Unconditional Imaginings
“The value of your imagination can go up as well as down.” An analogy based on the small...
Provocative absence and the power of minus
I recently released the final episode of Sound of Silence – the world’s first silent podcast...
This blog is just for nice
This blog is f’nice. There’s no real objective to it nor anything in particular I want anyone to...
Yugen and the art of the intangible takeaway
Amercian Artist Edward Ruscha* suggests that there is a simple way to distinguish between good art...
Sixty Shades of Silence
Silence is an absence of vibration, detected by an ear. If there is no ear, there is no silence....
The man who loved dragons. When rhetoric meets reality.
Once upon a time there was a man who loved dragons. He had pictures of dragons on every wall of...
Dancing with my inner critic
I've felt an imposter for as long as I can remember but it took me until my 40s to feel brave...
So you want more creativity in the workplace? Are you serious?
As human beings interact with each other they participate in a process of civilising. An ongoing...
Sixty Shades of Silence
Silence is an absence of vibration, detected by an ear. If there is no ear, there is no silence....
Why do I write? (A love letter to my blog)
Why do I write? I write because arithmetic isn't my thing.I write because there is not enough room...
Taking boredom seriously
If I could go back in time, to Monday September 3rd 1984 and speak to 12 year old me on my way to...
Finding flow in dissonance
My experience of flow is that of a state where everything finds synchronicity. A symbiotic...
Brut Creativ! The importance of bearing weirdness
Outsider Art has always fascinated me. Drawings, paintings, sculptures (etc) made by people with...
The Originality Trap
This blog is not totally original. Nor are any of the blogs I have written since Can Scorpions...
Repeat addiction and the potency of doing something only once.
There is something bitter-sweet about doing something for the first time. The sweetness comes from...
Emptiness and form. To structure or not to structure.
When it comes to designing experiments, workshops and other social interventions, structure isn't...
Vitamin P deficiency
Every year it seems to happen. I go through autumn and winter telling myself that I love all of...
Flat-pack development. The tyranny of lists.
Lists are compelling. Especially those associated with our own personal development. ...
The smell of analogue – Dialling back digital
This blog was written on an old typewriter. It was a lovely experience but, if for any...
What is inexpressible is inexhaustible
In the film adaptation of Dr Seuss's Horton Hears a Who!, a doubting kangaroo called Jane teaches...
