About Me

Hello and welcome, readers! I'm Jordan Alam and I write The Cowation, my blog on personal creativity and identity. My blog is out there for anyone who wants to inject a little more creativity into their life and get some inspiration and instruction on how to do that. I do all manner of different things from writing to knitting to zine-making and paper crafts to exploring the universe - whether that's online or off. I have a bunch of hobbies and interests that I love sharing, and this blog is where I really let loose with all of it. I started this blog as a young teenager in 2007, and my creative ventures have grown and evolved over that time. I am also here to present my identities and opinions as a Muslim woman of color, an artist, and a lifelong student. I hope that you'll join me not only in watching my creative evolution, but take away some inspiration for your own creative and learning pursuits. To get you started, there are some links below to some of my favorite posts.
If you want to get in touch with me you can email me at jordanalam@gmail.com, follow me on Twitter @thecowation, or just comment right here on the blog! Have a great time exploring.

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Writing:
Prose:
The Observer: a serial science fiction story.
Image of New York: metaphor.

Poetry:
an ode to food in a fancy restaurant.
Here It Goes and Out of Work Slam Poet: graduation slam
Talk: about A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Zines/Paper Craft:
The Bearniverse:now with more bears.
RBW Creative Project Zine: my final project for Reading Barnard Writing.
DIY Interlude: Collage Process: click through week-by-week making of a collage.



 Drawing:
Breaking New Work: Draw-a-thon Recap:
I share the fruits of my 5 hour drawing session.
Project x Project: Great Success!:
I share my final project for Basic Drawing.


Photography:
Photographic Adventures: The Week of Heathy: a week of my friend Heathy and I taking photographs.
Speak: In Pictures: pictures of a play that I directed.
Picture Dictionary: my attempt to visualize random words through images.

Ain't I A Woman? Recap: a Refuse the Silence event.
SakuraCon 2010 and SakuraCon 2009: photographs.


Creative Every Day (CED) Roundup: a roundup of the creative project I complete each day.
Breaking New Work: a series that morphed into CED, but showed my finished products.
Project x Project: posts about my projects and their progress over time.
DIY Interlude: posts about my artistic process and tutorials/recipes for creating work.
Mid-Week Observations: posts where I muse on life - now I just muse every day, which makes for less labeling!
Caught My Eye: a collection of media I love.
Movie Reviews: posts in which my college roommate and I scrutinize film.
Musical Interlude: my favorite music to groove to (continued on my Tumblr!).


Want to see more of my material? Check out my Other Blogs and Artwork page.

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