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Placemaking & Painting on a bus mid-winter.
As this new year is well underway, my family is re-adjusting to being a household of ‘only’ 6 people. Nothing like living as a household...

janeboutwell
Jan 24, 20243 min read
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Nativity Making
Wood burner in hand, I watch their eyes emerge…their pupils burned into place. I wonder what have these eyes seen? Mary has seen the...

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Nov 15, 20232 min read
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A Prayer for Those Who Work in Creative Vocations
God, we come before you–you who first presented yourself to us as a Creator: somebody who makes. The first thing you told us about the...

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May 12, 20233 min read
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Blessing for the Writing of Letters by Jane Boutwell
May my hand running across this paper as I write reach out like a hand to hold in friendship - a tangible connection between us: our...

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May 10, 20221 min read
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The Story of the Small Cup
I find my days so full that they pass in a blur at times. I look back and I'm not sure what happened to the hours, what happened the day...

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Nov 18, 20215 min read
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Creativity & Grief: Nurture Bowls
I have been working on writing out the stories of artworks that I've made over the years that have come from a place of grief, whether...

janeboutwell
Oct 18, 20219 min read
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Wonder Walk/ Worship Walk:
(featured in episode 6 of the Growing Creative Podcast) LORD, Oh, Great Maker, as we walk through the nature you made, help us stay awake...

janeboutwell
Sep 29, 20211 min read
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Blessing for a Creative Community
May you listen when the Spirit kindles your imagination. When the Creative Spirit that set the whole universe into being, plants a small...

janeboutwell
Sep 10, 20212 min read
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On Being a Courageous Beginner
(taken from episode 3 of the Growing Creative podcast. Click here to listen.) As I talked to a friend the other day about this experience...

janeboutwell
Sep 3, 20215 min read
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Beauty & Brokenness: the Art of Mending (from Episode 2 of the Growing Creative Podcast)
Beauty and brokenness. This is a vital concept that I find to have many, many applications, and it's been an underlying theme in my work...

janeboutwell
Aug 31, 20216 min read
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Why Fight the Inner Critic?
I'm going to share some of my story with the inner critic. That's a term for creatives referring to that voice in your head that...

janeboutwell
Aug 27, 20218 min read
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Flowers for you, friend.
Do you find yourself feeling overwhelmed and pulled in many different directions? While it’s still hot as the blazes in my neck of...

janeboutwell
Aug 2, 20212 min read
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The Rich Benefits of Creative Growth in Parents
At some point in their education journeys, I’ve homeschooled all four of my kids. When I was first starting out with my oldest two, I...

janeboutwell
Aug 11, 20204 min read
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Artist Interview
Are you curious to hear more of my story...more about how I am trying to use what I've learned in personal areas of my life to help...

janeboutwell
Jul 22, 20203 min read
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Lessons Learned From the Heron (And Other Graceful & Awkward Wading Birds)
I love herons. There is something incredibly compelling about them. As I ask myself what it is that has me captivated, there are layers...

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Jun 16, 20203 min read
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Marsh Painting
Sky ablaze- splashes of color of still wet paper. Watercolor landscape painting.

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May 7, 20201 min read
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Signs of life
Art speaks wordlessly to our spirits... my hope with this collection is to speak healing and hope in the midst of grief. (When I began...

janeboutwell
Apr 23, 20202 min read
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Putting it all together
I’ve had a sense that I might have the variety of art mediums that I love all come together.... invite them all to a party and see them...

janeboutwell
Sep 20, 20191 min read
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Painting Poems
I asked for a book of Mary Oliver Poems for Christmas and when I read her poem entitled Snow Geese I knew that I loved it. Over time I...

janeboutwell
Apr 11, 20191 min read
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