Where to Find the Good Stuff?
This post is partly inspired by a recent Subway Take that I watched where the guest said that his take…
Category: Creativity and happiness
Expressing Yourself as You Get Older
How do you express yourself as you get older? When you are in your forties, you are beginning to look…
IN PRAISE OF CREATIVE PEOPLE
One of the things I like now most in my life, as a forty-something man, is having creative friends. It…
As a creative person, how do you know you are doing good work?
This week I watched a good training video about how to direct actors in an audio story. But at the…
You Wouldn’t Give Your Car Away for Free
A few years ago, it was common to hear people say, in regards to claims that musicians were no longer…
Hiding out in your art
Photo of Baby Turtle by FotoDawg / Wikimedia CC BY 2.0 The greatest risk for creative people is the temptation…
Unfinished Work
I find it incredibly hard to get things finished. It’s not that I lack discipline, but I am easily distracted.…
The turn of a friendly card (fate falls in my favour, maybe)
It’s been a long while since I’ve written a music post. When I started this blog many moons ago, it…
Craving excitement!
I am always waiting for something to happen. I notice this a lot as I get older; maybe my life…
Don’t rest on your laurels: Secrets of a creative life
Having a talent is one thing; but that’s never enough to succeed in the long term at something. You have…