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The great German filmmaker Wim Wenders is someone I have long admired as a creative thinker. I was lucky enough to study his work when I was in college and it deepened my love for his artistic eye and his thoughtful creative sensibility. All of his films have a keen eye for beautiful composition (no […]
Ethan Hawke is an actor I love, and his worldview and thoughts on creativity always impress me. It’s hard not to warm to him in this video with such a lovely conversational take on the role of creativity. His thoughts are simple and direct but there’s also a real fire and passion driving him. This is 9 […]
I’ve been thinking about creative patterns and behaviours a lot recently. So often we follow tried and trusted paths for our creative pursuits. It’s easier. It’s comfortable. It works. But sometimes it’s worth taking a chance. A risk. Doing something a bit new. A bit unexpected. Something that might even be a bit scary. And […]
My life has always been full of creativity. It was encouraged and celebrated in my home. Of course I didn’t realise it at first, because it felt completely normal to me. My father’s paintings and pastel drawings adorned our walls. My mother’s hand woven rugs and mats covered every conceivable corner. Creativity was all around […]
Hate writing, love rewriting.
I’m fairly sure we all instinctively know creativity when we see it. We can even recognise our own sparks of creativity and ingenuity when they happen. But why do we have such a hard time defining what creativity is? It’s a great question. Alas there isn’t a simple answer. The dictionary definition of creativity (and […]
Today’s inspirational quote on the chalkboard comes from the popular 19th Century American writer Julia McNair Wright. It seems like a fitting choice for where I currently find myself on my creative journey.
For me, a great creative way to stimulate ideas and spark new writing is this classic technique of cutting out different words and phrases from newspapers and magazines. Then arranging them and gluing them into fresh sentences on the page. For whatever reason, they always seem to get to the heart of things and tap […]
As the new year begins I find myself beginning a brand new chapter of my life. After 15 years working in Silicon Valley as a communicator and innovator at Google and Facebook/Meta, my time has come to an end due to the recent layoffs. I now find myself embarking on a brand new chapter in […]
