Hear/See/Read

Enjoying the interesting, unusual, and beautiful together by ourselves

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Artists' Books and New Zine Format — Ann Cooper Writes

Artists’ books for exploration and inspiration.

New blog post! Also, my zines are now available digitally (links in the post).

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Making the Most of Writing Advice: Paying Attention to Procrastination — Ann Cooper Writes

A post on recognizing and working with procrastination.

A new blog post is up! This one is about procrastination via writing craft books.

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Dogwood flower anthotype I made earlier this week

DIY Art: Turmeric Anthotypes — Ann Cooper Writes

An easy art project using what you already have in the kitchen.

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DIY Art: Turmeric Anthotypes — Ann Cooper Writes

An easy art project using what you already have in the kitchen.

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The visitor center at Yates Mill County Park

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Being Bad at Hobbies as a Creative Strategy (and Zine Again!) — Ann Cooper Writes

How to practice relaxing expectations around the results of creative work by pursuing hobbies we aren’t good at. Also, new zine!

A new blog post about the beauty of being bad at creative hobbies and a new zine!

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View to the rooftop terrace at the Raulston Arboretum

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New Blog Post in the "Making the Most of Writing Advice" Series

This one is about balancing ambition and achievability when making SMART goals.

Making the Most of Writing Advice: Goal Setting, Permission, & Validation — Ann Cooper Writes

SMART goals should be achievable, but what does that really mean? This post is about making more ambitious goals and pursuing them with self

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Another Zine Thing! — Ann Cooper Writes

It’s time for another ZINE THING! Bring your low expectations and enjoy another minizine of emotional self-portraits. I also rounded up some

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Making the Most of Writing Advice Part One: Tune Your Perspective — Ann Cooper Writes

This is the first post in a series on making the most of writing advice without getting overwhelmed. We’re starting with two principles for

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Cutaway

A new blog post is up and it's about cutaway drawings! I found some great public domain cutaway drawings and rounded up a few beautiful cutaway book recommendations.

Around the Web with Cutaway Drawings — Ann Cooper Writes

I love cutaway drawings, especially of buildings. This post is a gallery of public domain cutaway drawings, mostly from Wikimedia Commons, f

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A new blog post about "writing rules" from famous authors and what it means for our own writing:

Lists of Rules — Ann Cooper Writes

What’s more satisfying than a list? A list of lists! What’s more fun than a list of lists? A list of lists of writing rules!

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Zine Thing! — Ann Cooper Writes

I can't draw—I have no training and less talent—but I made a mini-zine of some of my drawings, anyway! This post has a free pdf of my zine a

New blog post is up!

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Mumscapes — Ann Cooper Writes

A gallery of fall flower portraits for a winter’s day.

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WFNP, SUNY New Paltz 2006

For the web archiving playlist this week I grabbed some electronic pop and post rock from the January 2006 top 30 list of WFNP.

The Last One Stading by Ladytron from Witching Hour

What Looked Like Morning was the Beginning of Endless Night by Nowonmai from The Timeout Drawer

The Revolution Will Be Streaming by Saxon Shore from The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore

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Creative Commons and the Public Domain: What Does it all Mean? — Ann Cooper Writes

A roundup of resources to help creators and users of media of all sorts navigate licensing and copyright issues.

A new blog post is up!

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The well-known 19th century Cambridge wiggle college

Publisher: Thomas Small (British), and Publisher: London Stereoscopic Company (British). [Group of 15 Early Stereograph Views of Cambridge, England and the Surrounding Area]. 1860s–80s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://jstor.org/stable/community.18654245.