There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming. Shauna Niequist I call myself a writer, but I haven’t written anything in the last two weeks. Travelling in Italy…
Elizabeth Gilbert began Big Magic with a question: Q: What is creativity? A: The relationship between a human being and the mysteries of inspiration. Every chapter is an attempt to articulate the mysterious process that occurs in me,…
Have you ever walked into a room and felt naked? Have you ever shown anyone something you created and cringed? Have you ever felt like running away and hiding in shame? Being a creative person means being vulnerable enough to…
We all have a story promise in us. Something sown deep within that seeks to be released. Perhaps some of you have that lump in your throat, that heart race, that visceral response in your body that tells you it’s…
It was 9am on the 26th of February 2010. I sat down at the kitchen table with a coffee and my notebook. I had an idea—an idea that I wanted to write a novel. I’d met a character in my…
Q Commons is a live learning experience that challenges attendees to stay curious, think well, and advance good in their communities and yesterday I had the privilege of attending the Perth event. One of the speakers spoke about the irrelevance of…