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...
“D- This blog is not up to standard. Must try harder” – Investigating our Inner Critic
"I don’t know why you’re bothering to write this blog Steven. You might get one or two positive...
Busking Book Launch: Absolutely terrible or a little awkward?
Whilst I find it much easier nowadays to come up with creative ideas I feel I've still a lot of...
Bob Bromley’s Big Problem – A blog on innovation inspired by Dr Seuss
Bob Bromley was an important man, he wore an important tie He worked in important offices that...
The Giraffe Project
On 3rd September 2012, as I walked from the south to the north side of the Thames via Hungerford...
Resetting ‘normal’: celebrating the power of inexpertise
In 1970 a group of students at the Portsmouth School of Art formed The Portsmouth Sinfonia. Led...
Seeking or settling? The shadow of self improvement.
Fritz Perls, one of the founders of gestalt psychology once said something like "Those that lives...
Stale logic. Fresh intuition.
The moment bread is taken out of the oven it starts to lose its freshness. It begins the process...
Throwing talent into the void. The improvised Concept album
As the audience hush in anticipation I realise that I am witnessing something very special....
Bad drawings, telegraph poles and paradoxical learning
In his beautiful book, "The Five Invitations" Frank Ostaseki tells the story of a workshop he was...
Risk and perspective
I no longer make new years resolutions as I've nearly always got a new idea that challenges and...
When brains study brains
Surrealist comedian Emo Philips once said “ I used to think the brain was the smartest organ in...
The no one between two someones
"So, what do you do?" A question that stimulates a rich mix of emotions in me, none of them...
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Blog
In 1969 the late Don van Vliet, otherwise known as Captain Beefheart, set out to create an album...
If you can’t fix it, feature it
Ned Crowley had a problem. Having taken a sabbatical from the world of advertising to make his...
#FREEART – An experiment in passionate non-attachment
I first came across the concept of "Free Art" in 2011 when my friend Gary Hirsch started giving...
Tools versus Practices – lessons from DIY
I recently organised my DIY tools at home. For far too long they had been stuffed in a cupboard...