My biggest procrastination habit is surfing mindlessly online. It’s good to read other people’s work for inspiration. But when you’re scanning and skimming aimlessly without absorbing the words, you’re not respecting the creator of that work, or valuing your own time. It’s time to notice, then change, the pattern of [...] Read more »
Letting Go Of The Need For Everyone Else To Understand Why You Create
How much of your time and energy do you spend trying to justify to other people the time you spend on your creative projects? Family, friends, colleagues. Pets. The postman. Those people you went to school with decades ago and have absolutely nothing in common with now, but still for [...] Read more »
Why We’re Running Away From Creating Our Most Important Work
When you hear the phrase “doing the work”, or “your important work”, or indeed just “work”, what thoughts and images come to mind? Are you filled with enthusiasm, eagerness and pride at the thought of creating the projects and the art that matters to you most? Or are those phrases [...] Read more »
Finding The River, Becoming The Flow
Just under five years ago, my father died, after a very long and difficult illness. For over fifteen years his body had been gradually giving up organ by organ, until the final surgery was one battle too many for him to survive. He told us, before going in that last [...] Read more »
Past Creative Glories And The Anchors Of Your Yesterself
A while back we talked about creating space in your life to allow new ideas, projects and experiences to enter. The analogy was, if your harbour is full of decaying and half sunken vessels, there’s no clear water for new ships to sail into, ships from exotic lands potentially full of [...] Read more »
From Theorist To Artist: Why You Need A Lot Less “How To” And More “Just Do”
How many more articles do you think you need to read about various types of creative block before you’re ready to actually get down to creating? Maybe, another 10 on procrastination, a handful on perfectionism, a couple on finding more time, and one each on getting focused and finding your [...] Read more »
Embracing The Unstillness
In yoga and meditation, calm comes not from forcing body and mind to become completely still. That would be impossible. The calm – and benefit – comes from embracing the unstillness, and continuing to show up and practice anyway. Focus on the tiny irritations, twitches and itches, and they’ll grow. [...] Read more »