CONTEXT While I work out the small steps, I need to take to meet my objective(s) I take into account my current life circumstances. Accommodating my life circumstances within my workflow makes it easier to reach my objective(s) as I allow myself to take time to finish what I started instead of inflicting unsustainable and…
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When a Project Becomes Too Much
I didn’t realise that the reason I couldn’t finish my project was because I didn’t actually want to. In 2023, I started developing the Winter Garden project, which grew from a simple idea so much that I got lost in all the countless mediums I wanted to use to tell that story. Because I kept…
Long-Term Financial Sustainability in My Creative Art Practice
aka: how to build financial resistance in 2026 that will still allow you to create and develop projects. In 2020, I decided to change my approach to consumption, which incidentally had a very positive effect on my creative art practice. At first, my desire to reduce spending was driven by financial goals and the insecurities…
How to Resist Creatively in 2026?
I’ve been practising “creativity with less” ever since I started running my creative art practice in 2005. In my films I always use props and costumes I already have access to. If I need to re-write a scene because I don’t have a certain prop, I’m happy to do it. I can afford such flexibility…
In Search of Understanding my Creative Objectives
I spent years setting unrealistic objectives for my creative art projects and my creative art practice. These objectives often had very short deadlines to accomplish and were disconnected from my career objectives. In practice setting unrealistic objectives allowed me to avoid taking responsibility for my scattered long-term plans, which had very little connection to the…
Working from the Inside Out
1 The feeling of never being good enough is common amongst the creative crowd and enhanced for neurodiverse individuals. We all naturally compare our progress to those around us. Those of us who don’t do too well, early on at school often question their own abilities and intelligence. (This is pretty common for neurodiverse students…