Category: Making

What can I learn from how brewers help or hinder the flavour profile of rice when they’re making sake?

If I’ve only noticed the sunrise a handful of times out of tens of thousands of daily opportunities. What else have I missed?

If you feel like dancing, you probably wouldn’t book last minute tickets to a Chopin concert. So what’s bad music? And can bad books exist?

Is there value in being consistent & predictable? Is there value in the opposite?

What if we chose to build our own neural networks instead of the networks of enormous and extractive software companies?

Could thinking of ourselves as a characters in an unwritten movie help us process good and bad surprises and make the movie more interesting?

How do I organise, prioritise and complete the life shrapnel that gets in the way of making more significant work? Can an empty square help?

Why bother making a weird idea that’s really difficult to make if it won’t make you money, find an audience?

What constraints do I need to have in place so that I can do my best creative work and produce images I’m proud of?

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?