Creating in the Cracks Alessandra Doyle and Sarah Fiddelaers
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A Writer. An Illustrator. Mothers who create art and children. Sharing anecdotes, advice, faith and support in the crazy world of artistry and motherhood. Welcome to Creating in the Cracks!
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Ep 24: Holiday happenings & Disconnected kids and Encanto
In this episode Sarah and Lessie finally catch up after the welcomed onslaught of school holidays, exchanging glory stories and shenanigans of the clans. Lessie shares about exploring Dr Melillo’s work as a mother of neurospicy kids while Sarah has fallen under the spell of Encanto. Enjoy!
Dr Rob Melilo Disconnected Kids https://www.booktopia.com.au/disconnected-kids-dr-robert-melillo/book/9780399172441.html
The out of sync Child https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-out-of-sync-child-third-edition-carol-stock-kranowitz/book/9780593419410.html -
Ep 23 Happy Easter! Over-chocolofied adventures, more on Beowulf, Cabrini and KidlitVic
In this episode Sarah and Lessie swap Easter celebrations and shenanigans involving too much chocolate.
Sarah has continued her exploration of Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf while Lessie has been plugging along with her commission and examining her portfolio for Kidlitvic.
Lessie gives the Angel Studios film, Cabrini a glowing review in its ability to emphasise the humanity of its subject and the simply phenenomenal story of Mother Cabrini and her missionary order in New York. -
Ep 22 Wildling Hours & Commissions, Tolkien & the art of Language. And KidLitVic!
In this episode Sarah’s and Lessie share the shenanigans of family life between 4-9pm, a bit about managing anxiety and why Sarah didn’t pursue birth coaching. Lessie talks about tackling commissions and Sarah discusses her latest Tolkien discovery which lead to a golden moment of motherhood and the joy of language. The KidLitVic conference is coming up in May, tickets go on sale next Monday, so Lessie is getting pretty excited!
Tolkein and Beowulf https://www.booktopia.com.au/beowulf-j-r-r-tolkien/book/9780007590094.html
Inspired to write https://www.instagram.com/inspiredtowrite/
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Ep 21 Nightmares, Toilet training and humanising people in conflict
In this episode, Sarah and Lessie swap comic horror stories about toilet training and being boy-mums, and delve into helping to heal recurring nightmares.
We share the discovery of Rachel Ryusch, an artist mother from the Dutch Golden Era, before launching into the fraught labyrinth of humanising people on all sides of conflicts that involve terrible ethical and moral dilemmas, inspired by the novel, The German Wife by Australian novelist, Kelly Rimmer.
Gingermelon dolls https://www.instagram.com/gingermelongirl/
Kelly Rimmer the German Wife https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-german-wife-kelly-rimmer/book/9780733649479.html
The Dream completion technique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv38dzpcxfA
Rachel Ryusch
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/rachel-ruysch
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Ep 20 A freezer meltdown, double prams and "It's not Goodbye, just see you soon"
In this episode Sarah and Lessie share the joy of catching up face-to-face and spending a friend's 40th birthday at the museum. Lessie is lacking more sleep than usual while Sarah has caught up on word counts over the weekend away.
The Story of the World Susan Bauer
https://www.theeducationalwarehouse.com/product-page/volume-2-the-
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Ep 19 Possum wars, Female Verbosity & the beauty of Wonder
In this episode Sarah and Lessie talk toilet training wins, possum wars and the wonder of childhood and art. Lessie explores how mindset is impacting her creative practise and Sarah delves into the way her word count is directed by the verbosity of her female characters. Bouncing between all that as well as imitating and learning from the Masters of art and writing, there's something for everyone in this episode.
email: steinbingenstudios@gmail.com
instagram:
Lessie: https://www.instagram.com/ag_doyle/
Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/sarahfiddelaers/
Pixels profil WIP: https://pixels.com/profiles/alessandra-doyle
Tolkien article: https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/02/10/tolkiens-lessons-for-hollywoods-failures/
Stacie Bloomfield 5 day challenge. https://www.instagram.com/gingiber/
Beradette Salvador https://www.instagram.com/beesalvadorart/
The bible project https://bibleproject.com/