New Year Experiments

New Year Experiments We’re talking experiments for the new year (my own experiments, and the idea of experiments in general), we’re covering the gentle art of pattern-rewriting, and there might also be sound effects. Whee! Preface! Context! And the usual parenthetical...

Capers! Capers? Capers!

Capers? Capers is the name I have given to anything in the category of “things we might try when things feel stuck”. Or when I find myself deep inside of the perception that Everything Is Stuck. Things We Might Try is a big category (and should be) because Hey Let’s...

The Art of the OOD.

There are many, many wonderful ways to approach a project and make Giant Progress on it. By “wonderful”, I mean useful, fun, powerful, effective, light-hearted, joyful and/or play-filled. As in: not stressful and depressing. And by “project”, I...

When you feel discouraged.

I’m not sure if you know Maryann. I mention her kind of a lot. She’s one of the most thoughtful and worth-listening-to people I know. Anyway, yesterday on Facebook she put out the question: When you feel discouraged about your art or your business, what...

Follow the rabbit holes.

Follow the rabbit holes. As many as you like. They are like the fractal flowers: everything is connected underground. Following something that appears to be a distraction is not a waste of time, if — and it’s a big all-caps IF — you can do it...
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