resilience

resilience

Oct 15, 2026

getting it wrong, never giving up

The hidden benefits of publishing a debut novel in middle age. It began at the dentist. I was in my late 40s and needed a bad tooth out of my face. My blood pressure was taken; the dentist absolutely …
Feb 21, 2025

Don't Give Up: being a caring artist in a capitalist world – part 2

I’ve been working on a kind of self-help tract for my own self, to reconcile some of the contradictions of being a caring artist in the shadow of capitalism. This is the second notebook post on the …
Dec 8, 2024

Don't Give Up: being a caring artist in a capitalist world – part 1

Since late lockdown, I’ve been working on a kind of self-help tract for my own self, to reconcile some of the contradictions of being a caring artist in the shadow of capitalism. For a while I …
Oct 18, 2019

Creative Intelligence: stick it up your chart

I made this for the Sleepdogs office. It’s about not always doing things the same way, with the same patterns (unless that’s the right thing to do.) Also: trying to be clear and kind – to others, to …