Kaaren Poole
Risky, Brave, FOMO?
For the past three years, I’ve been focused on writing and illustrating my animal fiction books. I’ll publish the fifth one this fall and...
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Kaaren Poole
- Sep 11
- 2 min
Making Blank Journals
One of my favorite ‘canvases’ for my artwork is the cover of blank journals. Not only is it satisfying to create the blank book, but once...
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Kaaren Poole
- Sep 4
- 2 min
The Allure of Grunge
I’m working on a new project – a series of mixed media art project videos featuring spirit animals. There will also be a workbook to help...
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Kaaren Poole
- Aug 28
- 2 min
Animal Spirits - Finding Connections
Animals are almost always the subjects for my art. Sometimes I’ll portray an animal that’s new to me, such as the bat-eared fox, or one...
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Kaaren Poole
- Aug 21
- 1 min
Under the Trees
While researching spirit animals, I ran across a reference to the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids and visited their site on Facebook....
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Kaaren Poole
- Aug 14
- 3 min
Searching for Mojo
Over the last few months, I’ve continued to work in my art journal as time allowed (mostly on weekends when I take a break from working...
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Kaaren Poole
- Aug 7
- 2 min
Bluebelle, the Couch Potato -Transformation or Emergence?
Blue and I have known each other for over a year now—sixteen months, to be exact. I first saw her sitting on the rise behind my house...
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Kaaren Poole
- Jul 31
- 3 min
A Wonderful Memory about Trees
Part of working on this art journal spread was making the leaves. I glued magazine snippets of various greens on a piece of printer...
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Kaaren Poole
- Jul 17
- 1 min
Celtic Animal Series
I ran across photos of a series I did a while ago, twelve years to be exact. A gallery had a call out for series of twenty-five 8” x 8”...
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Kaaren Poole
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Looking Back for Insight
The other day, just after I finished my fourth art journal, I flipped through my previous ones just to see if and how my journal spreads...
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Kaaren Poole
- Jun 5
- 1 min
When the Characters Become the Author
Or maybe it's 'when the author becomes the characters.' Either way, it's an amazing experience. Last night I was working on writing my...
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Kaaren Poole
- May 29
- 1 min
The Comfort of Being Part of Something Larger
Four Pups of the Cranberry Tribe in Voyageur National Park in Minnesota Last week, first thing one morning I spent time just sitting on...
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Kaaren Poole
- May 22
- 2 min
A Flock of Sparrows - Working in a Series
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...
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Kaaren Poole
- May 15
- 3 min
Different Year, Different Goals - Making Space for Change
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...
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Kaaren Poole
- May 8
- 1 min
Mindfulness – A Hot Topic at the Frog’s Pond Party
My second Milkweed Manor book, Dark Days at Milkweed Manor, despite its title, has some bright spots, and the three frogs’ of Three Frogs...
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Kaaren Poole
- May 1
- 1 min
The Problem of the Seam
Regardless of how very much I enjoy working in my art journals, they present one special problem that I have trouble dealing with, and...
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Kaaren Poole
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Imposter Syndrome? A Different Take
All of us creatives are probably familiar with “Imposter Syndrome.” It is, apparently, a way too common affliction and, what’s worse,...
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Kaaren Poole
- Apr 18
- 3 min
A Blessing in Black Teaches a Lesson
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...
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Kaaren Poole
- Apr 9
- 2 min
Finally !Stopping When I Want!
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,...
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Kaaren Poole
- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
In Praise of Headspace
Just wanted to give a shout-out to a marvelous website, Headspace. I joined about five weeks ago when I was overwhelmed and too...
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