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Creative Life News Blog

Welcome to CREATIVE LIFE News: Art, Ideas, Life, and Travels


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Creative Life News by Janet Strayer

Who Am I

Hello. I'd like to introduce myself and tell you why I write this series of on-beat and off-beat columns. I'm an artist/painter, traveller, lifespan developmental psychologist, and published writer who is interested in ideas, world culture, and human interaction.


Most of the time, my home and working studio are on Saturna Island: a tiny stretch of land in Canada's Salish Sea ... waters that connect with the San Juan Islands off Washington State . My life and work here leave me inspired and productive, but somewhat isolated. So, meaningful communication becomes even more important now than in the many world cities in which I've lived and worked.


Why I Write Creative Life News?

I write the Creative Life news because life is short and living it creatively has value.

I like writing and sharing interests with some wit, intelligence, and good humour. Because I enjoy living and working in different parts of the world, exploring and learning from local cultures,

Creative Life travels to different places of interest. Because I now live and work on a small and relatively remote island, I want to connect with the wider world... and you!


Why Read Creative Life News?

This is why I think you should read it:

  • Living a creative life is important, as is nurturing creativity in oneself and others

  • Creative life is open-ended and occurs wherever and whenever you decide to spark it.

  • It includes sights and insights, ideas and things that catch the eye, open the mind, connect hearts, and engage creative acts..

  • What interests me may interest you: my interests are diverse, exploratory, and humane.

  • There is so much of quality to see, learn, do, and share.

  • It enriches us all to do so.

  • It can be fun, entertaining, and informative.

  • It offers tips and inspiration

  • It is free..


What Creative Life News is About

The illustrated posts in Creative Life News are diverse and wide-ranging. Artistic Adventures are featured: such as exploring quaint villages in France and Italy—a painter's dream. Cultural life and artistic traditions are explored around around the globe. Eclectic interests and ideas,, foods, personal experiences, odd museums, sights and insights are distilled with some wit and good humour.


Written from a personal and sometimes witty perspective, Creative Life posts still offer a fairly wide scope on issues. Affirmation of this is best shown by a peak some posts :

Creative Life Goes to Italy - links to an entire travelogue


An Invitation Join Me

I hope you enjoy these columns,.Your input on Art Matters, a brief 3-item survey, helps orient me towards the visual art you may prefer Click the Subscribe box at the bottom the survey if you'd like free issues of Creative Life emailed directly to you. Also, please know that your comments are welcome after each Creative Life post..


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Here's to enjoying an enriched creative life in the many ways it can be done!


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