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Follow Your Bliss
The phrase follow your bliss has become a feelgood cliche. But its origins are surprising and perhaps make...
The phrase follow your bliss has become a feelgood cliche. But its origins are surprising and perhaps make...
Whatever your creative pursuit, having lots of tools at your disposal can be nice. But there’s a hidden cost...
Our patterns of work and leisure see us spend most – sometimes nearly all – of the day indoors....
We dream of being more successful. But there’s a rule no-one wants to talk about, which follows success and...
Calendar and diary apps are great. But, increasingly, I rely on paper as the best technology for planning my...
How important are the small details? Sometimes they matter. Sometimes they don’t. Knowing when they matter is the secret.
We accept – often grudgingly – that our work might need to be edited. But perhaps editing is more...
Over the past couple of years a significant minority of people I follow have taken a “cabin in the...
Is our success a product of luck or hard work? How spending a little too long on the...
Winter snow, an unusually cold week in Tokyo, is a chance to reflect on the nature of creative living.
Taking a look at my output in 2017, what's changed, what worked, what didn't and what 2018 might have...
Something small and personal from my Tokyo studio. Personal reflections on the last season of life with new...
How a visit to a famous designer’s studio got me thinking about the way artists and creatives end their...
We talk about taking photos, or shooting photos, but should we use this kind of language for the photographs...
In the third and final post in a series on creative health we take some time to consider what...
The Japan Writers Conference, held over two days, brought together a diverse collection of authors, editors, poets and publishers