I’d like to share this with you. It’s a true story about a way in which I hid myself a wee bit, for many years. Reflecting on it has got me wondering about the connection between being ourselves – our true selves – and the development of our creativity. I’m wondering if it will resonate [...]
The power to question is the basis of all human progress. Indira Ghandi If I could choose a super-power for every child and adult everywhere, it would be the ability and desire to question themselves and the world; never to assume, but to challenge the status quo, to say ‘hang on a minute’, to insist [...]
Sometimes what we’re looking for isn’t straight ahead, it’s just to the side, tantalisingly close, in our periphery vision.
I write what I don’t know. Robert Creeley I was struck by this quote from an interview with the poet, Robert Creeley. Think about it for a minute, even if you’ve read it before, please hold it, just for a few heartbeats. OK, I’m taking it completely out of context (you can read the whole [...]
To realize originality one has to have the courage to be an amateur. Marianne Moore Does that quote get you like it got me? Why, oh why did I never read that before, why did I never realise that it’s OK, in fact something to be proud of, to be learning, rather than to be [...]