Archive - The Creative Life

The Masterplan Collapses, Now What?

Making a creative life when the original plan stops working...

Jul 5 •

June 2025

As an Artist, You’ll Be Asked to Give Up (Again and Again)

Photo taken from today’s new video for “Fight for You”

Jun 28 •

4 Ways I Come Up with Ideas for My Weekly Substack

What’s kept me consistent—and creatively alive—for 117 weeks.

Jun 21 •

An Artist's Assault on Niching Down

Photo taken in the North of Scotland 2022, seeing out the back end of the pandemic in my van, Donna.

Jun 14 •

The Death of the Artist in the Age of Algorithms

— And the Fight to Stay Human

Jun 7 •

May 2025

Welcome to My AI-Generated Meltdown

Berlin, AI Experiments & the Art of Following the Absurd

May 31 •

One Clear Purpose Per Day

A Creative System to Stay Focused and Finish What Matters

May 24 •

Commit For Three Years

A framework for staying in the game long enough to grow something real

May 17 •

How to Keep Going When Meaning Disappears

Have you ever heard someone say, “God broke the mould when they made that one”?

May 10 •

The Sound of Something Breaking Open

Releasing “Be As One” — and What the Song Taught Me

May 3 •

April 2025

Should I Finish It or Let It Brew?

What happens when you stop waiting for inspiration and start moving anyway.

Apr 26 •

Exploring the Bonkers World of AI Film

How I Plan To Use AI In My Next Video

Apr 19 •

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