Here’s the thing: you are capable of so much more than you realise. Yes. Even you. Chances are you aren’t even scratching the surface of your potential. Now I’m not saying this to make you feel bad – quite the opposite – I’m saying this to get you excited! I want you to bubble with […]
Ethan Hawke, Creative Sustainability, and Taking the Long View
You know that old yarn about how ‘life is a marathon not a sprint?’ The same holds true for sustainable creative careers. Days, weeks, months and even a year are tiny markers. You might have good weeks and bad weeks. You might have a year where you do nothing creative. This doesn’t really matter. It’s […]
A Creative Career -vs- A Creative Life
One of the concepts that I want to explore on this blog is how to be creative for your entire life. What I am calling “creative sustainability.” So much of our creative training, whether art school, drama school, music school etc (and since I went to all three, I think I have an idea of […]
Create or don’t create. There’s always a choice.
As creative people, we are always faced with a choice: create or don’t create. It’s always one or the other. The more we choose create, the further we advance in our careers. Today the sun is shining. I’d like to bunk it in and go get a Frappucino. Frappucino or work? After years, I’ve learned […]
Sustainability: How taking time off can HELP your creative practice
One really hard lesson that I am trying to learn (rather unsuccessfully) is about sustainability and pacing. You see part of sustainable creativity is how do you pace yourself to avoid burnout. Sustainability and habits (especially bad ones) I have got into really bad habits of working seven days per week. This means that I don’t […]
Sustainable Creativity
I’ve spent the last year studying for an MA in Creative Entrepreneurship through the University of East Anglia. This has been a great opportunity to step outside of my regular realm and delve into the business side of my creative pursuits. I have learned an enormous amount, which I hope to both incorporate into my […]