creativity books

The Awe-Mamac

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When I landed my first serious freelance gig last year, I invested in a handful of (used—I was still a little broke after being laid off!) books to celebrate. One of these books was Jill Badonksy’s The Awe-Mamac, the most delightful of daybooks you will ever encounter, I assure you. If you’ve tried SARK’s Living Juicy or any other artist daybooks, you are sure to love this one and then some.

Badonksky’s book is simply a delight to read. Every page is brimming with colorful, whimsical illustrations, quotations, “awe-servances” (observances), journal prompts, a toast for the day, and more. Badonsky usually weaves the day’s theme around a certain artist who may have been born on that day, or who provided that day’s quote. She also provides a space for the reader to “name today,” making it your own holiday. Read more

Living Juicy

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Any SARK fan will tell you that despite Susan Arial Rainbow Kennedy’s gentle humor, fun drawings and inner-child-infused humor, her writing is quite spiritual, as well as uplifting. Reading SARK’s work makes a person feel held, loved, understood.

SARK’s daybook, Living Juicy, contains daily morsels of creativity, self-awareness, self-care and growth. With weekly themes like expressing, allowing and shouting—one for every week of the year—SARK guides readers through “micromovements,” as she calls them, toward becoming the people we want to be.

Every page is filled with SARK’s trademark free spirited creative art, and includes assignments like watching snails, writing friends letters, and tracing your own body on paper. From journaling to painting your dreams, pretending to sob hysterically to taking imaginary vacations, Living Juicy has a succulent bite of life on every page just perfect for almost anyone to eat. Read more

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