Oh my goodness!! This is me laughing because ever since I read Remarkably Bright Creatures I’ve been low-key obsessed with octopuses 😂 Your crocheted ones are absolutely brilliant!! 🐙🥰
Thank you! I loved that book and it was my entry to so many other great octopus books. It was like I had to read that one and become fascinated by the octopus character to be interested in reading more scientific books. I also loved Sy Montgomery's "Soul of an Octopus" and "The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology" by Danna Staaf.
I love this, Kathryn! It leaves me wanting to figure out what kind of animal creative I would be, and wanting to gather more colour to arrange in this house we haven't had a chance to put art up yet. There will be loads of colour and whimsy. You always inspire, Kathryn! 💚
Love this newsletter - all the color - all the great octopus facts. If you were an octopus I think you'd also find a way to read with your 8 intelligent arms so you could consume 8 books at once. My animal would be a crow - which shares a lot of the intelligent characteristics of an octopus (thinker, collector, problem solver) with a lot less of the grace. But I like that they thrive in community, and that they have a rich language, and that they are so misunderstood and do not care one bit.
I love this video so much! And all your octopus work. And your question about what animal my creativity would be - I will have to give it some thought, it's a great question but my initial thought is that it might be a chameleon of some sort. It comes in lots of different forms and adapts to whatever season of life I'm in. It's always with me but rarely intrusive.
Thanks, Kate. And I love your description of your chameleon creativity, the adaptability you describe. It has me thinking about ways creativity can be inconspicuous - not hidden - but not demanding attention either.
Yes! I think we spoke before about how, when I was working very long hours, I felt like I had no time to be creative but I later realised that my clothes were a form of creativity for me. I think in that case it was hidden even from me.
Oh my goodness!! This is me laughing because ever since I read Remarkably Bright Creatures I’ve been low-key obsessed with octopuses 😂 Your crocheted ones are absolutely brilliant!! 🐙🥰
Thank you! I loved that book and it was my entry to so many other great octopus books. It was like I had to read that one and become fascinated by the octopus character to be interested in reading more scientific books. I also loved Sy Montgomery's "Soul of an Octopus" and "The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology" by Danna Staaf.
Ooh! Thanks for those titles!
I love this, Kathryn! It leaves me wanting to figure out what kind of animal creative I would be, and wanting to gather more colour to arrange in this house we haven't had a chance to put art up yet. There will be loads of colour and whimsy. You always inspire, Kathryn! 💚
So happy to hear it, Annie. Would love to see photos as you add colour and will look forward to hearing more about your creative animal!
Love this newsletter - all the color - all the great octopus facts. If you were an octopus I think you'd also find a way to read with your 8 intelligent arms so you could consume 8 books at once. My animal would be a crow - which shares a lot of the intelligent characteristics of an octopus (thinker, collector, problem solver) with a lot less of the grace. But I like that they thrive in community, and that they have a rich language, and that they are so misunderstood and do not care one bit.
I love all you teach me about crows here and all they teach you!
I love this video so much! And all your octopus work. And your question about what animal my creativity would be - I will have to give it some thought, it's a great question but my initial thought is that it might be a chameleon of some sort. It comes in lots of different forms and adapts to whatever season of life I'm in. It's always with me but rarely intrusive.
Thanks, Kate. And I love your description of your chameleon creativity, the adaptability you describe. It has me thinking about ways creativity can be inconspicuous - not hidden - but not demanding attention either.
Yes! I think we spoke before about how, when I was working very long hours, I felt like I had no time to be creative but I later realised that my clothes were a form of creativity for me. I think in that case it was hidden even from me.
Yes, in that beautiful way creativity hides in plain sight!