Substacks recommended by Sara Santa Clara

Recommended by Sara Santa Clara

A place where imagination wanders and where we follow the pencil line wherever it leads, in celebration of creativity, in reverence for nature, and in search of wonder.

The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick

Handwritten & illustrated newsletter about making art and telling stories.

The Literary Obsessive

By Eleanor Anstruther

A show case for my work, I stream fiction before it goes to print, publish essays & interviews, and champion indie lit fiction by increasing visibility, challenging stigma, and proving quality.

Unfixed

By Kimberly Warner

When broken is the fix.

Holly Starley's Rolling Desk

My living room is the world. Pull up a chair.

Making Things Up with Jane Pike

By Jane

An Illustrated newsletter on making art that fits your life, blending creative practice and nervous system awareness to build a creative rhythm that lasts.

Catch & Release

By Ben Wakeman

A free-ranging collection of creative work in the form of speculative short fiction and novels, songs, essays, and multimedia made with the intention of connecting and inspiring.

The Pottery Dailies

By Alford Wayman

Discover the art of pottery with ‘Pottery Daily Journal’ by Alford Wayman at Creek Road Pottery LLC. Immerse yourself in daily entries filled with insights into pottery, personal reflections, and unique stories.

Wanderlife

By Jessica Becker

Non-fiction essays on literature, art, food, and travel to liberate the spirit and light up the brain, for all wanderers and lovers of life.

Death & Birds

By Chloe Hope

They're both coming for you! (Just kidding, birds aren't coming for you)

The Ariadne Archive

By Freya Rohn

Finding the threads that lead out of the labyrinth.

Falling into Place - liminal landscapes in Brittany

By Wendy Mewes

Wendy Mewes writes about liminal landscapes, paths into the past, spirit of place and solitude. In Brittany.

Art Pilgrim

By Tamsin Haggis

Art school, travel, a degree in Indian art and philosophy, a spell in academia as a researcher critiquing the shit out of educational research using complexity theory...none of it answered my questions about how and why to make art.

La Bonne Vie

By Rachel Shenk

If you are looking for goodness, appreciate the small things and are looking to slow down your life, follow along for glimpses of the good life.

A Life (Extra) Ordinary

By Monique Mulligan

In a world that celebrates busy, let’s pause ... 🌸

Microseasons

By Ann Collins

A Field Guide to Savoring 72 Seasons of the Year

Field Guide to the Anthropocene

By Jason Anthony

A weekly essay/newsletter on the transformed Earth - as it is, as it was, and as it might be - that promises thoughtful, well-researched writing and a dose of pessimistic optimism.

Homecoming

By Julie Gabrielli

NatureStack journal, Building Hope essays, climate fiction, and my singing dog.

Alchemical wonderings with Jan Elisabeth

A nurturing space to tend to your story and the story of the earth that holds us. What story do you want to write? What story do you want to be? How do we craft small lives well and keep hope in a challenging world?

Art As Home

By Lisa

I create art about human experience of natural phenomena and I am especially interested in the symbols we create around those experiences. I am process-driven and in my practice explore different media, subjects and types of art.

Lisa's posts are a treasure trove of inspiration and resources. Recommend if you find yourself in a rut and are looking for inspiration or simply want to follow along Lisa's art journey.

- Sara Santa Clara

The Saint Lucia Potter

By Amanda

Welcome to the world of Pottery… and Saint Lucia All Potterynerds very welcome 😁

Bone Folder Press

By Bone folder press

Musings on an ever changing creative practice and what it looks like to keep practicing

Jonathan Foster's The Crow

Beautiful writing that explores the human condition from the intimate and personal to the sublimely universal.

Elvers by Moonlight

By David Knowles

A journal of everyday auguries and under-reported miracles

The Chaotic Creative

By Laura Timmis

I’m an artist tracing the fingerprints of history through clay. This Substack documents my journey in rediscovering ancient pottery techniques and how these timeless crafts bridge us to our ancestors. Join me as I sculpt, fire, and ponder!

Fog Chaser

I write a new instrumental song every month and send it to you before anywhere else—join 7,900+ people turning to this music for focus, healing, and calm.

The Post House Chronicles

By Vanessa Simpson

The Post House Chronicles - a regular roundup of life in the studio and garden, or indeed elsewhere if I'm lucky enough to be away.

Vanessa's weekly updates are a joy to read. I love keeping up with her pottery explorations and her gardening adventures!

- Sara Santa Clara

Nature Moments

By SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments

nature photography + nature stories to inspire you to be curious, be amazed, and then do it again!

Clay on my mind

Recommended by Sara Santa Clara