When it comes to creativity I often think about how the usual dream creatives have about making art is to use a traditional French food approach vs. a machine-driven approach at factory scale. What I … Read more
About my new painting, “Aloysius Sees The Light”
“Aloysius Sees The Light” is my first tangible (non-digital) artwork in 25 years. Acrylic paints on canvas. It’s quite the labour of love, quite weird, quite profound and not quite this shade of blue (there’s … Read more
Creative Inspiration: 3 Powerful Ways To Stay Motivated And Keep Your Artistic Expression Flowing
For many years I have been “making art” – writing, music and now, visual art – and I am lucky in that it is rare for my creative inspiration to run dry. When it does, … Read more
The Fridge Mechanic’s Guide To The Galaxy
(Or “The Art of Subtly Communicating the Non-obvious Value of Art”) Unlike my friend Paul, I would be a terrible person to phone up should you be in need of some kind of fridge repair service. … Read more
The only one who can stop you is you
So last night, kids safely asleep, I drew a suitcase. First, I wiped down the kitchen table. Then I made a cup of tea. Then I got out my shiny new Christmas presents from my … Read more
Music, Art, Coffee and Mistakes
tl;dr – I am turning this somewhat stalled blog into a self-indulgent, typo-ridden, criminally-under-edited, potentially-irregular, hyphen-happy journal-style blog of my continuing journey as a musician and artist. And you can’t stop me. So there. Privately, … Read more
Rebel Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
2017 has been a very creative year for me, I have made some great music – but surprisingly, my creative muscles have also been busy grinding away at odd topics like motorcycle repairs and other … Read more
How To Cope With Life
Here’s the secret to how to cope with life: Face up to your problems and take steps to deal with them. You don’t need to know all the answers, but you do need to look … Read more
4 Steps To Claim Your Creative Power
Often the the pressures of the world and our own Monkey Minds conspire to leave us feeling disconnected from our creative power. It happens to all of us – here’s a quick video about how … Read more
The 9 Celestial Dragons of Creative Success (Or Things What I Learned In China)
Wow! China! What a place! I mean just look at these mountains! Here is an epic post about “what I done learned” while I was there. With some fun holiday snaps for eye candy along … Read more