Archive - Heliotropic

How to close the 'creative gap' between your abilities and your taste (without waiting 10,000 hours)

Years ago, I remember Ira Glass talking about what he called ‘the gap.’ The 10,000-hour chasm between your creative abilities and your taste.

Sep 17 •

August 2024

On the language of creative instinct

A conversation I had recently reminded me of a line I love by the late poet Mary Oliver, from her poem Wild Geese. It begins with the line, “You do not…

Aug 14 •

Heliotropic List #22

Reads, Ragas, Recipes

Aug 5 •

July 2024

Sweet idleness: living an eternal European summer

I re-watched Call Me By Your Name last night.

Jul 28 •

"Someone is waiting on your words to get free"

I’ve been wrangling with a posting block this past couple of weeks.

Jul 10 •

Heliotropic List #21

Camus, Fry and Saint-Étienne

Jul 2 •

June 2024

The deceptively safe and soulless nature of Instagram art

Art today feels so safe.

Jun 15 •

Heliotropic List #20

Things to eat, read and listen to

Jun 8 •

How intense focus kills creativity

The science and virtues 'fucking around' and the mathematician who accidentally birthed cubism

Jun 1 •

May 2024

Heliotropic List #19

6am romance and blue cigars

May 26 •

Six things I've learned from The Artists Way

(At the eight week mark)

May 17 •

April 2024

Heliotropic List #18

Zero Grace, Alekos Fassianos and Rainy-day Pud

Apr 20 •

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