on creative process and fear
My creative process seems to be as follows: come up with a crazy concept; work it through until I can ‘see’ it take some kind of shape in my mind’s eye; then ignore it for a while to see how … Read more →
Posts in Category ‘on making’
LED snow suit
…and because life comes with extreme beauty as well as extreme sadness (see last post), here’s something quite spectacular. (thanks to Andrew Shoben at greyworld for sharing the link. i needed that x)
Creative Times RePost: Why can’t the arts be more like a kitchen?
I’m a contributor to UK online creative industries magazine, Creative Times. They ask that I give them a bit of lead-time when I publish something new, so I’ve decided that every time I write something for them I’ll publish the … Read more →
Repost: Why digital did not kill the opera star
The following post is an opinion piece that I wrote in my capacity as Digital Program Officer for the Australia Council for the Arts (2009-2011). It was first published through artsdigitalera on 21st September 2010 and is re-published here with … Read more →
art’s real value
In my world I hear a lot about ‘the value of art’. More often than not it’s complaints about how ‘dancing monkeys’ are taking tax payer’s hard-earned cash from the pockets of teachers and hospitals. Or how some public artwork … Read more →