Reading an article called “Everyone’s Model Of Work Is A Job“, about how most of us are programmed to believe that we go through school, college, university then into some form of 9 to 5 employment as a matter of course and without question, got me thinking. For most people, [...] Read more »
The Secret Hidden Powers Of Encouragement
We all like to hear words of encouragement, someone telling us we’ve done a good job, or they like something we created, or that they believe in us and that we can do what we’re setting out to do. But encouragement is even more powerful that we at first think. [...] Read more »
The Meaning Of Meaning
This idea of “meaning” and a meaningful life has been cropping up a lot lately in what I’ve been reading and pondering. “Create a life of meaning” cry the hundreds of self help manuals, articles and sites. What does “meaning” mean, really? My personal view is it’s those activities you [...] Read more »
Boundaries? Routines? Discipline? But I’m an Artist!
I fall in love really easily with the promise of new things. Take a new journal for example. Before you even open it, the potential it has is delicious. You could write ANYTHING in those pages, and more specifically you could unfold the most wonderful words you’ve ever written. All [...] Read more »
The Flow of Ideas Vs The Fear Of Running Dry
At the centre of all creating is the idea. Without an idea, there’s no starting point, nothing to build upon. So, it’s a given that all artists need a steady flow of new ideas to be able to continue creating. However, one of the biggest blocks to building and maintaining [...] Read more »
Ticking Over Or Trailblazing? How Creative Are You?
In a recent interview, Michael Bungay Stanier, founder of boxofcrayons, spoke about doing great work, as opposed to just doing good work, or doing poor work. He’s written a whole book, but to sum up his theory as I understand it, great work is the work that calls you, fires [...] Read more »
The Comfort, The Promise and The Hope Of “Things”
I’ve been thinking a lot about things in the last few weeks. Not just “things” in the most general use of the word, but actual physical things. You know, objects, stuff. I have long had a dichotomy within me that means that although I have certain hoarding and collecting traits [...] Read more »