This Question of Purpose…It’s Closely Linked to Your Bliss
"If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one [...]
On Befriending “Memento Mori”
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment [...]
What Were the Smells of Your Memory Lane?
“What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course” - Marilyn Monroe There's a very good reason why the perfume industry has grown to USD 31 billion and continues to enjoy healthy [...]
You Don’t Need Anyone to Qualify Your Work
"I'm just an individual who doesn't feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I'm working for me." - David Bowie And such is the work of the artist. [...]
Caring For Animals Brings Joy and Wonder
Living in Lane Cove, not a day goes by without me experiencing the special joy that pets bring into their owners' lives. My girls' grandmother is the proud mother of Shiraz and Chardonnay, a black [...]
What Happens to Racehorses Who Don’t Win Races?
This week's story is inspired by my toddler Lucy's obsession with unicorns. Now, it may be a chicken or the egg situation but what seemed shortly after Lucy demanding more unicorns in her life with [...]
Make Peace With Your Past If You Wish To Break Free of Its Hold
Socrates said "an unexamined life isn't worth living" and Robert McKee, who's taught many a budding screenwriter how to make an emotional impact, paraphrased "an unlived life isn't worth examining". Both men make a good [...]
The Love Story Behind Casablanca is Why We Write
If you do any sort of creative work I'm sure you stop and ask yourself why you bother. No one asks us to create anything new. In fact, more often than not, artists get in [...]