Kaaren Poole

I suppose I’ve done about a dozen series over the years. The largest was a series of thirty 6”x6” pieces which were drawing/collage...

Last night I returned to a writing project I’d abandoned over a year ago. The abandonment wasn’t a problem. It was just an extra project...

My second Milkweed Manor book, Dark Days at Milkweed Manor, despite its title, has some bright spots, and the three frogs’ of Three Frogs...

Regardless of how very much I enjoy working in my art journals, they present one special problem that I have trouble dealing with, and...

All of us creatives are probably familiar with “Imposter Syndrome.” It is, apparently, a way too common affliction and, what’s worse,...

To understate it, the past seven months have been some of the most difficult in my life, which has been 76 years so far, so there’s a lot...

I’ve been creating mixed media art journal pages for about a year and a half now. It’s something I never thought I’d be interested in,...

Just wanted to give a shout-out to a marvelous website, Headspace. I joined about five weeks ago when I was overwhelmed and too...

One of the first things I tackled when preparing for my up-coming cross-country move was to go through my stacks of magazines, mining...

There's that old saying "nothing ventured, nothing gained." Sounds so simple - simple to say and simple to do. But sometimes it's not....