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May 2010, Alnmouth beach, UK The emptied cover of a book has been brought in on the tide and left on the beach. This is all that is left after the ocean has digested it, page by page. As I look at this, I realise that there is really only one right way to read [...]
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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 [...]
Filed under: Art, Blogging, Creative Entrepreneur, Inspiration, Miscellanea, Writing | Tagged: Advice, Arts, Business, Community, Creative Writing, Creativity, Freelancing, Writing | 11 Comments »
I tend to get the blues every October. It sneaks up on me. I’m half way through the month and wondering why my energy levels are shot and I’m going round in circles feeling quite miserable and unmotivated. Then I remember: it’s just October. Usually I’ve pulled things around come November. However, this year I [...]
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Accept that you will make mistakes as everyone does. If mistakes are so inevitable would it not be better to incorporate them into your creative process and use them as opportunities to be exploited rather than set-backs or even fatal flaws in the project. The ever wise Dorye Roettger famously said, “There are no problems [...]
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