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The Evergreen Journal # 50 – The End of the Road

The Evergreen Journal #50 

The End of the Road

©Lynda McKinney Lambert, December 30, 2022.

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Photo: Thank you Mick Haupt for this glorious photo. From Pexals.

Through the months and seasonal changes of 2022, I explored one word,

Evergreen.

 

My weekly blog posts for The Evergreen Journal, focused on the theme.

This article completes my year.

I discovered beauty and worth on the 3-steps of The Evergreen Stairway. See the articles:

Stop – Look – Listen.

Each step is practical and easy to remember.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am sharing this INTERVIEW from 2019  by SMASHWORDS.

This short interview gives you an idea of how I developed my plan of action for creative significant projects, I’ll share a brief description of the three areas that influenced my working life in the arts and literature.

I am a visual artist and an author of five published books.

What was I doing for many years prior to my full-time writing career?

Presently, I am a retired college professor of fine arts and humanities.

My  teaching expertise is in poetry, studio art, art history, and non-fiction writing. I work across disciplines in my professional life and taught an interdisciplinary approach in higher education. I hold three degrees in Fine Art and English.

What did I do prior to teaching?

I am a former executive director of a community museum and art center in western Pennsylvania. This position gave me valuable insight into the business side of the art life. I managed two mansions, two carriage houses, and properties at The Hoyt Art Center (Previously The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts.)

Before my tenure at The Hoyt, I worked as a grants specialist at a California college. There, I turned my academic training into marketable skills that are useful for the rest of my life.

My work at two colleges and an arts center put me on the solid ground  of being accountable and gave me a strong work ethic.

 

What does my Creative Life Look like?

Interview with Lynda McKinney Lambert

Published on SMASHWORDS – 2019-03-09.

The Question –

Lynda, What is your writing process?

My creative process is in clearly defined steps.
First –
I become aware of non-verbal impulses – a sort of fluttering inside of me.
It is like a gentle sense of urgency that is something physical I begin to feel.
Second –

I begin to order the space in which I work. I organize any clutter, sort through any put papers or items . I cannot work if there is disorder because it is a distraction.

Third –

I begin to lay down a structure on which the poem, essay, or artwork will begin.

Fourth –

I work back and forth between ADDING and SUBTRACT ING.

I BUILD and I DESTROY.

It is a dance with materials – senses – images.

I order chaos and find balance.

 

 

 

 

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Thanks for stopping by today.

Tell me how you developed and grew through previous jobs you did prior to what you are doing right now.

What does your creative routine look like?

What inspired you to be who you are today?

 

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BREAKING NEWS

Photo: courtesy of AllAuthor dot com.
Mock-up #7_Songs for the Pilgrimage by Lynda McKinney Lambert

 

This book is currently in production at Perkins Library, for distribution  through the library and through NLS (BARD).

COMING SOON

MY NEW book is a thoughtful and joyous collection  of my poetry, stories, memoirs, photography, and reflections from 1985 – 2021.

Songs for the Pilgrimage

is being recorded by Polly Slavet.  at  Perkins Library right now. It will be available on BARD very soon.

Watch for this release

Read some of my  poems as published in Magnets & Ladders,  Fall/Winter edition, 2022-23: Here.

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