This is not a coat rack.1
But it is, isn’t it? It’s supposed to be my easel, but right now I use it to hold a couple of jackets. Ergo, it’s a coat rack. It’s never going to be an easel until I use it to hold a canvas. By applying this level of honesty to [...]
Posts under ‘Creative Work’
The Treachery of Labels: What You Call Yourself vs. What You Really Do
The Leonardo Syndrome
When I was seven my mother gave me an illustrated book about the life of Leonardo da Vinci. It was about his childhood and how he found himself preoccupied with a different subject each week.
When Leonardo was obsessed with birds, his father bought him some books on birds - only to find Leonardo suddenly preoccupied [...]
True Productivity Leaves Less Time for Talk
Last April I mentioned that I wanted to spend more time writing fiction. Since then, I’ve spent almost every day working on my novel. I’m now at over 10,000 words into it, which makes me proud. It’s not novel length yet, but it’s my longest work of fiction so far.
Ever since this started, though, I [...]
