Listen, Learn, Create!

"Well, it's Craftcast, we'll have a blast, new ideas so easy and fast!" How much do I love listening to Alison Lee's podcast? I love the discussions on creativity and how the creative mind works. I love listening to so many diverse people discuss their particular crafty passion. I so love Alison's voice. If I could change my voice, I would pick hers. It's mellow and smooth and her laugh is, well, fabulous. And, on a somewhat lowbrow note, I adore her theme song! When that song starts, my toes just start a-tapping, and those background "do-do-do's" always, always, always lift my spirits. In fact, sometimes as I'm singing along with the background guys, I miss what Alison has been saying, and I have to go back again and listen, being careful this time not to get sucked into the bass line.

I recently downloaded every past epidsode. It's been fun to go back in time, as it were, and listen to the beginnings of Craftcast. Today I listened to the interview with Carol Duvall. So much fun! But so far my favorite of the oldies has been the interview with Kaffe Fassett. I doubt that our quilting styles could be more miles apart, but he is a quilting legend, an icon, if you will, and listening to him talk about what inspires him to create his quilts gave me some inspiration of my own.

So if you're looking for a podcast that will inspire you, entertain you, and motivate you, I suggest you start with Craftcast. Then call me up, and we'll sing the theme song together!