🍯 Look back on the sweetness of this year

December 22, 2022

Slide show of photos from CreativeMornings chapters around the world

Dear CreativeMornings community,

We have arrived at our last newsletter issue of the year! We’re so excited to see what 2023 will bring in the form of renewal and growth, and how we might begin to trace the new ways CreativeMornings is showing up in the world.

But we want to take a moment to look back and thank you for the sweetness of this year. If you attended a local chapter event, joined us to learn something new on a FieldTrip, walked with us during the World Wide Wander, or shared a link from this newsletter with a friend, you’ve made our universe gleam a bit more brightly. You have our unending gratitude.

If there was a particular moment you savored with us this year, hit reply and let us know! We’ll add it to our highlights jar of 2022.

💗 With all our love,
Tina, Angelica, Casey, Amanda, Alexa, Krista, Ann, Kyle, and Annie at CreativeMornings HQ

P.S. Two things we’d love your help with before the year ends:

We’d love to know how you interpret January’s Sanctuary theme! If you have a submission, share it here.
Our Global Survey deadline has been extended to January 6. If you have a quiet moment this season, could you fill it out and share some of your experiences with us?

Top Featured Talks of 2022

1. Monumental Performances

Filmmaker Leo Kurpershoek pays personal homage to five beloved films that changed how they could see queer and trans life and art differently. (CreativeMornings/Ghent)

2. Design Justice

Designer and user researcher Emily Horgan challenges the idea that design is neutral — and shows how we can better center those who have been excluded from the design process. (CreativeMornings/Edinburgh)

3. The Threshold of Your Life

Artist Nicoletta de la Brown gives instructions for how we can prepare to meet the future versions of ourselves. (CreativeMornings/Baltimore)

4. 5 Radical Steps for Anxious Creatives

If you’ve ever felt the pressure of a high-stakes project or suffered from the envy of comparison, motion designer Austin Saylor has five radical steps for you. (CreativeMornings/Phoenix)

5. Healing is Creative Work

Musician and counselor Joaquin Lopez serenades us in Spanish and English, weaving together a personal folklore that makes us whole. (CreativeMornings/Portland)

Marie Poulin holding up a jar filled with daily highlights

A Ritual for Reflection

Are you craving for a way to reflect on the past year? Marie Poulin offers some inspiration. Ever since 2016, she and her husband have been writing down their daily highlights. On New Year’s Eve, they revisit all of their highlights from across the year. It’s a chance to celebrate the things they do every day and look back on memories in gratitude.

If this is a ritual you’re interested in starting, you can collect highlights in an analogue way (as Marie did for many years, with just paper strips in a jar). Or you can use a digital tool like Notion. Marie shows how you can log your highlights in a customizable database and share it with your partner, family, or even work team — she’s created a free template for our readers to use too. What will go into your highlights "jar" today?

Our Top 15 Most-Read Links in 2022
Have something to share? Fill out this form.

These influencers are quitting Instagram, and they want you to join them.

A free library of positive and non-stereotypical images of people age 50 and over.*

17 hidden Google tricks you probably didn’t know.

Ooh, pretty colors!

Check out this simple and elegant self-care menu.*

This visual guide can help you cultivate your personal style.*

A visually pleasing habit dashboard.

Did you know you could do this trick on iPhone screenshots?

Use this simple grid to track when you move from the unknown into certainty.*

Play this conversation game to build empathy and trust.

5 essential time blocks on your weekly calendar.

A checklist of essentials for your daily walk.*

Ai Weiwei’s 10 rules for life and creativity.

A “zero-star hotel” in Switzerland offers sleepless nights to ponder the world’s crises.

WFH desk inspiration.

* Links courtesy of Yehia Nasr, Andrea Reeves, Katya Abazajian, Tamas Sari, and Libby DeLana.

CreativeGuild Spotlights
A global directory of creative companies and individuals.

Faculty in Boulder is a web design and technology studio. They make great websites that great companies rely on. Check out their friendly web conference Brooklyn Beta!

A photograph of a laptop with a slide deck in presentation mode that's titled "Your Dreams, Our Teams"

Elizabeth Halford helps company founders organize their thoughts and translate them into customer-centered brands and marketing collateral. View her capabilities deck for a digital services company!

Cool Jobs in Our Universe
Hiring? Looking for work? Check out the CreativeGuild.

Mailchimp is hiring a remote Proposal Writer to support their Sales team by creating compelling RFI and RFP documents that articulate value and win new business.

Tattly in Brooklyn is looking for a Head of Creative to ensure the Tattly vision and brand are cohesive, consistent, and true to the Tattly aesthetic and feeling.

Tech Matters is seeking a remote Senior Product Manager, Terraso to empower communities around the world to adopt sustainable practices addressing the climate change crisis.

Artemis Ward in Denver is hiring a Senior Creative Strategist to lead key projects and accounts.

Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle is on the hunt for an Artistic Director to oversee the educational and artistic programming.

Wagner Creative in Brooklyn is seeking a Creative Coordinator to assist with marketing projects.

Workshop, Inc. in Durham is looking for a Visual Strategist to collaborate on program strategy.

Animation of a typewriter typing "nice job!" on a sheet of paper

This newsletter was written to be like reaching the end of a typewritten line. You’ve made it to the end of the year — take a pause before you hit enter and start your next line.

👋 Waving,
Annie Yi, CreativeMornings HQ

GIF by @slantedstudios

HQ works out of a fun office with Friends!
CreativeMornings 47 Bergen Street Floor 3 Brooklyn, New York 11201 USA

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