How does a shared space become a home? Living with friends has been an incredible entry into Colorado, leading to mutual experiences and empathy. My roomies and I spend time together and apart. This week, we spring-cleaned. Amazingly, we all had time for a movie night, too, watching the sweeping, opera-satire-martial arts film Shadow. It’s…
Tag: creative environments
Inner Compass: North, Ninety Percent Principle, and Nature/Nurture
When I set “inner compass” for my word for the year, I knew I’d struggle with the 2 redundant letters within this 12-letter phrase. And so I’ve been chewing on this second N since I published the first N a month ago, here, on navigation, networks, and non-negotiables. Within these few weeks, I’ve tried giving…
Why wait: writing routine with a chair?
I wake, work, run, read, and rest. All regular routines, my pace has quickened, for both hobbies of reading and exercising. These are practices. I’m leaning into a writing routine, with help from a cozy chair, gifted from another writer. Guiding a physical space for writing. I currently lounge on this cushioned throne, right next…
The power of environment in nurturing creativity
Today is Father’s Day. In honor of my parents, I thought I’d celebrate with a few musings on how my childhood nurtured creativity. Creative environments encourage trying. What trying looks like? Sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding. And a ton of work. I was lucky: my parents wanted my brother and me to find what made us…
