on writing

Writers have kept notebooks since time immemorial. The auctorial equivalent to the artist’s sketchbook is the “commonplace book,” which can contain everything from newspaper clippings to grocery lists to attempts to capture those inspirational bolts out of the blue.

I’m sure that somewhere out there, there is a writer who is far more disciplined tha... See more

In thinking about the creative potential within the everyday—*I’ve been obsessing on this topic for years—*I think a lot about what assumptions we carry around what’s possible, what’s worth it, what the timeline has to be, what’s for us or not for us, what’s difficult, what’s life-giving.

Shifting your way of doing something, even and especially ju

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The vicious circle: the less often I engage in any creative pursuits, the harder it is for me to start. Creative work makes us feel better, but like everything that requires practice, it becomes harder when we stop, partially because we lose the benefits it gives us.