June 17, 2025

An act of defiance

In a world where technology companies are here to ‘generate content’ on behalf of a human so that we perceive life to be more convenient and they make more money, making something yourself, from scratch, is an act of defiance.

Humans do more than ‘generate content’… we compose music, we invent new ways to see the world, we write to build bridges of empathy and connection between us. If we begin to believe that all we do is ‘generate content’ as ‘content creators’, we’ve already lost.

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April 21, 2026

Keeping warm

Why is it more difficult to make creative work when I’ve rested all day? Shouldn’t the energy I’ve saved through rest be fuel to maximise creative output?

April 14, 2026

Feeding off in-person energy

If something feeds the soul and something else drains it, why is it so difficult to prioiritise the thing that’s good for us?

April 7, 2026

Permission to be done

How do we know when something is done and what’s the value of calling something done even if we’re not happy with how it turned out?

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