- Whatever happened to the artist you were as a child and can you find them again.
- Unlearning what society probably taught you about talent.
- Observation and awareness of the universe as a creative life skill.
- Finding your medium of focus through words, images, and pretty much everything in between
- The myth of the starving artist and other lies we seem to tell ourselves.
- How creative practices make you better at your job, a better employee and a better colleague to others.
- Burnout, boredom, and the hunger for meaning in the work you do.
- Building a practical creative practice around a busy life.
- When your passion becomes your profession.
- How culture, opinion and truth shape the stories we tell and the art we make.
- The weight of representation and creating when your identity seems political.
- Finding your tribe and building a community for collaboration, and to beat creative loneliness.
- Social media, comparison with others, and the commodification of creativity.
- Reclaiming tradition and making your own, randomness and ritual at the heart of creativity.
- The creative explosion of your youth and why it so often fades and hides.
- Midlife and the urgent need to make & participate in something that matters.
- What late-bloomer artists might teach us about persistence.
- Creativity in retirement and learning from health, memory, and letting go.
- The concept of decay, error and wabi-sabi leading to the beauty of an imperfect life.
- Creativity and the philosophy of being of a creative person in your heart and soul.
- Vulnerability in the universe and the creative act everywhere you are.
- How creativity builds bridges across difference and indifference.
- Fitting in, standing out, standing up and the tension in the heart of every artist.
- Leaving something behind and why legacy matters.
- Doing the work of creativity and why consistency beats inspiration.
- Iteration and the simple practices of routine that can have with profound compounding effects.
- Silence, solitude, and finding the conditions that let your creative self breathe.
- Embracing failure, imperfection, and the happy accidents of trying something new.
- Flow, presence, motivation and those moments when everything else falls away.
- This site is about the dirty side of creativity, the getting down on the ground and exploring through hobbies and habits.