Today I’m talking with artist, writer, photographer, storyteller, mother, and co-founder of Peg and Awl, Margaux Kent, whose life and work are rooted in curiosity, handmade practice, rhythms, and nature. Margaux shares how journaling has been a lifelong touchstone for her creativity, and how she and Walter built their business by following their own needs and curiosities rather than a traditional plan.
She talks about co-creating Peg and Awl with her husband, the pivots and seasons of their business, and the intentional shrinking that allowed them to return to a slower, truer way of living. She also reflects on raising sons who know creativity as a natural part of daily life, the freedom and connection found in homeschooling, and what it looks like to protect time for personal creativity in the midst of running a thriving business and raising a family.
This is a conversation about slowing down, being present, and building a life shaped by what feels honest and beautiful.
Episode Seventy-Five | The Handwritten Life: Journals, Poetry, and Paying Attention with Margaux Kent
0:00 Intro
0:30 Meet Margaux Kent
1:13 Childhood Journals to Lifelong Habits
3:55 Writing as Processing
9:39 The Beginning of Peg and Awl11:57 Living with Intention and Curiosity
13:25 Reevaluations in Life and Business
17:29 Homeschooling, Freedom, and Learning Through Living
19:31 Honoring your Creativity
25:23 Land, Nature, and Daily Rhythm
26:57 Personal Creative Play
28:50 How Peg and Awl Designs Products
31:30 Values and Touchstones in Business
37:44 Choosing Authenticity Over Trends
41:45 Music She’s Loving
43:29 Books, Films, and Beautiful Things
46:05 Supporting and Collecting Art
47:53 Moments of Creative Pride
49:59 How to Connect with Margaux
50:47 Outro
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