Beautifully illustrated with powerful messages for makers that resonate. Highly recommend.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Insightful and engaging. A recommended purchase for collections where art and writing craft titles are popular.

Thank you Netgalley for providing this ARC.
On the surface,this book appears to be a tons of 'doodles,' but upon closer inspection, it is elaborate and detailed.This book has a lot of information. I have really enjoyed reading it. I think that it is a great way to look into our emotions.

Feel Something, Make Something: A Guide to Collaborating with Your Emotions is a gentle and inspiring book that explores the connection between emotions and creativity. The author's heartfelt approach encourages readers to explore emotions as a source of artistic inspiration. This book skillfully blends personal anecdotes, practical exercises, and insightful guidance, providing a roadmap for one mode of creative exploration.

Feel Something, Make Something is a thoughtful and insightful guide to understanding, owning, and navigating through the complex landscape of human emotions. This book offers valuable tools and strategies for readers to develop a healthier relationship with their emotions.

The book begins with a compelling exploration of the importance of emotional awareness, setting the stage for readers to understand why it's crucial to acknowledge and engage with their feelings. It emphasizes that emotions are not to be suppressed or ignored but rather embraced and used as valuable guides in life.

A delightfully creative, personal, and vulnerable guide to channelling feelings into creation. This book isn't about the outcome of creativity – your art absolutely doesn't have to be great, or even good, or for anyone's eyes other than your own. But it is about self-knowledge, discovery, ritual, conversation, and release. As Caitlin Metz realises, this can be incredibly transformative. Thank you to the publisher for the ARC.

This book is unlike anything i've ever seen/read before.
On the face of it, it looks like a ton of 'doodles' - but when you do a more detailed look it's so intricate and detailed.
There is so much to this book! Its a great one to dip in and out of.
Its also a good 'pick-me-up' when you're feeling a bit low, or need some inspiration!

Feel Something, Make Something : A Guide to Collaborating with Your Emotions is a superbly creative and inspiring guidebook to expressing your emotions and feelings through art. I loved this book because it is full of new and unexpected ideas, and great things to try. It is illustrated throughout with quirky drawings and doodles and will have you reaching for your art materials. As well as all the art I loved reading about the authors' ideas for self expression and found it unique and very quirky. Definitely a book I would like to own in hard copy. BRILLIANT !

Feel something, Make something: A Guide to Collaborating with Emotions by Caitlin Metz

First of all, this book is visually intriguing. I asked to do a review and so glad I did. The book is the right blend of quirky, show but not lead too much. The supply list, how to’s and activities are not overwhelming or intimidating which is important when working with emotions, right? Nothing looks too time consuming or doesn’t look like it can’t be broken into steps for the time you have, when you have it. I will definitely be looking into getting a print copy of this title and other works by this author/ artist.

This will be a good book for people who enjoy creative ways of doing soul work. I would have preferred more exercises and less talk, but it’s very subjective.

I love Caitlin’s work so I was so excited to read this book. I enjoyed reading this book and loved seeing more of Caitlin’s art. I liked the prompts, but wish there was more.

I had to go and buy the hard copy of this book. It’s a perfect book to help you understand your feelings and the act of making. A must have for all creators including writers, artists and teachers.

Feel Something, Make Something by Caitlin Metz

This book was a fantastic surprise! I was expecting some creative ideas for expressing feelings, something I desperately need. And it is that. But there is so much more here. The unexpected first section explains ways to access what you're feeling before you start trying to express it, and it is so helpful.

The second (longer) section of the book addresses how to collaborate, as the title says, with the emotions. It is filled with practical tools and applications for those of us without a natural creative inclination. And finally she offers some tutorials for some of her favorite ways of creating.

I received an e-version of this book to review, but I will absolutely be buying a hard copy when it releases.

Thank you to #NetGalley and Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Press for a free copy of #FeelSomethingMakeSomething by Caitlin Metz.

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[NetGalley URL] I have really enjoyed this book. I think that it is a great way to look into our emotions, and I think that it is a good book to share with othera.

"Feel Something, Make Something" is the perfect read for anyone looking to explore their feelings through art. Metz illustrates the book and provides so many examples to supplement her writing. The book was easy to read and engaging and offers a lo of ideas to the reader on how they can take their feelings and transform it into art. I liked the additional resources she included throughout the book as well. I highly recommend this read.



Thank you to NetGalley and Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Press for this E-ARC of "Feel Something, Make Something".

“I’ve yet to encounter a feeling that can’t be softened by making something” writes Caitlin Metz. This book features illustrations by the author that show how when we pay attention to our feelings and pause so we can notice them, we can experience the “alchemy of transmuting emotion into artifact” with the art we create.
Throughout the book, Metz explains five distinct functions for self-preservation within art-making: ritual, documentation, conversation, expression, and disruption. This is a wonderful inspirational book for any budding or seasoned artist to have.

Highly readable, "Feel Something, Make Something" is a manual for creative self-expression and reflection. Metz suggests that it is through creating something new that we can experience deep pleasure and the shifting of perspective. She provides tutorials on drawing, body mapping, mind mapping, self-portraiture, and creative writing. Recommended for those who want to explore making art or self-expression. Highly recommended.