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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

Jess 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