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Gary Rogowski On Quality And Mastery
A furniture maker’s reflections on mastering his craft contain an idea about quality we could all learn from. This...
A furniture maker’s reflections on mastering his craft contain an idea about quality we could all learn from. This...
Legendary guitarist Tommy Emmanuel has a simple piece of advice for becoming a better guitarist: play songs. His advice...
The word masterclass gets used a lot but it used to have a very specific meaning in the world...
It’s time for the final seasonal theme for 2021. For the next three months, I’m focussing on mastery.
The common advice for finding success is to specialize. But you can choose a different way. You can be...
Aspiring writers are told they must do more reading in order to improve their writing. But reading the classics...
The pandemic has challenged our existing business models. For a lot of small creatives and entrepreneurs, this includes an...
Fenton Johnson’s book, At The Centre Of All Beauty, explores the intersection of solitude, art, and creativity. The chapter...
We live in troubled times. An idea that might help us cope is seeing this as an opportunity...
Conversations about being more creative often focus on feeling inspired. What gets overlooked is that the surest way to...
The latest edition of my zine, Modularity, is out now. Full of previously unpublished experimental writing on music...
Every March, I sit down to plan the coming year. This is how I’m doing my annual planning for...
This is the five year anniversary of No Missing Tools, my first book, a reflection on creativity in the...
I spent a few months working with a writing coach and this is what I learnt.
Narrow definitions of what it means to work in a creative field are increasingly unhelpful in the world we...
Ours is a culture that idolises speed. We assume cramming as much work into as little time as possible,...