CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PRACTICE
I am starting a new series of short videos entitled Conversations about Practice. It will feature artists/writers invited to discuss a specific aspect or detail of their practice that is changing their approach to their work. It focuses on the transformative value of such insights and discoveries. An important aspect of my work and explorations as a coach and art practice mentor.
Dec’24. First one up is a conversation with poet and performer Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani on rediscovering the Arabic writing alphabet and its impact on her work.
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The travel guide: short inspiring tours of my writing spaces.
Writing spaces are important. Often an extension of the laptop or notepad. Wherever I go I write. Check in below as I take you on various short trips to my writing spaces.
Small detailed tasks keep procrastination at bay
As a rule, I would say that if something (a project, a work, an idea, a word) is too big or too much initially…
Thoughts on Procrastination...
Procrastination can be so debilitating. How can we trick procrastination? How can we use it in order to understand how it works and get out of it. For instance, what is the connection between procrastination and a type of metal?
How Do You Know That You Know? (Go With Your Gut)
Go with your gut? This is when you know that you know even if you don’t know that you do. It’s a knowing at the level o your second brain, your guy brain, your intuition. You can train yourself up to recognize it, and I want to look at this as a way of working…
Confidence: What's in a Word?
It’s easy to feel your confidence — both in your creative work and in yourself — knocked back by circumstances. I look at what's in the word itself, breaking it down to build yourself back up. Sometimes the simplest of actions can be so very powerful, such as daring oneself to make a cup of coffee as the poet Mahmoud Darwish would do…
How to Structure a Project in 4 points & 1 asterisk
There are so many ways of working and of developing a project. In many ways each project demands its own approach. But there are certain routines that help.
In this micro-talk I suggest one way of creating a semblance of order that has made sense to me, especially when my time is limited, and especially the asterisk section!
At Solstice — Poem for the End of Year
At Solstice - Poem for the End of Year (4´38) is a short piece written and recorded to send off today, during the solstice transit that stretches from 21-22 December. A time to pause, play and start to take stock...hope you'll enjoy.
Now is a Good Time for Screaming
Now is a good time for screaming for energy release
Transform your rage, sense of helplessness into useable power
Because to be alive at a time like this is not meant to be lived quietly or separately
Now is a time for releasing a whole new kickass way to live and to serve
Now is a perfect time for screaming