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Most recent letters

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The Work Is Done

My litmus test for knowing when a project is finished.


March 2025 • 3 minute read

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Now Is The Time Of Choices

Our choices mean something now.


February 2025 • 3 minute read

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Fog

I feel stuck between two worlds. Thoughts on how to be comfortable when you’re lost.


January 2025 • 3 minute read

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The Factory of Broken Dreams

What happens when you can’t achieve your dreams?


December 2024 • 4 minute read

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Unique and Brilliant and Deeply Flawed

What art does the world need to see right now?


November 2024 • 2 minute read

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The Art Of Surrender

The secret to great creative collaborations.


October 2024 • 4 minute read

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Love and Gratitude

Advice for staying motivated through long projects.


September 2024 • 4 minute read

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The Case for Optimism

This is a hard time to be an artist. Here’s why I keep going.


August 2024 • 7 minute read

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Napier's Law

What a Tudor mathematician taught me about visual storytelling


July 2024 • 2 minute read

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Strawberry Fields

The myth of the creative sabbatical.


June 2024 • 3 minute read

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Work Flow

Three principles for optimised creativity (Updated!)


May 2024 • 7 minute read

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Write What You Know

How to find your original voice in this noisy world.


April 2024 • 4 minute read

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Page One

Thoughts on managing multi-year creative projects.


March 2024 • 4 minute read

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Daily Rituals

This creative routine works for me, it might work for you.


February 2024 • 7 minute read

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The Long Game Manifesto

Reflecting on a decade of playing the long game


January 2024 • 5 minute read

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