Please bear with me. I am writing and sharing not just for my own desire to reconcile this past week, but also for my children, my community and the many people I call friend south of my border. I have been realizing that the importance today, Remembrance Day (here in Canada) is one that has… Read More →
Does a salary cover the cost/value of creative inspiration? A question on my mind these days had focused around creative value and how it gets compensated, and please note I could be biased. As a creative, why search for a job when you can create your own and be your own boss? The thing about… Read More →
Self employment has no guarantees, and yet when you are blind sided or come up upon obstacles, there is a part of you that gets angry and shouts out, “WTF!?” I am currently focusing on getting volume two of Creatives’ Cupboard ready to produce and ship Monday, May 16, 2016. When I started the interviews… Read More →
I am going to get a little real here, so bear with me. I believe that by sharing our challenges we are doing our part to grow own our truth as well as show our peers, who could be or have been through similar challenges, we are not alone. I am on high side of… Read More →
There is a wonderful e-newsletter, Sunday Dispatches by Paul Jarvis, that provides an honest voice to the world of the freelance creative. What I enjoy most about these messages is how the whole email contains the complete article and/or message. There is no click to go to website to read more. Paul manages to draw… Read More →
I came across this YouTube post, “What if Money Was No Object?”, and it has been tying into what has been on my mind lately. There seems to be a contrasting discussion on this topic. I believe there needs to be a balance between making a living (the money) and how we do it. We… Read More →
I came across a blog post today about how smartphones are actually decreasing our happiness factor. I recall before the iPhone hit the market, I avoided the “smartphone” trend for the main reason, when I work, it would be at my desk. I didn’t want my downtime to be affected by the feeling that I… Read More →
During this year’s HOWLive conference I had the thrill of introducing Janine Vangool, UPPERCASE Magazine to the stage. I am a person who has an urge to promote and share awesome, especially individuals and their work whom I admire and feel others would benefit from their insights and vision as well. One thing I have learned… Read More →
Creatives’ Cupboard first began as a free blog where I shared my insights on the creative profession as well as interviews of other creatives’ I found inspiring. This project has been over three years in the making and with the support of so many people I am really thrilled with the new site. Respecting that… Read More →
It is Sunday and thanks to my creative business coach, I spent the start of my morning with a fresh notebook writing out some daily pages. I have to admit that it has helped me to coagulate the thoughts in my heads in regards to my re-design of this website. For those who don’t know,… Read More →
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