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October Journal Prompts (opens the original)
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Honoring one of my favorite months of the year, I thought I’d start a monthly issue of journal prompts for each month and their moody distinctiveness. For me, October is a month of change, and feverish sweetness. October is light rain and leather boots. Le temps de l’amour, yellow leaves, and Monarch butterflies landing on your books, letting you know summer is long gone.Nothing gets me through the October winds of change like writing everyday. So enjoy the patter of rain against the window, gra
Children of Wrath: be angry, make art. (opens the original)
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You’ve been taught anger is bad. Possibly the worst emotion in the logical scale. One that must be avoided, repressed and antagonized at all costs. But… what if I told you that what you really were perceiving as anger was actually confrontation. Strident voices and shaking rooms. But anger is not a terribly bad emotion at all. Keep reading: 1. Anger in writing, 2. Anger in paintings, 3. Anger in music. “Anger is a powerful emotion that can create precious things…. The blacksmith and the poet are
Creative Temperament or Obsessive Artist? (opens the original)
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After much pondering and even more drafting I decided to give longer videos a go again. This time I bring to you The Studio. A new side of Carmín Amor and the compendium of all my yapping.I hope you enjoy and if this is your first time watching, you're most welcome to the little club xxCarmín Amor is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<form class="subscription-widget-
Retired From Sad, New Career In Substack (opens the original)
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I am a sensible, responsible woman.I am such a sensible, responsible woman that I take my pain and fold it into tiny bity pieces until I can chew it so it’s no bother. Look! It has escaped from my grip again and ruined everything. Jobs, relationships. If only I could let it go. Yes, yes you can (types furiously).Imagine you spill wine on a sweater. An irreparable, crimson stain where your heart is. You’ve washed it, the dry-cleaner tried too, but professional help doesn’t always do it. You’ve tr
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