Alison Zamora

Fostering intentional creativity is a recurring theme in Slowing, and as I wrote in one of my essays in the book, there’s nothing like putting pin to paper, or in this case, cork. I’ve found mood boarding to be an ideal creative happy hour ritual and exercise in presence, attention, and curation. What’s more eye-opening than seeing certain themes... See more

It's common in Denmark to have lunch at work. You pay a small amount of your salary every month and then you get lunch (and sometimes breakfast) each working day. Everybody eats together and for many people it's the highlight of the day.

At Crown Affair, we spend years developing each product with intention. I didn’t start this business with a built-in audience — I started it because I’m obsessed with hair and wanted to make products I actually use and swear by. Innovation and quality aren’t optional; they’re essential to our survival . Each product has to be better — and it has to... See more

A question worth asking:

When there is so much on the web, it is easy to fall prey to the impression that this has been done before when you come up with an idea. When this happens, ask: ‘What is my take on this?’

Notice the stages: inspiration, doubt, frustration, flow, fatigue, renewal. Staying present through the discomfort is a creative practice in itself.

Once you've read Anna Karenina, Bleak House, The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbirdand A Wrinkle in Time, you understand that there is really no reason to ever write another novel. Except that each writer brings to the table, if she will let herself, something that no one else in the history of time has ever had. And that is herself, her

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