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151 / Now Is The Time Of Choices

Our choices mean something now.


February 2025 • 3 minute read

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150 / 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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149 / The Factory of Broken Dreams

What happens when you can’t achieve your dreams?


December 2024 • 4 minute read

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148 / 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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147 / The Art Of Surrender

The secret to great creative collaborations.


October 2024 • 4 minute read

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146 / Love and Gratitude

Advice for staying motivated through long projects.


September 2024 • 4 minute read

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145 / 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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144 / Napier's Law

What a Tudor mathematician taught me about visual storytelling


July 2024 • 2 minute read

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143 / Strawberry Fields

The myth of the creative sabbatical.


June 2024 • 3 minute read

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142 / Work Flow

Three principles for optimised creativity (Updated!)


May 2024 • 7 minute read

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141 / Write What You Know

How to find your original voice in this noisy world.


April 2024 • 4 minute read

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140 / Page One

Thoughts on managing multi-year creative projects.


March 2024 • 4 minute read

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139 / Daily Rituals

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


February 2024 • 7 minute read

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138 / The Long Game Manifesto

Reflecting on a decade of playing the long game


January 2024 • 5 minute read

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137 / Magic Is A Choice

And you don’t have to justify it to anyone!


December 2023 • 2 minute read

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