Creative Practice
Chickenfoot
I met a friend this week over coffee to discuss a tiny project we have been planning for a while now. But over the next few weeks, we are planning to actually get the ball rolling. So as this conversation went on, I started to go off the rails. I started getting concerned over…
Escape thy Education
For the longest time, I never saw myself as someone who had adopted creative living. I saw myself as only a fan of the arts, at best. Yes, external validation can help with the labels. But I’ve never cared much for it- nor should you. As James Cameron once said: “Pick up a camera, shoot…
In praise of the Amateur
Because of what it means today in culture, the word, ‘Amateur’ can seem like a pejorative term to a lot of us, especially when we are starting out – in any creative endeavour. When someone calls something amateurish, they are generally referring to the quality of that particular work- lacking technical finesse and so forth.…
Artist and Trade Secrets
When I was doing my internship in Auroville, I remember attending a seminar with my colleagues by this ‘expert’ who practised alternative building techniques. After the seminar ended, during the Q&A session, a student asked him a very basic question, to which he smiled and answered, “I don’t know”. Can you believe it? After an…