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Some Honest Talk About Freelancing
I used to love enquires from print editors, but a recent experience made me wonder about the future of...
I used to love enquires from print editors, but a recent experience made me wonder about the future of...
Last week I added “exhibited calligrapher” to my list of achievements. My art school held a major exhibition at...
A common part of creative freelancing life is the hustle and side projects. Well, it's no longer part...
This week I deleted the Twitter app from my phone, along with 122 others, in what is an ongoing...
We almost take the ability to concentrate for granted, as if it was a gift bestowed upon us when...
We live in a golden age for creativity and learning. But there are so many ideas, so much advice,...
We might wish we had access to other locations and opportunities to express our creativity. But, maybe we already...
I’m obsessed with getting more sleep. Partly it’s a result of being more health conscious after last year’s concerns....
When I get asked questions like the one I answered yesterday, “why are you doing Japanese calligraphy” it’s usually...
For the past few months, I’ve been practising Japanese Calligraphy, or Shodō 書道. I take a three hour lesson...
I realise that some of you live in places that are really cold, and compared to what you might...
It was a lot of fun being a film critic, running a film review podcast and website, but the...
Yesterday was a modest day. After the last couple of weeks, which were full of interruptions, plans gone awry...
Before my summer holidays I took two personality tests. Here's why I did it and what I learnt from...
We are in the midst of Golden Week here in Japan. This is a series of 4 holidays which...
A year ago today I launched my book. I’ve already written plenty of reflections on the process of writing...