Time’s Up: I’m Glad I’m Losing Patience

Time’s Up: I’m Glad I’m Losing Patience

Time’s Up: I’m Glad I’m Losing Patience Lately my patience is growing shorter to the point of disappearing. For the longest time, when faced with a mismatch between the world and me, I would often take a breath, dismiss my hesitation or disagreement...
Do the Needful: Alternatives to Willpower

Do the Needful: Alternatives to Willpower

Do the Needful: Alternatives to Willpower What’s your stance on willpower? It’s a divisive topic, I’m finding. Some people credit their success to it. Others shame themselves for not providing themselves with it on demand. Others, like me, prefer to steer clear of the...
Creative Uses for Generative AI

Creative Uses for Generative AI

Creative Uses for Generative AI AI is everywhere, now, right? It’s available in several flavors. Predictive AI, like when your email app prompts you to say “Dear Sam” when you begin writing, and “Let me know your thoughts” when you reach the end, is less...
Creating in a Hostile Environment

Creating in a Hostile Environment

Creating in a Hostile Environment It’s a hostile environment for creative and performing artists nowadays. Not only do artists have two lives to support – the parallel artist’s life along with the regular one – but there’s generally little encouragement for that...
Plan Your New Creative Year

Plan Your New Creative Year

Plan Your New Creative Year Celebrate your new creative year Image by Jan from Pixabay Do you make plans for your new creative year? Or do you prefer to let it spool out on its own? If you’re a planner, now’s the time – the tail-end of 2025 – to focus on what you want...