I am doing Meredith Lewis creative challenge and today’s creative prompt is “Who’s Future Am I Living?” I don’t know where I am. I look around me and I see a room. There is so much light. I look around and see a chair, a cat quietly dozing on a lounge. Books, lots of books. […]
Creative Challenge – Day 5
I am doing Meredith Lewis (@dangerousmere) daily advent creative challenge and for today it’s “Write as if these are the last days.” How would you write as if the history of your civilisation – or even your species – was coming to an end? I have said all my goodbyes to friends and families. They were […]
Day 4 – Creative Challenge
I’m doing Meredith Lewis (@dangerousmere) Advent Calendar of Creative Prompts this month and today’s creative prompt is to write about something from my wardrobe that will give me a superpower. What would I like to turn into? Who would I be? Where would I go? For those who may know me, I like to dress […]
Day 3 – Creative Challenge
I’m doing Meredith Lewis December Advent Creative Calendar challenge. Today’s creative prompt is: “Well, I would put a question to you. What’s the difference between you and your great-great-great-grandfather? What makes you different? I think the answer is this: what you take for granted.” – David Mitchell in Light the dark: Writers on creativity, inspiration, and the artistic […]
Creative Prompts – Day 2
I am doing Meredith Lewis (@dangerousmere) daily creative prompts as part of her Advent Calendar for Creativity. Today’s creative prompt is to imagine a story when presented with a picture as part of the Lazy Assumption Game. The first story is to make up something of the first impressions you got with this photo; and […]
When Subscriber Numbers Get Scary
One of the things I’m doing of late is getting ready slowly to remove myself completely from social media (namely Twitter and LinkedIn). At this stage, I’m unsure how it’s going to happen but what I do know is that I think I’ve pretty much reached my limit when it comes to learning how to […]
What Did You Miss in May?
Blog Posts Alone in My Car (on Digital Minimalism) Time to Get Serious About the Next Phase (of My Life) Loving the Crafty Side of My Network (on preferring to read about the lifelong learning pursuits of my personal network rather than anything to do with their actual work because it’s what they do outside […]
Bring the Outside In with Creative Flair
Ah, Angel and Dick Strawbridge, what HAVE you done to me? via GIPHY You see the thing is that, I’ve been recently OBSESSED by this show called Chateau in The Country where British couple Dick and Angel Strawbridge buy a dilapidated chateau and then over the years, renovate it. I wrote it in my recent […]
Loving the Crafty Side to My Network
I’ve been watching a show on Foxtel called Chateau in the Country, where two English people, Angel and Dick buy a dilapidated chateau in France and over the years, renovate it. Dick is an engineer, a big bear of a man who has the knack and know-how to repair, fix and create things from junk […]
The Artist’s Way
Have you heard of “The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity” by Julia Cameron? The book was published many years ago in 1991 and was written for people who may have experienced a block in their creativity. It’s a 12-week program that enables the reader to rediscover their creativity and curiosity through reflection […]