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Sometimes writing in my journal feels too much like work, so I turn to my storyboard Moleskine and doodle instead – it’s never difficult to fill a simple little rectangle with something that comes to mind. I never try to read too much into what comes out on the page and you shouldn’t either. I [...]
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I have in front of me a remarkable and unique work of art created in 1994 and given to my sister and I as a Christmas present at the end of that year. Nowadays, this would be called an “Art Book” but this was created before the days when such projects were fashionable. I’m referring [...]
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Reflecting on the last year of creativity after having quit my full time job in order to pursue some creative stuff that had become too lively to be confined to evenings and weekends, I have learned a few lessons: 1. It Takes Longer Than You Think Firstly, until I tried to give myself over to [...]
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I have kept journals since I was about 15 years old and they have always provided a rich fermentation of ideas that has fueled various creative projects over the years. Earlier this year I found things getting a bit stale (as they do periodically) and I switched to producing a “doodle a day” instead of [...]
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This afternoon I got a postcard … from myself. About seven weeks ago, I was embarking on the four days of heady alternative reality that was Greenbelt 2011. The good folk of the Feig community based at Gloucester Cathedral held a Communion service in the midst of a lavish feast for what looked like about [...]
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