Questions I Ask Before Designing A Workshop or Creative Event
I’ve designed and hosted workshops and other creative events for almost two decades. Along the way, I’ve learned a lot about how to do this well. I thought it would ...
What Stories Shape Our Creative Practices?
Of course, literature is a creative practice. Stories are one of the oldest forms of human creativity. Stories move us. Literature can also be an inspiration to our creative practices. ...
The Creative Act
Last year, Rick Rubin published The Creative Act, and the book became a NY Times bestseller. I have some friends who find the book a bit…cringe. I love it. Especially the ...
Daydreaming
Last week, I read Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey. Throughout the book, Hersey repeatedly calls on us to slow down and take the time to rest. This rest isn’t ...
Collecting as Research for Creativity
Collecting can be vital to creativity because it’s a kind of low-key research, and research is fundamental to creativity. Collecting is a way to approach research without many hang-ups that, ...
There’s Possibility in Chance
One of the classes I’ve begun teaching engineers, computer scientists, and designers is on chance—the creative possibilities of chance. This is a challenge. There are many definitions of design. Most ...
The Creative Habit
One of my favorite books on creativity is The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp. And one of the reasons why it’s a favorite is because it’s both idiosyncratic and general. Tharp is ...
Why Revery
Why the “Revery Workshop”? Revery is an odd word. There’s something anachronistic about it. The most common definition is a state of musing or daydreaming: “being lost in revery.” Another ...