“Creativity Tips!” Bet you didn’t see that coming. What I am trying to do is keep it raw, going with whatever I shoot in one take. I’m...

Is this a Weed or a Wish? This sketch is something I did a long time ago to illustrate perspective – some might think a dandelion is a...

I often bolt out of bed thinking of things that seem quite sensible at 4am but perhaps not so much at 3:45 in the afternoon. I’m not sure...

I must say I was appalled when I read this piece this morning (and responded with several tweets of my own). I called this decision...

Forgive me, but I was a bit tricksy in the title of this post. I’ve been thinking about this for years, probably, but as I see society...

This morning I woke to a post on my Twitter feed sharing an article from Prospect Magazine – “How the Human Got His Paintbrush”. It’s...

my minimalist self portrait It’s my ten year anniversary of being diagnosed (ironically in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month), with...

“Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life…” – Pablo Picasso I’ve taken this completely out of context (Picasso was alluding to...

image taken from a vintage book on my shelf The other day I came across this shocking (or sadly, perhaps not so shocking, but rather,...

Have you ever thought yourself to be a fraud in some respect? Have you questioned your so-called “expertise” in your field or even...

My 6th grade daughter had her first dance the other day (cue *sigh*). On the way to school in the morning there was some confusion as to...

This past week I was privileged to meet with dear old friends in the beautiful land that is the U.K. I culminated my part business / part...

I chanced upon two things this morning that really struck a chord (you’ll get the pun when you see that both are about famous musicians)....

Today I had the pleasure of watching (and reading) Howard Rheingold’s interview with Unflattening author Nick Sousanis. Like Howard, I am...

One of my favourite lines from media theorist and muse of mine, Marshall McLuhan, is “we become what we behold. We shape our tools and...

I have a love/hate relationship with the feeling of melancholy. It happens to me a lot…sometimes for inexplicable reasons. My mother had...

When was the last time you were asked to share “best practices”? This phrase came up yesterday for me in a Twitter chat, and it suddenly...

Started thinking about this play on words when I was reposting a Stephen Downes piece earlier. I think we “peek” into others’ minds as we...

Took a drive today and that is my number one mundane thing to do to get creative inspiration. I can’t tell you how many ideas I have had...

I am in the process of archiving some hand-drawn iconography I created for some recent slide decks.  I store these (when I can remember)...