The Creative Instinct

Here’s a simple, harsh truth - if your art, writing, music (or whatever your own creative shtick is) doesn’t demand almost instant attention, it will be passed over by just about everyone.
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Have you ever wondered if all the stories sent in to short story competitions get read?
I’ll give you the answer - NO!
How about films […]

I’ve just read a beautiful posting from a colleague, Jeni Mumford, that I find so profound I don’t know how to introduce it without sounding literal and obvious.
Enough to say that it’s to do with peace, trust and being who we are, and was inspired by the art of Keiko Mukaide, at St Mary’s in […]

Consider this - you focus on a task that makes you think about words associated with old age - words like wrinkled, grey and bingo. And then you finish the task, get up and walk away. Could simply having these words in your mind affect the speed that you walk away?
Well, according to recent studies […]