If the moon can create such an effect on the world, on the tides and people’s emotions from I don’t even know how many miles away – if the moon can have that kind of effect, what can we do as humanity to have an effect on other people and project positivity without having to force it? Brett Mason Note:

Photo credit: @_irina_lisa Trapped in our homes we cling to the small nuggets of joy. We’ve transformed our homes into blanket palaces, watched every episode of Love is Blind (Damian absolutely looks like Toby from the office, fight me.), and tried to make the perfect loaf of bread. Ah, delicious bread. But some of us have been more industrious than

by Stephanie Voyer of SaVor Designs So many people have asked for a tutorial on how to make a mask at home.  I laid out the steps below and included coordinating pictures. There are lots of versions of masks being made, which is wonderful!!!  This tutorial is for the accordion or “banana” style mask and is not intended to replace

From PEM.org In her book, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, Pema Chödrön writes: “Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.” The truth — about how viruses spread, about how long our country will be shut down, about so many things — seems to be shifting. The truth is elusive. But fear feels very close

by Joey Phoenix This past Tuesday, Gulu Gulu Café’s Drink-N-Draw went virtual on Zoom – hosted on Creative North Shore’s Zoom Channel. Participants pre-registered to attend the live modeling event from their homes. As a model for Drink-N-Draw in the past with some tech savvy-ness up my sleeve, I volunteered to model for the first virtual Drink-N-Draw, converting my living

Photo credit: Annadidathing In March of this year, the world took a collective breath while governments globally decided the rules of quarantine. On the periphery, small businesses, artists, and other scrappy humans have pivoted to create a rich virtual world that everyone can participate in from their home offices and couches. Here is our roundup of what Creative Collective Members

Museums and arts and cultural organizations across the country have shut their physical doors to the public, but have opened virtual windows for people to see what’s inside from the comfort of their homes. Here are the places offering virtual Museum tours both in Massachusetts and around the U.S. If you know of a Museum offering this that isn’t listed

Have you suddenly found yourself with a lot of time on your hands? Got kids that are home from school and you have no idea what to do with them? Well, because March is National Crafting Month, the obvious answer is to just make some stuff.  Bingeing Netflix is so 2019, and in the age of self-quarantine, the odds are

Meet the Maker is a new series of features highlighting some of the most amazing makers across the North Shore! We will be featuring a handful of new makers every Monday to hopefully help mitigate the added financial strain that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the creative community. Follow along on Instagram and Facebook as well! Meet Marte Media

by Joey Phoenix Kurt Ankeny is a graphic novelist, cartoonist, and the author of In Pieces: Someplace Which I Call Home, and Pleading with Stars. In Pieces was featured in PEN America’s Illustrated PEN, and the Best American Comics of 2017. He has also worked on countless other projects including a current collaboration called November with Matt Fraction and Elsa