Lots of people say they’re not creative – but they are! Rick Rubin’s book “The Creative Act — A Way of Being” has many contradictions but the thing I like most about it is the assertion that “We are all creative” and that creativity is about our relationship to the world. Two unusual examples of […]
In a world where human connection is at a premium how could this work for your business? Work Smart Not Hard Tip No. 35 in a series written for Indie Cambs. Last month I talked about 2025 being a year when we need to review how we work smart because it’s clear that business as […]
Image: Newman Turland’s Book. Coloured pencil on paper 18 x 19cm by Hilary Murfin 2023. Newman Turland Brown was Hilary’s 3 x great grandfather and the picture shows one of his diary entries. Part 1 of this post (link below) was about the trials Beethoven faced when he was creating “Ode to Joy”. This post […]
Image: Autographed manuscript of von Schillers Ode an die Freude. Created 1785. Beethoven was 15 years old when Shiller’s poem “Ode to Joy” was published. It was a blazing manifesto that says if freedom, justice, and human happiness are placed at the centre of life and made its primary devotion, politically and personally, then peace […]