Be Yourself, Actually
I was listening to an Adam Buxton podcast — Emma Diddy, as it happened — and she used a phrase that was slightly coarse and completely right. Something you’d only say to…
Mind, Body & Soul
The reflective side of the creative life.
Attention, habit, movement, and why making art is good for you — the part of the practice that has nothing to do with paint and everything to do with how we live.
The Mind, Body & Soul shelf
The books behind the morning routine — nutrition, sleep and the neurodiverse creative mind. An honest line on each, and a link to an independent bookshop. Never Amazon. (Personal routine, not medical advice — sense-check anything before acting on it.)
Essays
On seeing properly, moving before you make, and owning more than you think.
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You Own More Than You Think
The drone was in its box for fourteen months.
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Your Brain Is Wired to Miss the Good Stuff. Art Is the Fix.
Your brain is a survival machine. It's been filtering out beauty since the Stone Age.
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Why Your Body Has to Move Before Your Creativity Can
The mind/body/soul connection isn't a wellness cliché — it's a creative operating system.
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You Don't Have Creative Block. You Have Creative Clog.
Everyone talks about creative block.
