Life “When Death Comes” | A Tribute to Mary Oliver I found out this morning that one of my all-time favorite poets died. Mary Oliver, the badass pen toting poet died. I’m still Jerusha Gray Posted on January 17, 2019
Inspiration, Life Inspire Your Heart with Art It’s been said, and though some scoff at it, it is certainly true, everyone’s an artist. You may not think you have an Barbara Doyle Posted on January 30, 2017
Inspiration Creativity Break | Writing the Change By Rebecca Lawton Welcome to Creativity Break, Sweatpants & Coffee’s new inspiration column. Based on the re-release of Guest Author Posted on April 10, 2016
Essays Hard Truths about the Creative Life By Jerusha Gray There will always be someone who is better than you. Always. This is irrefutable. It doesn’t matter how many Guest Author Posted on February 15, 2016
Essays An Open Letter to David Bowie by Jerusha Gray Dear David: I first met you as a tiny girl. My eldest sister introduced us. She and I danced to your music Guest Author Posted on January 11, 2016