Ethan Hawke on Creativity: Play the fool

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 […]

Take a leap of faith with your creativity

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 […]

Space Matters – Surround Yourself With Creativity

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 […]

Does anyone know what creativity is?

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 […]

Investing your time to develop your creativity

I’m sure you’ve heard of Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers. You’ve almost certainly heard his well known theory from the book, where he posits that it takes 10,000 hours of intensive practice to achieve mastery of an art or skill. He arrives at this nice round number by citing a piece of research about a violin […]